2013 Volleyball Roster
Morgan Shannon
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-9
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- High School:
- Cave Spring
- Hometown:
- Roanoke, Va.
2015 (Senior):
Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team … Playing primary Libero for the ‘Cats, saw action in 94 sets to finish the year averaging 3.86 digs per set, 0.64 assists per set and 0.21 service aces pet set … Opened the year with 10 digs, two aces and two helpers at Charlotte (Aug. 28) … Turned in 25 digs, three aces and two assists versus USC Upstate (Aug. 29) … Finished with 10 digs and five helpers at High Point (Sept. 11) … Registered seven digs, three aces and three assists versus Wake Forest (Sept. 12) … Against Marshall, had 21 digs and five helpers (Sept. 12) … Tallied 22 digs and two assists at Winthrop (Sept. 19) … Recorded 11 digs and four assists at Rhode Island (Sept. 27) … Had 22 digs and five helpers versus George Mason (Oct. 2) … Registered a season-best 28 digs against North Carolina A&T (Oct. 13) … Turned in 18 digs and two assists at Saint Louis (Oct. 18) … Finished with 25 digs, two assists and two aces at La Salle (Nov. 6) … Closed out the season with 17 digs and three helped versus Rhode Island (Nov. 13).
2014 (Junior):
Atlantic 10 All-Academic honoree ... Registered 15 digs and three assists at the College of Charleston (Aug. 29) … Had 12 digs, three assists and two aces versus Mercer (Aug. 30) … Turned in 14 kills and an assist against Kent State (Aug. 30) … Notched 22 digs and two assists at Wake Forest (Sept. 5) … Recorded 16 digs and two assists versus Presbyterian College (Sept. 6) … Notched 18 digs against UNCW (Sept. 12) … Turned in 15 kills and two aces versus High Point (Sept. 13) … Had 10 digs and two assists against VCU (Sept. 27) … Added 24 digs at Saint Louis (Oct. 5) … Turned in 15 digs against Duquesne (Oct. 10) … Recorded 18 digs versus La Salle (Oct. 12) … Totaled 11 digs and four assists versus George Washington (Oct. 17) … Had 26 digs and two aces against George Mason (Oct. 19) ... Turned in 18 digs and three against at Fordham (Oct. 24) … Had 12 digs at Rhode Island (Oct. 25) ... Had 16 digs at George Mason (Nov. 7).
2013 (Sophomore):
SoCon All-Academic team … Southern Conference Honor Roll...Played in 110 sets as a defensive specialist … Finished the SMU Invitational with 13 digs and a pair of aces (9/7) … Dug 15 balls over the course of three matches at the Georgia State Tournament (9/14) … Recorded 11 digs, a kill and an assist vs. Murray State at the HPU Invitational (9/21) … Dug 15 balls at Appalachian State (9/27) … Had 16 digs and four assists vs. Western Carolina (10/25) … Put up 18 digs and four assists in a five-set match vs. Appalachian State (10/26) … Tied her then-season high with 18 digs in a 3-1 win over Chattanooga (11/3) … Had a season-high seven assists to go with 16 dug balls in a 3-0 win over The Citadel (11/8) … Set a new career high with 22 digs in a thrilling 3-2 win over Georgia Southern (11/9) adding a pair of aces as well … Had 13 digs vs. UNCG (11/15).
2012 (Freshman):
Played in 58 sets … Picked up a pair of kills vs. NC Central (9/15) … Had a season-high four kills vs. UNCG (10/14) … Put up 12 digs vs. High Point (9/14) … Recorded a career-high 17 digs against Green Bay (9/15) … Also had nine digs at Chattanooga (10/20) … Finished the season with 15 kills, five assists and 79 digs, averaging 1.36 digs per set.
Before Davidson:
Competed at Cave Spring High School in Roanoke, Va. … 2011 Virginia High School Coaches Association Group AA Player of the Year … Averaged 4.3 kills per game as a senior in 2011 … Helped the Knights to the Group AA Virginia State Championship … 2011 VHSCA All-State Team … Played for the Roanoke United club team … A finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award … Selected for the VHSCA All-Star Team … 2009 First Team All-District, First Team All-Region, First Team All-State and First Team All-Timesland … 2010 District Player of the Year, Region Player of the Year and First Team All-State … Boasts 1,433 career kills; 1,123 career digs and 174 career aces … Holds high school records for kills in a game (31), kills in a season (470) and kills in a season … Also holds Virginia High School record for career kills … Was also an all-district softball player.
Personal:
Daughter of Mike and Rhonda Shannon… One brother, Zach…. Mother played basketball at Concord University.
