Aideen O'Donoghue

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
D
Class:
Junior
Height:
5-5
Hometown:
Canonsburg, PA
High School:
Canon-McMillan

CAREER: Has appeared in 33 contests ... has earned 31 starts ... has two career goals.

2019: Appeared in 14 games, earning the start in seven matches … totaled 659 minutes on the field … had one assist.

2018: Started in 16 games as a sophomore leader on defense … tallied action in all 17 games on the season ... recorded 1,349 minutes ... netted her first career goal against Jacksonville (Aug. 26) … scored her second of the season against Miami (Oct. 4) ... took a shot against Virginia Tech (Sept. 30), two shots against Miami, and three shots against Notre Dame (Oct. 21).

2017: Was a standout on defense in her true freshman season … appeared in 16 contests, earning the start in 15 … led the Panthers to back-to-back shutouts to open the season versus Hofstra (Aug. 18) and Duquesne (Aug. 20) … tallied 1,291 total minutes on the season including a pair of 110 minute matches versus Xavier (Aug. 27) and Virginia Tech (Sept. 21).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played high school soccer for Canon-McMillan High School… Four-year varsity starter… Lead her team to a national No. 9 ranking by Maxpreps as well as a No. 11 ranking by the NSCAA… An All-WPIAL selection her junior and senior years… Named to the Pennsylvania High School Girls Soccer All-State Team her senior season… Named a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) High School All-American… Played club soccer for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds… Starter on the 2014 U.S. Club Soccer National Championship team… Invited to the U.S. Women’s U-17 National Team Camp in 2016.

PERSONAL: Born Aideen Rita O’Donoghue on Feb. 20, 1999… Daughter of Tim and Theresa O’Donoghue… Has three younger brothers… An honor roll student… Has two cousins playing collegiate sports… Coaches youth soccer as well as teaches private lessons… Plans to pursue a degree in broadcast journalism.