The 5-foot-9 senior raced to fifth place at the Nike Cross Nationals Southwest Regional championships this past season with a time of 17:15.8. McConnell took 31st nationally at the NXN Final and finished third at the Class 3A state meet in 18:43.3. She broke the tape at the Desert Twilight Festival, the Metro League meet and the Region 3 championships.
McConnell has maintained a weighted 4.76 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Furman University this fall.
McConnell has volunteered locally on behalf of an animal hospital and a therapeutic horse-riding program for the disabled.