Shannon Watson Biography

Career Summary: Finished her career as one of the top blockers in school history... Ranked sixth in career block assists with 301, and her 334 total blocks ranked eighth... Also ranked 11th with 0.84 blocks per set over her career... Additionally, finished ranking among the top 20 career leaders in attack percentage (12th - .225), points (15th - 1,060.5), kills (17th – 863), and sets played (18th – 396).

2014 (Senior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Started all 31 matches and played in all 117 sets... Set new career highs with 301 kills, 2.57 kills per set, a .259 attack percentage, 129 total blocks and 1.10 blocks per set... Averaged 2.47 kills and 1.04 blocks in league play... Ranked second in the Horizon League with 1.10 blocks per set, just 0.02 behind the league leader... Had the most blocks in a match of any league player in 2014 when she had 12 in a four-set win at Saint Francis U on Sept. 9... Those 12 blocks tied for the second most by a Penguin in a rally-scoring match (since 2001)... Also had 10 blocks at Duquesne on Sept. 6, making her the league's only player to have to matches with at least 10 blocks... Her 1.04 blocks per set in league play was the sixth-best rate in the conference... Her 112 block assists were the seventh most for a single season in school history, and her 129 total blocks were the ninth most... Named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8... Made the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.83 kills and a block per set in YSU's two matches... Named to the all-tournament team at the Duquesne/Robert Morris Invitational... Had double digits in kills 18 times... Set a new career high with 18 kills while hitting .485 in a four-set win over UIC (10/31)... Hit at least .380 while posting double digits in kills five other times... Her best attack percentage came when she hit .563 with 10 kills against Kennesaw State (8/30)... Added 12 kills on a .550 attack percentage in her 12 blocks match at Saint Francis U (9/9).

2013 (Junior) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in 84 sets over 25 matches, 23 of which she started... Missed the first six matches of the year with an injury and played every match the rest of the season... Ranked third on the team with 181 kills and 2.15 kills per set... Added 48 blocks (0.57 per set), five assists, two aces and 54 digs... Set a new career high with 38 attacks against Miami (Ohio) (9/14)... Earlier in the day, set new career highs with seven block assists and eight total blocks at Saint Louis... Registered a career-best six digs at Green Bay (10/18)... Tied career highs with two assists at Saint Francis U (9/21) and two solo blocks against Bradley (9/13)... Reached double figures in kills seven times, including posteing a season-best 16 kills against Miami (Ohio)... Posted an attack percentage of at least .250 in six of those seven matches... Had double digits in kills in three straight matches against Kent State, Oakland and Wright State to start October.

2012 (Sophomore) | Match-By-Match Stats: Played in 27 matches, 24 of which she started, and appeared in 99 sets... Ranked second on the team with 235 kills, 2.37 kills per set and a .247 attack percentage... Was third on the team with 77 blocks and 0.78 blocks per set while seeing time at middle blocker and on the left and right sides... Averaged 2.33 kills and 0.76 blocks while hitting .203 against league opponents... Registered double digits in kills 12 times, including eight times in a 10-match stretch from Sept. 7 to Oct. 5... Hit at least .250 in 10 of those double-digit kill matches... Had a career-high 17 kills and hit .433 in the season opener against Eastern Kentucky (8/24)... Had 14 kills against Green Bay (10/19)... Had 12 kills three times, including against Valparaiso in the Horizon League Tournament... Had two solo blocks against EKU in the season opener, and set a season high with six total blocks in the home opener against Robert Morris (9/4)... Had two assists against Loyola (9/29)... Her ace came against North Carolina A&T (9/1)... Had four digs at Green Bay (9/22)...

2011 (Freshman) | Match-By-Match Stats: Appeared in 96 sets over 27 matches, 21 of which she started… Led the team with 80 blocks and added 146 kills, 11 aces and 37 digs… Her .187 attack percentage was second on the squad… Among horizon League freshmen, ranked second in blocks and ninth in kills… Averaged 1.69 kills and 0.82 blocks in league play and 1.52 kills and 0.83 blocks overall… Posted double digits in kills four times… Recorded a career-best 14 kills and hit .619 in YSU’s four-set win at Loyola… Also had 10 kills against Wright State (10/15), Chicago State (10/29) and Green Bay (11/11)… Recorded a career-best three aces at UIC (10/8)… Recorded five digs against Green Bay (11/11)… Posted one block assist seven times… Career-high of seven blocks came at home against UIC (11/5).

High School: Named to the AVCA Under Armour All-America Watch List prior to her senior season... Led Tuscarawas Valley to the state tournament for the first time since 2002... A First-Team All-Ohio pick in Division III, she had 22 kills in the regional final as the Lady Trojans beat Adena... Had 374 kills, a .492 attack percentage, 36 solo blocks and 82 block assists during the regular season, including a 43-kill effort against Triway on Sept. 30... Watson was also a third-team all-state selection as a junior... Played club volleyball with Varsity Elite.

Personal: Daughter of Dale and Beth Watson... Has two sisters (Colleen and Jessi)... Major is advertising and public relations.

Single-Game Highs:

Kills: 18, UIC, Oct. 31, 2014
Attacks: 46, at Duquesne, Sept. 6, 2014
Attack pct: .619, at Loyola, Oct. 4, 2011 (14-1-21)
Assists: 2, 5 times
Serve aces: 3, at UIC, Oct. 8, 2011
Digs: 6, at Green Bay, Oct. 18, 2013
Blocks: 12, at Saint Francis, Sept. 9, 2014
Block solo: 2, 5 times
Block assist: 11, at Saint Francis, Sept. 9, 2014