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2014 Women's Lacrosse

19 Shannon Harkey

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Loudoun Valley/Florida
  • Hometown Purcellville, Va.

Biography

2014: Started in 15 of her 16 appearances...Finished the season with 15 points on 11 goals and fourassists… Posted four multiple-point games… Grabbed acareer-best 11 ground balls and added five caused turnovers…Scored a goal in six straight games, starting with a goal and anassist against nationally-ranked Towson… Registered twogoals, including the game-winner, versus La Salle… Tallied agoal and a career-high three ground balls at Mount St.Mary’s… Notched a season-high six shots against Wagnerand finished with a goal and an assist… Registered a goaland added two ground balls and a season-best two caused turnoversagainst Columbia… Tallied a goal and an assist versusVermont.

2013: Tied for second on the team with 28 goals onthe season… Added six assists for 34 points…Registered a point in 13 of 16 contests… Connected on 13 of23 free position attempts to rank second in the league in freeposition goals per game (0.81)… Started all 16contests… Tallied seven ground balls, six draw controls andfive caused turnovers… Found the back of the net twiceversus Towson, starting a streak of seven consecutive games with agoal… Scored a career-high four goals at Colgate afterconnecting on three-of-four free position attempts… Recordedfive points on three goals and two assists against Drexel…Scored the game-winner on a free position shot in overtime tocomplete a come-from-behind victory at Boston University…Registered five points on a hat trick and two assists versus StonyBrook… Recorded a hat trick for the second-straight game,with all three scores coming on free position shots atAlbany… Earned the Gritty Award for Breakthrough Athlete ofthe Year at the annual varsity awards banquet.

2012: Made 13 starts in 17 appearances…Notched six goals and five assists on the year… Recorded 22shots and seven ground balls… Won seven draw controls andcaused five turnovers… Controlled a career-best three drawsin the season-opener against then-No.4 Florida… Also dishedout an assist against the Gators… Scored her first goal as aRetriever at George Mason, going two-for-two on free positionshots… Registered an assist, two ground balls, two causedturnovers and a draw control versus Delaware… Tallied twopoints (one goal and one assist) versus Colgate.

2011 (at Florida): Saw action in six games as afreshman at the University of Florida, which advanced to the NCAAquarterfinals as the No. 4 seed after winning the ALCregular-season title and posting a 16-4 overall record…Recorded one ground ball and one draw control on the season…Made her collegiate debut against Jacksonville and picked up aground ball… Recorded her first career shot againstColgate.

BACKGROUND: A four-time first-team all-districtand first-team all-region selection… Also earned first-teamall-metro honors as a senior… Named Player of the Year as ajunior and senior… Helped lead Loudoun Valley to districtand regional titles and a berth in the state semifinals…Daughter of Kathy and Jay Harkey… Father played lacrosse onthe 1980 UMBC national championship team before transferring andcompeting at Maryland… Brother, J.D., was a five-year memberof the UMBC men’s lacrosse team, while sister, Jessie, is acurrent Retriever teammate… Also has an older sister,Meghan, who plays lacrosse at Christopher Newport… Born July27, 1992… Majoring in new media and communication studiesand hopes to be a yoga instructor.

CAREER STATISTICS

YearGP-GSGAPts.SHPct.GWFPG-FPSGBDCTOCT
2011 (Florida)6-00001.00000-01150
201217-13651122.27312-977155
201316-162863459.475113-2376215
201416-151141534.32411-6111225
Career55-44451560116.387316-3826156315

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Sophomore

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    5'1"
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    2013Junior

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    5'1"
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    2014Senior

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    5'3"
    19
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