2008-09 Merrimack College Women's Basketball Roster

13 Amanda Shannon

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown North Andover, MA
  • High School/Prep (Previous College) North Andover

Biography

2007-2008:  Played in 28 games, starting27...averaged 16.3 ppg to lead Merrimack and finished sixth in theconference...named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference ThirdTeam...earned NE-10 Player of the Week honors (2/4/08)...finishedthe season with 883 career points, projected to be the16th member of the Merrimack College 1,000-pointclub...averaged a team-high 34.6 minutes...averaged 4.3 reboundsper game...scored 30 points in a win over AIC (2/2/08), hitting9-of-16 from the field including four 3-pointers...scored 29 pointsand played all 40 minutes against Pace (1/5/08)...started theseason with a 28-point performance against Post (11/15/07)...scoreda season-high 12 field goals vs. Post (11/15/07)...scored 20 (vs.Le Moyne), 25 (vs. Bentley), 30 (vs. AIC) and 21 (vs. SouthernConnecticut) in four straight games...grabbed eight rebounds, fourtimes...registered five steals vs Le Moyne (1/26/07)...dished offseven assists vs. St. Rose (1/12/08)...buried four 3-pointers sixtimes...averaged 2.4 steals per game.

2006-07: Played in 28 games, starting in 22 asa sophomore...averaged 9.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg...scored career-high 27points vs. Assumption (2/15)...added 18 points vs. St. ThomasAquinas (11/19) and 17 points vs. Franklin Pierce (2/17)...ninerebounds vs. American International (2/3)...dished out six assiststwice, vs. Saint Anselm (1/23) and at Adelphi (11/21)...blocked twoshots twice, vs. Southern NH (1/20) and vs. Post (12/30)...fouledout three times...led team with 72 assists...77.4% free-throwshooter, second best on the team...tallied 15 points vs. SouthernNH (1/20) and 14 points twice, at Bryant (2/20) and vs. Saint Rose(12/1)...played all 40 minutes vs. Assumption (2/15)...blocked twoshots twice, vs. Southern NH (1/20) and vs. Post (12/30).

2005-06: Appeared in 29 games ... averaged 5.5ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.0 apg and 0.6 spg... shot 78.6 percent from freethrow line (22-for-28) ... buried 11 three-point field goals ...tallied a career-high 16 points - including three 3-pointers - togo along with four rebounds and two assists vs. AmericanInternational (12/10) ... scored 12 points, dished our threeassists and knocked down all four free throw attempts in her firstcollegiate game vs. Southern Indiana (11/4) ... 13 points vs. UMassLowell (2/12) ... 12 points and two rebounds at Bryant (1/10) ...nine points and two steals vs. Le Moyne (1/16) ... nine points andtwo boards vs. Saint Michael's (12/3) ... nine points vs. FranklinPierce (2/15) ... seven points and four rebounds at Assumption(2/18) ... seven points vs. Drury (12/29), Adelphi (1/5) andSouthern New Hampshire (2/7) ... four points and four assists vs.Saint Rose (2/1).

Personal/High School: Born July 1, 1987 ...daughter of Stephen and Sharon Shannon ... has two siblings -Michael and Jessica ... Boston Herald All-Scholastic ...Cape Ann League Player of the Year as a senior ... Cape Ann LeagueAll-Star as a sophomore and junior ... scored 1,000 career pointsat North Andover ... member of Merrimack in the City ...communications major at Merrimack.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2005-06Freshman

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  • 2006-07Sophomore

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  • 2007-08Junior

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    2008-09Senior

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    5'8"
    13