2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Alex O'Neill
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ill.
- High School:
- Peoria Christian
2016-17: Played in 28 games...scored 51 points with 35 rebounds...scored in double figures twice...tallied 10 points and eight rebounds against Waldorf (11/18/16)...picked up 10 points against Winona State (1/14/17)...had seven points and seven rebounds against Northern State (1/20/17).
Prior to SCSU: Attended Creighton University during the 2015-16 school year…redshirted the season…went with the team on the 2015 overseas trip to Italy and finished with four points, two blocks and a rebound in 12 minutes over the course of three games…a 2015 graduate of Peoria Christian High School…averaged 13.9 points, 9.6 rebounds and 5.0 blocked shots per game… aided team reaching the Regional title game before losing to eventual Class 1A state champion Brimfield…named to Associated Press Class 1A honorable mention all-state and was selected to the IBCA 1A/2A third-team unit.
Personal: Son of Janet and Joe O’Neill – who both attended Creighton as did his older brother and his sister...his brother, Nick, was a collegiate athlete and soccer player at Creighton…his mother, Janet, played collegiate basketball for current Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen… played for the Illinois Irish AAU program…undecided on potential major
