Young Harris College Athletics

Coach O'Connor finished her second season as the Director of Men's and Women's Tennis in 2024-25. On the women's side, the team went 9-15 overall, earning a spot in the Conference Carolinas Tournament, winning the first round, 4-0 over FMU. They advanced to the Quarterfinals match, falling just short. Futaba Saito and Maud Scholten made the Conference Carolinas All-Conference team, with Saito earning first team honors. Maud Scholten also earned the Conference Carolinas Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year. The Men's Tennis team earned seven wins and also won the first round match of the conference tournament, 4-0 over Emmanuel, advancing to the Quarterfinals. Noah Pawirodirjo earned Conference Carolinas Third Team All-Conference honors. 

Marcy was named Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Coach of the Year. O'Connor earned the first ever Coach of the Year award in Tennis Program history. During her opening season as the Head Coach, Marcy O'Connor led the men to their first Conference Carolinas regular season Championship, guiding the Young Harris Men's team to a 12-6 overall record and a perfect 8-0 in conference play.

Marcy led the women's team to a 13-12 overall record and 5-4 in Conference Carolinas matches. The women's team made a deep run at the Conference Carolinas Tournament and upset the three seed, Barton College 4-3 to advance to the Semifinals.

O'Connor comes to the Enchanted Valley after serving as the Head Women's Coach at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA since 2022. 

Prior to Agnes Scott, O'Connor served as an assistant men's and women's tennis coach at the University of North Georgia from 2017 to 2022. While at UNG, the team captured the ITA Regional Women's Doubles Championship (2017), Southeast Women's Regional Team Champions (2018 and 2019), and PBC Conference Women's Co- Regular Season Champions (2022). O'Connor also spent two seasons as a graduate assistant tennis coach for the men's and women's programs at Olivet Nazarene University, where she was named the 2017 NAIA Women's Assistant Coach of the Year for the East Region. O'Connor also coached professionally with the Universal Tennis Association (UTA) as an assistant tennis professional and at the Empowered Sports Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana under the same role. 

In addition to coaching at the collegiate level since 2015, O'Connor attended Division I Purdue University Fort Wayne from 2011 to 2015 and graduated with a degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision. She played for the Mastodon's women's tennis team and won the conference championship in 2013 and appeared in the NCAA D1 National Tournament that same year. O'Connor received her Master of Organizational Leadership from Olivet Nazarene University in 2017. She is also a USPTA Certified Tennis Professional after receiving her USPTA certification in 2018.

Updated 7.9.25