Shannon Connell

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Lovejoy HS
Hometown:
Fairview, Texas

Connell's 2014 Match-By-Match Statistics

Connell's 2015 Match-By-Match Statistics

2016 (Senior): By the time her final collegiate season was in the books, broke into the list of most prolific passers in program history...Started every one of the 10 matches she played in and averaged 0.21 kills, 1.76 digs, 0.03 blocks, 5.00 assists and 0.09 service aces through 34 sets...Dished out a season-high 28 assists in the Ladyjacks' four-set win over Eastern Illinois in their season opener (8/26)...Posted double-doubles in consecutive matches, beginning with a 20-assist, 13-dig outing against Kennesaw State where she also posted a season-high two kills (9/3)...Totaled 19 assists and 11 digs in SFA's home opener - a four-set victory over Louisiana-Monroe where she also put down a season-best two service aces (9/6)...Finished her career with 1,437 assists - the 10th-most career assists in the history of the program.

2015 (Junior): Took the reins as the Ladyjacks' primary distributor of attack attempts in her first year as an upperclassman and played in all but one of the team's 34 matches by the time the year came to a close...finished the season with a SFA-best total of 989 assists as well as an assists per set average of 9.60 - the fourth-highest among all Southland Conference student-athletes...tallied 47 kills, 196 digs, 27 blocks and a team-high 25 service aces in 103 sets played...dished out a season and career-best 65 assists in a 3-2 home win over McNeese (9/26)...finished with 10 or more assists in all but four of the matches she took part in...submitted seven matches with 10 or more digs including a season and career-high 15 against McNeese (9.26)...racked up seven double-double performances...helped SFA secure its 19th season of 20 or more victories.

2014 (Sophomore): Helped the Ladyjacks win an eighth Southland Conference Championship with a perfect 16-0 league record -- the program's first undefeated league mark since 2006 ... Appeared in 25 sets over eight matches, making two starts on the year ... Ranked third on the team with 93 assists, averaging 3.72 assists per set ... Finished the season with 37 digs, four kills on 15 attacks, and two service aces ... Posted double digit assists in five matches, with a season-high 22 assists against UMKC (9/6) ... Recorded season-high nine digs against UMKC (9/6), coming one dig shy of a double-double ... Part of the SFA team that won 17 straight matches from Sept. 25 to Nov. 21 -- the fifth-longest winning streak in the nation over the stretch ... Helped the Ladyjacks record 13 sweeps during the 16-match SLC schedule.

2013 (Freshman): Played in 46 sets, starting in 5 matches ... tallied 221 assists on the year with a 4.80 average per set ... posted 20 or more assists in 4 matches ... career-high 32 assists at Northwestern State (9/28) in a 1-3 loss ... had 30 assists in 2-3 loss at Oral Roberts (10/3) to post back-to-back matches with 30+ assists ... registered 4 double-doubles ... season-high 14 digs against Sam Houston State (10/24) ... averaged 2.04 digs per set.

High School: A three-year letter winner at Lovejoy High School under coach Ryan Mitchell ... district 13-4A setter of the year, first-team all-district and 2012 Class 4-A all-state tournament team as a senior ... second-team all-district as a junior ... named academic all-district as a sophomore, junior and senior ... helped guide LHS to three state titles (10-12) and a No. 1 rank in Texas in 2010.

Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Gaye Connell ... played club volleyball for Excel (2013; 2009), Dallas Premier (10-12) and Victory (06-08).