Southern Arkansas University Athletics

Awards
- 2016 All-GAC Volleyball Honorable Mention selection
- 2015 All-GAC Volleyball Honorable Mention selection
- 2014 GAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week (Week of Sept. 23)
 
Senior (2017)
- Enters 2017 season 248 kills shy from 1,000 career kills and 66 total blocks from 300 career total blocks
 
Junior (2016)
- Played in 109 sets, starting 29 of 30 games for Southern Arkansas
- Her marks of 279 kills and 2.56 kills per set were the second best marks on the team, while her .205 attack percentage was a team-best
- Recorded a career-high 20 kills at an impressive .457 attack clip (20-4-35) vs. West Alabama (Sept. 9)
- Fourteen double-digit kill matches, including six (6) matches with a dozen or more kills
- Ten matches with an attack clip better than .300, including a two-set effort of .714 (5-0-7) vs. Central Baptist (Oct. 11)
- Registered a dozen matches with 3.0 or more total blocks, including 5.0 or more blocks twice (vs. New Mexico Highlands (Sept. 3) & vs. Northwestern Oklahoma (Oct. 7)
- Recorded a career-high with eight (8) digs vs. Cameron (Sept. 2)
- Finished her second-consecutive All-GAC campaign with 279 kills, 56.0 total blocks (five (5) unassisted), 46 digs, five assists and 309.5 total points
 
Sophomore (2015)
- Played in 127 sets, making 18 starts
- Helped lead Southern Arkansas to program’s first GAC Tournament Championship match appearance
- Recorded a career-high 280 kills, including 15 games with ten or more
- Set and tied a then career-high in kills with 14 four times with the latest coming against Arkansas-Monticello (Oct. 27)
- Recorded 10-plus kills during a five-game stretch from Sept. 29 through Oct. 6
- Recorded third-most kills (280) and third-most kills per set (2.20) on team
- Registered at least 1.0 total block in 30 of 33 games played, including an impressive 42.0 total blocks in the team’s final 20 games.
- Ten matches with 3.0 or more total blocks including two matches with 5.0
- Finished season with 68 blocks (seven (7) unassisted), 56 digs and 42 assists and 317.5 total points as she was named an All-GAC Honorable Mention performer
 
Freshman (2014)
- Played in 117 sets, starting all 32 matches as a true freshman
- Recorded double-digit kill totals five (5) times, including a then career-high with 12 kills and a career-high .733 attack percentage vs Texas A&M International (Sept. 20)
- Led the team in blocks: recorded five (5) or more seven (7) times, including a pair of career-high eight-block performances at Quincy (Oct. 11) & at Grambling State (Oct. 25)
- Recorded third-most points (264.5) and third-most points per set (2.26) on team
- Five matches with five or more digs including a pair of matches with six digs
- Finished season with 193 kills, 110 blocks (17 unassisted, 93 assisted), 84 digs, 13 assists and eight (8) service aces
- Placed seventh in GAC in blocks per set at .94
- Earned first GAC weekly honor after being named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week for an impressive three-match performance during the week of September 23; recorded 20.0 total blocks at 2.00 blocks per set, including back-to-back seven block performances at the St. Mary’s Tri-Match
- Her .217 attack percentage remains a career-high effort
 
Prep
- High School: Dos Palos HS
- Named 2013 Max Preps All-State selection
- Named 2013 West Sierra League MVP after 401 kills at a .413 kill percentage, with 230 digs and 162 assists
- 2013 All-Valley Elite Volleyball Small School All-Star
- Dos Palos Bronco Female Athlete of the Year
- One-time Merced Sun Star Player of the Week
- Three-time All-West Sierra League performer under HC Lisa Schofield
- Became first DPHS Volleyball player to have her jersey retired (#2)
- Member of Northern California High Performance team that competed in 2012 European Global Challenge
- Also played basketball and competed in swimming at Dos Palos HS
 
Personal
- Full Name: Alli O’Banion
- Hometown: Dos Palos, Calif.
- Birthday: April 3, 1996
- Parents: Greg and Lisa O’Banion
- Major: Sports Management