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HS: Graduated from Churchill HS in 2020. The 6-foot-5 guard/forward led his teams to 69 victories overall and 37 in league play during his senior, junior and sophomore seasons. Churchill won 81 percent of its games in three seasons (69-16), including 86 percent in league play (37-6) with finishes of second (2019) and third (2018) in the state. The Lancers ranked first in the State 5A rankings in 2020 before the semifinals and championship game of the tournament were canceled because of the coronavirus.  In the summer of 2019 he attended the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) Top 100 camp in Virginia. He entered the 2019-20 season as the No. 3 ranked player in the PrepHoops Oregon Class of 2020 rankings. In a season shortened because of the Covid-19 pandemic, O’Neil averaged 9.2 points per game while helping a senior-dominated Churchill team to a 24-3 record overall and 13-1 finish  in the 5A Midwestern Basketball League to earn a share of its second-straight title. The top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Lancers beat Cook County (70-47) in the quarterfinals of the State 5A Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Championships on March 11, but the remainder of the tournament was canceled. Churchill finished the season with a 19-game winning streak, with an average winning margin of 27.3 points per game. In 2018-19, O’Neil earned second team All-5A Midwestern Basketball League honors in a conference regarded as the toughest in Oregon. He averaged 13 points as a junior while helping Churchill to a 23-5 record overall and a 15-0 mark to win the league title. The top-seeded Lancers Defeated La Salle (82-55) and Willamette (63-43) in the 5A State Championships before falling to Wilsonville (67-58) in the title game. As a sophomore, the Lancers were 22-8 overall and 9-5 in league play. They beat top-seeded Silverton (53-51) in the quarterfinals of the 5A Championships, then fell to Wilsonville (58-43) in the semifinals. Churchill beat Crater (61-54) to finish third.