2016: Made 16 appearances with a trio of starts … Tallied two points with a goal … Scored the first goal of his career when he came off the bench against Notre Dame (Oct. 18) … Recorded seven shots on the campaign … Played a season-long 40 minutes on Sept. 30 vs. Maryland.
2015: Made 9 appearances and two starts ... Played 52 minutes and took a shot in his collegiate debut against Colgate ... Put one shot on goal in 15 minutes of action against UIC ... Saw 30 minutes of action against Chicago Loyola ... Started in the 2-1 win over Penn State.
High School: Started as a freshman at Lake Forest Academy in his only season of high school soccer. Club: Competed with the Chicago Fire Academy for five seasons … Invited to U18 men's national team domestic camp in 2014 … Captained U13 & U14 squads to Illinois State Cup championship match … Invited to U14 Boys National Team camps in Florida and Mexico … Placed fourth at 2012 USSDA Finals Week … Attended Northwestern's College Soccer Training Center (CTSC) and One Day Prep Camp a total of six times.
Personal: Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, Columbia, Wake Forest and Butler … Parents Dennis & Cheryl … Older brother Shawn is in the United States Army … Older sister Cheryl pursuing nursing degree … Major is undeclared.
Coach Lenahan's Take: “Shannon was one of the top recruits in the country. He is very clean on the ball with excellent tactical awareness. He has a tremendous personality that other players just naturally gravitate to. He is also very versatile in that he can play any of the midfield positions and has played outside back with the national team. He should have a great Northwestern and Big Ten career.”
2015: Made 9 appearances and two starts ... Played 52 minutes and took a shot in his collegiate debut against Colgate ... Put one shot on goal in 15 minutes of action against UIC ... Saw 30 minutes of action against Chicago Loyola ... Started in the 2-1 win over Penn State.
High School: Started as a freshman at Lake Forest Academy in his only season of high school soccer. Club: Competed with the Chicago Fire Academy for five seasons … Invited to U18 men's national team domestic camp in 2014 … Captained U13 & U14 squads to Illinois State Cup championship match … Invited to U14 Boys National Team camps in Florida and Mexico … Placed fourth at 2012 USSDA Finals Week … Attended Northwestern's College Soccer Training Center (CTSC) and One Day Prep Camp a total of six times.
Personal: Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, Columbia, Wake Forest and Butler … Parents Dennis & Cheryl … Older brother Shawn is in the United States Army … Older sister Cheryl pursuing nursing degree … Major is undeclared.
Coach Lenahan's Take: “Shannon was one of the top recruits in the country. He is very clean on the ball with excellent tactical awareness. He has a tremendous personality that other players just naturally gravitate to. He is also very versatile in that he can play any of the midfield positions and has played outside back with the national team. He should have a great Northwestern and Big Ten career.”