Shannon Sloss

Class:
Senior
High School:
Penn Manor
Hometown:
Pequea, Pa.

• 2013 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year

As a senior (2016): Played in all 21 games with 17 starts... Scored in the 3-2 win over No. 9 Virginia (10-21) and the 3-1 loss to No. 14 Boston College (10/7)... Scored in the 7-1 win over Brown (9/3) and the 8-0 win over Central Michigan (9/9)... Dished out three assists.

As a junior (2015): Played in all 20 games with nine starts... Scored two goals... Dished out one assist… Named to ACC honor roll… Selected to NFHCA National Academic Squad… Named to Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall and spring… Member of the Dean’s List in the fall… Played in USA Field Hockey’s Young Women’s National Championship during the summer.

As a sophomore (2014): Played in all 21 games with 18 starts… Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 2-1 double overtime victory over No. 15 Michigan… Scored both goals in the 2-0 win over Dartmouth… Scored the game-winning goal in the 6-3 win over Ohio State… Registered 17 shots on goal… Competed in the USA Field Hockey 2015 Young Women’s National Championship during the summer… Selected to the NFHCA National Academic Squad… All-ACC Academic Team member… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll in the fall.

As a freshman (2013): Selected 2013 BIG East Rookie of the Year... Played in all 20 games with 18 starts... Second on the team with 10 goal and 22 points... Scored her first career goal in the 2-1 win over Richmond.. Named to BIG EAST honor roll on Oct. 7… Named to NFHCA National Academic Squad... Selected for the USA Field Hockey High Performance program in the summer of 2014… Named to the Athletic Director’s honor roll and Dean’s List in the fall and spring.

High School/Club: Played varsity field hockey for four years for coach Matthew Soto… Captain on the 2012 Pennsylvania State runner-up team… Helped lead her team to three Lancaster-Lebanon League titles and two section and district championships while scoring 62 career goals and dishing 92 assists… Two-time Harrow Sports/National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Pennsylvania Region first team selection (2011 and 2012)… Earned third-team All-America (2011)... Three-time All-State selection, earning first team honors in 2011 and 2012 and a second team selection in 2010… Two-time All-League and All-Region team member… Played for the Penn Lanco/Spooky Nook club team and helped lead her team to gold medals at the National Field Hockey Festival from 2010-12… Participated in the Disney Tournament, the Keystone Games and the National Club Field Hockey Championship.

Personal: Full name is Shannon Marie Sloss… Nickname is Shanni… Daughter of Kelley and Joseph Sloss… Birthdate is July 4, 1995… Has a brother, Brian, and a sister, Carolyn... Major is exercise science… Best moment of her athletic career was making it to the NCAA tournament (2014) and winning Big East Rookie of the Year (2013)… Greatest challenge she has faced was overcoming an eating disorder when she was 10 and having surgery on her knee after her sophomore season… She is motivated by her family and friends... Before every game she joins her team for a dance party in the locker room.