2015: AVCA All American Honorable Mention...AVCA All South Region...SAA Player of the Year...SAA First Team All Conference...SAA Academic Honor Roll...Emory National Invitational All Tournament team...Washington and Lee All Tournament Team...SAA Offensive Player of the Week...surpassed both the 1,000 career point mark and the 1,000 career kill mark...finished her career at Berry holding several program records: second in total blocks with 397, eighth in attacks with 2,345, third in solo blocks with 64, sixth in kills with 1,100, first in attack percentage with 0.349 and seventh in kills/set with 2.61...appeared in 33 matches and finished the season with a 0.367 hitting percentage, setting the record for the highest hitting percentage in a single season...had 311 kills, 126 total blocks, including 14 solo blocks, 75 digs and 15 service aces...averaged a team-high 3.6 points per game and scored a team-high 396 points...had 18 kills with a hitting percentage of 0.680, three blocks and one dig in a win over Sewanee (10/10)...had 18 kills with a 0.385 hitting percentage and 5 blocks, scoring a total of 20.5 points against Randolph-Macon (10/31).
2014: AVCA All American Honorable Mention...AVCA All South Region...SAA First Team All Conference...named to the Emory National Invitational All Tournament team...SAA Academic Honor Roll...appeared in 93 sets and 27 matches...finished the season third on the team in kills with 280 and first on the team with a hitting percentage of .309...contributed 3.01 kills per set...led the team in total blocks with 98, including 17 solo blocks...added 19 service aces and 78 digs...dished out a season-high 21 kills while hitting a .349 against Transylvania (9/5)...racked up 20 kills, two service aces and five total blocks, including two solo blocks against Birmingham-Southern (9/20).
2013: Member of SAA regular season and tournament champion Vikings team...SAA Tournament MVP...First Team All-SAA...two-time SAA Offensive Player of the Week...First in the SAA in attack percentage...Appeared in 34 matches and 120 sets...finished second on the team in kills with 310 and kills per set with 2.58...tallied a team-best .365 attack percentage...finished first on the team in solo blocks with 16 and total blocks with 95..finished with 13 kills, two digs, two total blocks and one assists in a 3-0 victory versus Hendrix (9/28)...had a season-high 17 kills at Birmingham-Southern (10/5)...totaled 15 kills and a season-high eight total blocks against Hendrix (11/10) in SAA Championship game.
2012: Member of SAA regular season and tournament champion Viking team. Second Team All-SAA. Emory All-Tournament. Named to the SAA Fall 2012 Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Appeared in 31 matches and 100 sets...finished fourth on the team in kills (199) and fifth in kills per set (1.99)...tallied a .355 attacking percentage...dished out six assists on the season...picked up 23 digs...finished first on the team in total blocks (78) and blocks per set (.78)...finished with nine kills and five total blocks against Clearwater Christian (9/1)...had 11 kills and seven total blocks versus Birmingham Southern (10/19)...collected six kills, six total blocks, and added on two assists against Millsaps (11/4).
High School: Helped lead high school team to area championship in 2009, Sweet Sixteen in 2010, and state semifinals in 2011...three year varsity letter winner...three-time team captain...varsity defense award...varsity Teammate Award...Berry College Camp All-Star...Scholar-Athlete award...Senior All-Star...Class 5A All-Area team...5A All-State team...holds school single season records in hitting percentage and blocks...junior varsity Most Improved Player of the Year...club Most Consistent Player Award...club leader award.
Personal: Katie O'Rourke was born in Marietta, Georgia...the daughter of Laura and Bill O'Rourke...has one brother, Will...high school teammate of fellow Berry volleyball player Lauren Schmitz...on-campus job: intramural student worker...majoring in early childhood education at Berry.
