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Vanguard University

VANGUARD ATHLETICS

2025-26 Women's Basketball

Jess Alvarado
Jess Alvarado

10 Shayla O'Neil

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 6-0
  • Position F
  • Major Organizational Psychology
  • Hometown Gilbert, AZ
  • Previous School PLNU

Biography

Parents: Jason & Amy O’Neil 

Birthday: February 10, 2003

CAREER STATS
SEASON TEAM GP-GS MIN FG Pct. 3PT PCT FT PCT PTS PPG OFF DEF REB RPG AST TO STL BLK
2022-23 PLNU 30-4 412 44-117 .376 15-50 .300 18-33 .544 121 4.0 14 49 63 2.1 21 39 16 4
2023-24 PLNU 31-21 620 86-217 .396 33-110 .300 16-28 .571 221 7.1 18 62 80 2.6 31 48 10 4
2024-25 PLNU 31-1 436 45-113 .398 14-53 .264 21-33 .636 125 4.0 17 52 69 2.2 26 42 15 8
2025-6 VU 31-2 510 70-152 .461 24-68 .353 24-34 .706 188 6.1 33 57 90 2.9 26 28 19 7
Total 123-28 1,978 245-599 .409 86-281 .306 79-128 .617 655 5.32 82 234 302 2.4 104 157 60 23


2025-26: Playing her final season at VU, O'Neil played 510 minutes for an average of 16.5 per night.  She started in two games but played in all 31 this year, scoring 6.1 points per game and 188 overall, with it being her second-best offensive season of her four-year career.  She shot 46.1% from the floor (70-152), 35.3% from deep (24-68), and 70.6% from the charity stripe (24-34).  She had six games with 10 or more points, with her 14 at APU being her best of the year.  It was her best three-point shooting year percentage wise, with her 24 conversions being the second-most of her career.  She had three games with a trio of downtown shots made.  She had two career-bests in the rebound categories, with her 33 offensive boards and her 90 total being bests, with her 57 defensive ones being the second most of her career.  She had seven rebounds in game two of the season against Simon Fraser, tied for the second most of her career.  She also had seven blocks and 19 steals, the most steals in a season in her career.  Her field goal shooting percentage was third overall on VU.

2021-25: Point Loma
    2024-25: O'Neil started one of her teams 31 games, helping her team to the conference's lauded regular-season and tournament crowns. She set a career-high in field-goal-percentage, and blocked as many shots this season as she had in her previous two combined. She hit a pair of triples against Biola, helping her set a season-high in points (11). O'Neil was named to the Academic All-PacWest honor roll. 

    2023-24: O'Neil's season saw her start 21 of her team's 31 contests, averaging 20 minutes. At 7.1ppg, 2.6rpg, those numbers sit as her best for a single-season still. Her career-high of 18 points (5-7 FG, 4-6 3PT) was set at Cal Poly Pomona early in the season. She had eight games in double-figures, slashing .396/.300/.571.  She was honored with Academic All-PacWest honors. 

    2022-23: O'Neil started four of 30 appearances for the Sea Lions, averaging four points and a tick over two boards a contest. Her season-high of 12 points came against Holy Names in mid-December. A matchup with Chaminade saw her tally 9pts/3reb/3ast. She had a season-high seven boards at FPU. 

    2021-22: O'Neil did not play due to injury

HIGH SCHOOL: O'Neil was a 6A All-Academic player as well as a 6A All-Premier Region 1st Team member in 2019-20 at Perry High School. 



What is one food you could eat for the rest of your life, what is one you would destroy from the earth, and why?
Eat for rest if life: Spaghetti / pasta Destroy: Brussels sprouts b/c they taste and smell gross

What is your record for the game “chubby bunny” or how many marshmallows do you think you can put in your mouth?
10?

If your major were a reality TV show, what would it be called?
Workplace Island

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