Bloomsburg Athletics

Susan (Brophy) O'Donnell enjoyed a standout career in the swimming pool as she earned a total of 11 All-American honors in her four seasons with the Huskies. Brophy also won two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) titles and finished fourth or better at the conference championships 14 different times. She also served as senior captain during the 1980-81 season and was the recipient of the Eleanor Wray Award for being the Top Senior Female Athlete of the Year.
 
In 1978-79, Brophy helped the Huskies to a perfect 10-0 record during the regular season and then a fourth-place finish at the PSAC Championships. Individually, she finished third in the 100-yard butterfly and fourth in the 50-yard butterfly while finishing third in five different relay events at the conference meet. She went on to earn three All-American honors, including ninth-place results in both the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay.
 
The next season, the Huskies went 7-2 overall and placed fifth at the conference championships with Brophy earning PSAC titles in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay events. At the time, she helped break the school record in the 200-yard freestyle relay and then helped break the conference record in the 400-yard freestyle relay. She went on to earn three more All-American honors including a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay and a fourth-place result in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
 
Brophy and the Huskies went 6-3 in 1980-81 and then earned a tie for second place at the conference championships. Brophy had two second-place and two third-place finishes at the PSAC meet but then collected five All-American nods while helping the Huskies to a seventh-place result at the AIAW National Championships. She was a part of three team records (200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay) and helped the 400-yard freestyle relay team to a national runner-up finish.
 
At the time of her graduation in 1981, Brophy held eight school records.
 
Brophy continued her love for athletics following graduation as she became a certified personal trainer and a recent participant in the Masters Swimming Program. She is a member of the Parents Advisory Network at Bryn Mawr Hospital – an organization that counsels and supports families of infants in intensive care.