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SHANNON CAREER STATS

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2009: Earned a spot on the All-Patriot LeagueSecond Team …. named the Most Valuable Player of the D.C.College Cup … led the team in points (13), assists (five)and goals (four) … ranked fourth in the Patriot League withhis five assists … recorded a pair of two-goal games, thefirst against George Mason (9/5) and the second versus Army (10/4)… recorded the game-winning goal in both the George Masonand Army wins … registered one assist in three consecutiveroad games against Virginia Tech (9/23), Bucknell (9/26) and JamesMadison (9/30) … picked up assist on Mike Worden’sdramatic double overtime game-winning goal against Lafayette(10/10) … named the Patriot League Offensive Player of theWeek on 10/5 following his two-goal effort against Army …started all 19 games.

2008: Made 15 appearances, including eightstarts ... tied for second on the team with three goals ... scoreda career- high two goals against Princeton (9/12), including thegame winner ... led team with two game-winning goals ...game-winner came against Howard (8/29) and Princeton (9/12) ...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2007: Appeared in all 18 games with 17 starts ...led team in goals (three), assists (two), points (eight) andgame-winning goals (three) ... netted first career goal in 2-0 winover Princeton (9/7), which was also the game-winner ... alsoscored game-winning goals in wins over Army (9/29) and Navy (10/13)... named BRINE Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week onOctober 1 with game-winning goal and an assist in 2-1 victory overArmy (9/29) ... named BRINE Patriot League Men''s Soccer Rookie ofthe Week on October 14 after scoring game-winning goal versus Navy(10/13).

High School: A four-year starter at Tuscarora High School... two-year captain ... team MVP in last three seasons ...finished high school with 104 points (44 goals and 16 assists) ...leading scorer for Frederick County Public Schools in both 2004 and2005 ... three-time Frederick County All-Gazette First Team ...Frederick News Post Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006 ...Frederick Gazette Player of the Year in 2006 ... 2006 WashingtonPost All- Met Second Team ... member of the 2006 NSCAA Adidas HighSchool All-South Team ... won the Maryland Scholar Award ...graduated with Honors ... played club for five years with BethesdaUnited and one with FC Delco ... three-time member of the MarylandOlympic Development program team ... led club team to nationalfinal four in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... club team won the MarylandState Cup in 2002, 2004 and 2006.

Personal: Son of Diane and Dave Shannon ... two brothers,Greg and Andy... majoring in business administration, specializingin marketing.