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Erin Shanahan
Striker
Position
5'7''
Height
Freshman
Class
Pasadena, Md.
Hometown
Archbishop Spalding
High School
AT VIRGINIA
2019
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Named to the NFHCA Victory Sports Tours Senior Game Roster, but did not compete
- Scored five goals, including the game-winner at Louisville (10/11)
- Appeared in all 23 games, making 19 starts
- Finished her career with 19 goals and 12 assists for 50 points. She played in 86 games with 51 starts
- Named to the 2019 U.S. Women’s Development Squad, traveled to the Netherlands from April 13-22, competing against the Scotland Women’s National Team and Belgium’s U-21 Team
- Competed at the USA Field Hockey Young Women’s National Championship in June
- Earned an invitation to USA Field Hockey Women’s Development Team camp in December
2018
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Started all 19 games
- Scored three goals with three assists for nine points
- Had the game-winning goal at Northeastern (Sept. 23)
- Selected to compete in the 2018 USAFH Young Women’s National Championship in June 2018, and was named to the 2018 U.S. Women’s Development Squad
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2017
- Finished the season with five goals and eight assists for 18 points
- Scored two goals with an assist in the win over Columbia (Sept. 1)
- Contributed two assists in the win over Michigan State (Sept. 10)
- Over the summer, attended Young Women’s National Championship and earned an invitation to U21 US Junior Squad National Camp
2016
- Appeared in 24 games
- Made her collegiate debut at Miami, scoring a goal in her first game (8/26)
- Made her first career start against Rutgers (9/2)
- Scored the game-winning goal against Fairfield on her only shot of the game
- Scored one goal against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament (11/6)
- Scored twice in the NCAA Tournament against Michigan (11/12) and Princeton (11/13)
High School/Club
- 2015 Player of the Year for three major newspapers (Capital Gazette, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times)
- 2015 Varsity Sports Network Player of the Year
- 2015 Maryland High School Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2015 Pigskin Club of Washington Outstanding Field Hockey Player of the Year
- Only player to earn the Capital Gazette Field Hockey Player of the Year three years in a row (2013-15)
- Two-time NFHCA/Harrow Sports High School All-American (2014-second team; 2015-first team)
- Two-time MAX Field Hockey All-Region (2014-15)
- Three-time NFHCA All-Region
- NFHCA All-Academic Team Scholar of Distinction
- Finished her career at Archbishop Spalding with 94 goals and 50 assists
- Lead Archbishop Spalding to a 2013 IAAM “A” Conference Championship, the first in the school’s history
- 2015-16 USA Women’s Indoor U19 National Team
Personal
- Daughter of Glenn Shanahan and Kelly Shanahan
- Has an older sister, Kasey
- Her cousin, Meghan Keelan, played lacrosse at UMBC and is currently an assistant lacrosse coach at Arizona State