Ellen O’Shaughnessy

Photo by: Matan Coll, CU Athletics

Photo by: Brent DePaepe/CU Athletics

Height:
5-5
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Dublin, Ireland
High School:
Mount Sackville Secondary School, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny
Major:
Accounting

2024-25 (Freshman): Appeared in eight tournaments as a true freshman with a 74.83 stroke average in 23 rounds ... Began her Buffaloes career with a bang, shooting 3-under, 69, in her initial collegiate round at the Leadership & Golf Invitational at Chambers Bay in Washington ... Her 69 at Chambers Bay tied for the fourth-best score in a Buffaloes debut ... She would go on to finish that tournament in a tie for 22nd overall at 4-over, 220 ... Had her best 54-hole score a week later at the Colonel Wollenberg Ram Classic, tying for 23rd with a 1-over, 217 ... Led the Buffaloes at the Nanea Invitational in Kailua Kona, Hawai'i, tying for 20th at 2-over, 221 ... Finished second at the Southern Colorado Open during the spring season, with a 36-hole score of 2-under, 142.

Amateur Golf: Placed third during the stroke play portion of the 2025 Irish Women's Close Championship at the Ardee Golf Club with a 36-hole total of 5-under, 141 ... After shooting even 73 in the first round, she matched a career-best 68 (-5) the second round and in the process jumped 11 spots into third and into match play ... Won two rounds of match play at the Close Championship, advancing to the semifinals ... Placed third at the 2025 Ulster Women's Stroke Play Championship in Belfast at 1-over, 217 ... She was fifth at the Connacht Over 18 Women’s Senior Amateur Open in Bearna, Galway, Ireland, at 9-over ... Tied for 28th at the 2025 Irish Women's Amateur Open at 20-over, 236.

High School/Before CU: A 2024 graduate of Mount Sackville Secondary School, Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny ... Won the Girls 2023 Ireland U18 Order of Merit as the country's U18 Golfer of the Year ... Had six top 20 finishes during the 2023 amateur season and was the runner up at the Ulster Girls Open, Leinster Girls Open and the Connaght Girls Open ... A four-year participant in Golf Ireland National Development Panels, including the 2024 Ireland High Performance Panel U18 ... A member of Ireland's U18 Girls Team at the 2024 Ireland vs. Wales 2-day International and the 2023 R&A Girls and Boys Home Internationals... A member the Leinster U18 Girls Team for a pair of Ireland Interprovincial Championship teams in 2021 and '23. Played for the school's senior field hockey team which won the Dublin Region Senior Cup in 2022.

Best Round In Competition: 68 (-5), second round of stroke play at the 2025 Irish Women's Close Championship at the Ardee Golf Club; 68 (-4) second round of stroke play at the 2023 Irish Women's Close Championship at the Connemara Golf Club.

Academics: An Accounting major at Colorado. Named to the 2024-25 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team.

Personal: Born Feb. 22, 2006, in Dublin. She is the daughter of Noel and Eileen O'Shaughnessy. Has one brother, Hugh, who is a rugby player for Trinity College in Ireland. After college, she would like to play golf professionally or work as a finance professional in the sports industry. Has worked as a volunteer coach for underage teams at St. Brigid's GAA Club, Dublin, as well as her school's golf and hockey teams. Enjoys music, concerts, reading, movies, cooking, baking and going to the gym. She speaks French and Irish (Gaelic) as well as English and plays the piano. She was a member of the Primary school choir, winning several competitions including School Choir of the Year in Ireland.