02/09/2012 ALC Names Four 'Cats to 2012 Players to Watch ListDefending NCAA champs picked first in preseason conference coaches poll 02/06/2012 This Week in Northwestern Athletics - Week of Feb. 6Defending NCAA champion lacrosse team opens 2012 season, nine other sports in action 01/29/2012 Northwestern Stands Up to World's Best in Champion ChallengeWildcats fall 16-6 in Orlando; game re-airs at 9 p.m. CT Sunday on ESPNU 01/24/2012 Wildcats Travel to Orlando for U.S. Lacrosse Champion ChallengeSunday exhibition matchup with U.S. National Team to air on ESPN3.com, ESPNU 01/09/2012 Northwestern Lacrosse Season Tickets On Sale Now!Order tickets online or by calling 1-888-GO-PURPLE and receive a replica championship ring with your purchase 2012: Named Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Player of the Year ... Hat trick in NU's season-opener at Stanford. 2011: Put together one of the finest seasons in Northwestern and Division I women's lacrosse history ... Winner of both the Tewaaraton Award and Lacrosse Honda Sports Award as the nation's top player ... Suzy Favor Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year, the fourth in Northwestern history ... WomensLax.com Player of the Year ... Second straight year as first-team IWLCA All-American ... IWLCA Division I Attacker of the Year ... MVP of the NCAA Championship as well as the American Lacrosse Conference Championship ... First-team All-ALC ... Started all 23 games ... Broke the Northwestern school record for goals in a single season (86) ... Recorded the second-most points in a season in NU history with 128, the seventh-best total ever in Division I ... Led the nation in points and points per game (5.57) and ranked fourth in goals per game (3.74) ... Also racked up 42 assists, the sixth-best single-season total ever at Northwestern ... Will begin her senior year tied for fifth in career assists at NU (80), sixth in points (268) and seventh in goals (188) ... Closed the season on a tear, scoring at least four goals in all six of NU's postseason games, including four straight five-goal outings ... Playing in the NCAA Championship on her native Long Island, she scored the game-winning goal with 18 seconds left in 11-10 NCAA semifinal win over North Carolina ... Followed that by scoring the eventual game-winner in an 8-7 win over No. 1 Maryland in the national title game, where she had four goals ... Finished with 18 goals in four NCAA Championship games, the second-most prolific tournament in history, and 22 total points ... Recorded the sixth performance of at least 10 points in a game in NU history with five goals and five assists at Georgetown (3/5) ... Tied a career high with seven goals in a 12-11 victory over No. 7 Stanford (4/24) ... Also had the game-winning assist with less than a minute remaining in that game ... Helped NU rally from an 8-5 second-half deficit against top-seeded Florida in the ALC Championship with back-to-back goals ... 17 games with at least three goals ... Two-time WomensLax.com National Player of the Week ... Three-time ALC Offensive Player of the Week ... Set a career high with 39 draw controls and tied her season-best with 25 ground balls, including five in her 10-point game at Georgetown ... Career-best three caused turnovers vs. No. 3 Duke (4/2/11) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Following the season, earned a spot on the 2011-12 United States Senior National Team. 2010: Emerged as one of the top offensive players not just on the Northwestern roster but in the nation ... First-team IWLCA All-American selection ... All-America selection by both WomensLax.com and WomensLacrosse.com ... Tewaaraton Award nominee ... First team All-American Lacrosse Conference selection and named to the ALC all-tournament team ... NCAA all-tournament team ... Started all 22 games on attack for the Wildcats ...Notched 69 goals and 102 points on the year, both of which are the seventh-highest single-season totals in program history ... Her 33 assists is tied for the ninth-highest season total ... Ranked third nationally in points, fourth in goals, sixth in points per game (4/64) and 11th in goals per game (3/14) ... Opened up her sophomore season with a bang, registering six goals and three assists against Massachusetts (2/6) ... Topped that performance with seven goals and three assists in the ALC title game against Vanderbilt (5/8) ... Recorded at least one goal in all 22 games with 13 contests of three goals or more ... Found the back of the net four times in six different games, including the NCAA first round victory over Notre Dame (5/15) where she also dished out a career-best four assists ... In addition to the three helpers against the Minutewomen and Commodores, also had three assists at Duke (4/3) and against North Carolina (4/18) ... Had at least five points in nine games ... Tallied 35 draw controls for the Wildcats, ranking fourth on the team, including a career-best eight against Georgetown (3/6) ... Also won six draws in the season opener against UMass with an additional four at Stanford (2/26) ... Recorded five ground balls against the Minutewomen en route to scooping up 16 on the year ... Caused six turnovers, led by a pair against Duquesne (3/12) ... Academic All-Big Ten. 2009: Made an immediate impact in her freshman season, starting all 23 games for the Wildcats ... Ranked fifth on the team with 33 goals while adding five assists ... Tallied four goals against Ohio State (4/22) as well as at Penn State in the ALC championship game (5/2) ... Recorded three goals and added an assist against Syracuse (3/22) and at Massachusetts (3/25), tying a career-best with four points ... Also netted hat tricks against Hofstra (3/12) and against California (4/4) ... Recorded the game-winning goals against the Orange, Buckeyes and Nittany Lions ... Had a pair of goals against Denver (1/23) in her collegiate debut ... Notched at least one goal in 17 of NU's 23 games ... Tied for fifth on the squad with 25 ground balls, recording three at Vanderbilt (2/27) and at the Minutewomen ... Won 27 draw controls, highlighted by a career-best four against Rutgers (3/14) ... Caused 12 turnovers on the season, including a pair each at Vanderbilt (2/27) and against Penn in the NCAA semifinal victory (5/22) ... Named to the ALC Championship all-tournament team ... Earned ALC Rookie of the Week honors March 30 and April 13 ... Named to the Womenslacrosse.com All-Rookie Team ... One of 24 players named to the U.S. Developmental Team. High School: Six-time letterwinner who started on varsity squad since 7th grade ... Finished her high school career with 505 goals and 224 assists ... Holds the New York state records in career points (729) and career goals (505) as well as in single-season goals (129 in 2006) ... Three-time All-American (2006-08) ... Five-time all-county (2004-08) and three-time all-Long Island (2006-08) selection ... Three-time team MVP (2006-08) ... 2008 High School Under Armor All-American ... Member of U.S.A. U-19 team which won the gold medal at the World Championships in 2007 ... Member of 2005 NYS National School Girls Team, which was ranked fifth, and the 2006 team which was top-ranked, the first time NYS won the high school national championship ... Member of Long Island Yellow Jackets club team for six years ... Two-time Academic All-American ... Member of National Honor Society and Honor Roll ... Earned Principal's Award in physical eduation and statistics ... Finished in top five percent of graduating class. Personal: Born Shannon Elizabeth Smith ... Daughter of Bill and Patty Smith ... Played with former Wildcat Colleen Magarity on U.S.A. U-19 team ... Played with and competed against fellow Wildcats Jessica Russo, Lacey Vigmostad and Brianne LoManto ... Majoring in economics with a minor in business institutions.
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Smith's Career Highs
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