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Shannon Gallagher Season 2017

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YearSophomore
HometownMount Laurel, N.J.

2019 Tri-Captain

2019 Season 

Started in all 18 games of the season … Had 15 ground balls, two caused turnovers and two draw controls … Best performance of the season against Fresno St. in which she helped the Aztecs to a 16-15 win with two ground balls and three caused turnovers (April 20) … 54 games started in her career with the Aztecs, tied for fourth highest in Aztec history … 69 total games played, tied for fourth highest in Aztec history … 2019 MPSF All-Tournament Team … 4-time Letterwinner.

2018 Season
Started all 19 games as a junior ... Finished with 21 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers on the season ... Recorded two or more ground balls in six different games ... Caused two turnovers and corralled one ground ball in the Aztecs’ 12-11 season-opening victory at California (Feb. 11) ... Matched her personal best with three ground balls in a pair of road games at Furman (March 16) and at Delaware (March 27) ... Contributed to SDSU’s 11-10 triumph over UC Davis in the championship final of the MPSF tournament with two ground balls and one caused turnover.

2017 Season
Earned second varsity letter after starting 17 of 18 games during her sophomore campaign ... Totaled 16 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers and seven draw controls on the year ... Collected multiple ground balls in five games, including a career-high three in SDSU's 11-7 triumph at Michigan (Feb. 24) ... Recorded a personal-best three caused turnovers in Aztec home victories over Saint Joseph's (March 10) and California (March 26) ... Came up with a season-high two draw controls vs. Columbia (March 18) ... Had a hand in SDSU's first-ever postseason win with two caused turnovers vs. Oregon in the MPSF quarterfinals (April 27).

2016 Season
Played in 14 of the Aztecs' 15 contests on defense ... Scooped up nine ground balls and caused five turnovers ... Collected two ground balls against Fresno State, also causing a pair of turnovers in that game, and Stanford.

High School
Graduated from Lenape High School in Medford N.J., where she was a first team all-State and all-Group 4 selection in 2015 ... Helped lead the Indians to back-to-back Olympic Conference and South Jersey Group 4 championships for the first time in the school's history, including a 20-2 record her senior season ... Won  the Samantha Lucas Award for Art, the Art Excellence Award from the Lenape Art Show ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the top 20 percent of her class ... A prep teammate  of fellow Aztec Natalie Peel.

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Freshman
2016

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Junior
2018

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Senior
2019

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