Seniors enjoy all-star experience

PW’s O’Brien earns 6A player of the year honors

WHITEMARSH » It was a common occurrence the last two seasons for young basketball players to ask Taylor O’Brien for a picture or an autograph.

Plymouth Whitemarsh girls basketball coach Dan Dougherty remembered one instance where a young girl approached O’Brien and said she wore No. 3 with her travel team because it was O’Brien’s jersey number. While O’Brien’s impact extended far beyond the 93 feet of a basketball court at PW, she left quite a legacy within those lines.

The senior capped her historic career a few weeks ago but added a major honor on Tuesday was she was named the PA sports writers 6A player of the year to go with a second straight first team allstate selection.

“I haven’t really been able to think about it but it’s an amazing feeling, especially with all the support I’ve have in my four years here,” O’Brien said Wednesday after playing in the inaugural SOL All-Star game at PW. “From my friends to my family and my teammates, they’ve all been so supportive of me in everything.”

O’Brien finished with 10 points, three boards, two assists and a pair of steals playing for the Purple Team in a 77-63 loss. The senior, who is heading to Bucknell next year to continue playing, has been busy with PW’s track and field team and is heading to the annual Penn Relays on Thursday.

The 5-foot-9 guard spent her senior season rewriting the Plymouth Whitemarsh record books. She not only became the all-time leading girls’ scorer, then surpassed the overall school record and didn’t stop there. Late in the season, O’Brien became the first Colonial to ever surpass 2,000 points.

GENE WALSH — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Taylor O’Brien pulls up for jump shot.