Oneonta High senior Marie O’Malley signed a letter of intent Tuesday to play basketball at St. Petersburg College, an NJCAA Division I school in Florida.

O’Malley’s father, Ed, said his daughter accepted a full scholarship that will cover tuition, housing and books, among other things.

"She will have no expenses," said Ed O’Malley, who played boys basketball at OHS under Bob Zeh, the Jackets current girls basketball coach. "They’re going to cover everything for two years."

Marie O’Malley suffered a right-knee injury early in her sophomore season that required major surgery to repair her ACL and MC[an error occurred while processing this directive]L. The 5-foot-11 swing player returned for her junior year, then capped her third varsity season with 11 points and eight rebounds per game this past winter en route to a second-team Daily Star All-Star honor and all-division accolades in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference.

O’Malley will join a junior college team that finished 20-11 last season under 12th-year coach William Smith. St. Petersburg had nine sophomores and four freshmen last season. All but one of the Titans’ players — 6-foot-4 Brazilian sophomore center Giane Smart — hailed from Florida-based hometowns this past winter.

O’Malley was born in Tampa, Fla., which is about 20 miles away from St. Petersburg College, Ed O’Malley said.

St. Petersburg has an enrollment of 10,001 and is affiliated with the Southern Conference and Region Eight in NJCAA’s D-I competition. Although it is a four-year school, St. Petersburg athletes are eligible to compete at the school for a maximum of two years.

The Titans have won two national championships, both coming in men’s golf during the late 1960s.