Accolades:

All- GNAC: 1st Team (2009, 2011)
GNAC Defensive POY (2009)
GNAC All-Academic (2010, 2011, 2012)

2011: One of four Monks to start all 17 contests…closes out her career having started in 54 consecutive contests…named as a team captain…netted the only SJC goal in a 5-1 GNAC Tournament loss to Lasell College on October 29th…collected First Team All-GNAC accolades for the second time in her career…also claimed the team’s Most Valuable Player honors…played in 67 games over four collegiate seasons. 

2010: One of six St. Joe’s players to start all 17 matches…led the team with 1360 minutes played…caps her junior season having started in 37 consecutive games.

2009: Started all 20 games for the Monks as a stopper on the defensive front…named GNAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference…scored her first collegiate goal against Simmons College on September 7th...earned team's "Impact Player" honor.

2008: Played in 13 games while starting 10 as a freshman...notched her first collegiate point against Suffolk with an assist in a 6-2 victory on September 30th.

High School: Played two years of varsity soccer (injured for other two years) for Robb Gonnam at Newburyport High School, making the Division III state tournament every year...team captured three consecutive Div III North Sectional titles during her career and helped lead the team to the Massachusetts State Championship senior year...two-time Cape Ann League All-Star...named MVP of state championship team.

Personal: Shannon Michelle Fitzgerald, born on September 2, 1989 in Waltham, Massachusetts...daughter of James and Diane Fitzgerald...majoring in Elementary Education.

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