Graduated Student-Athletes SHAYLYN BLANEY Midfield 5-4 Stony Brook, N.Y. / Ward Melville
HONORS & AWARDS Two-Time Team Captain 2009, 2010, 2011 Second Team IWLCA All-American 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 First Team All-Region 2009, 2010, 2011 First Team All-BIG EAST 2008 Second Team All-BIG EAST 2009 Tewaaraton Trophy Nominee 2008, 2010, 2011 All-BIG EAST Tournament Team 2010 Monogram Club Team MVP AS A SENIOR: Concluded brilliant career with another sensational season, culminating in being named second team All-American by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) for the third consecutive year … also selected first team all-West/Midwest Region by IWLCA and first team all-BIG EAST … named to the BIG EAST all-tournament team … ended year with 35 goals and 11 assists to total 46 points and also scored at least one point in the final 14 games of career … also had 44 ground balls, 39 draw controls and 39 caused turnovers … led team in goals and draw controls and was second in points, ground balls and caused turnovers … tied for 15th in the country in caused turnovers with 2.00 average per game … had 10 games with two or more goals, including five with three or more goals … had at least one point in all but one game … had seven games with three or more points … had 12 games with two or more ground balls, 13 games with two or more draw controls and 12 games with two or more caused turnovers … filled up the stat sheet every game, turning in four games where she had at least one in each of the column for goals, assists, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers … filled up four of the columns in all but four of the games … had a career-high seven ground balls in a 20-6 win at California … also chipped in a goal and three assists … set career highs in assists (3) and points (6) in a 12-10 win at Duquesne … had two points, five ground balls, three draw controls and four caused turnovers in a 14-5 win against Boston University … tallied four points (3 G, 1 A), two ground balls, five draw controls and four caused turnovers against Hofstra … turned in impressive performance in a 15-5 win versus Connecticut, scoring five goals, dishing out an assist, collecting
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five ground balls and three draw controls and causing five turnovers … had three goals, five ground balls, two draw controls and three caused turnovers in a 16-15 win at Louisville … turned in strong BIG EAST Tournament, scoring six goals in two games and adding four ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers … finished career first in games played (77), second in goals (162), seventh in points (188), fifth in ground balls (137), first in draw controls (165) and second in caused turnovers (113) … selected to the preseason Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List and the preseason all-BIG EAST team … named team captain for second consecutive year … earned a Monogram. AS A JUNIOR: Played and started in all 18 games at midfield ... finished the season third on the team in scoring with 40 goals and three assists for 43 points ... 40 goals was tops on the team ... finished third on squad with 36 ground balls, led team with 37 draw controls and was second with 36 caused turnovers ... became one of just two players in program’s history with three or more 40-goal seasons (Jillian Byers is the other) ... selected first team all-BIG EAST for the second consecutive year ... was first team IWLCA West/ Midwest Region choice and a second team IWLCA All-American ... was named to the Tewaaraton Watch List for the second time in her career ... recorded points in 15 of the team’s 18 games ... had 10 multiple-goal games, including seven with three or more goals ... had 12 games with two or more points ... opened the season with a careerbest, six-goal game at Hofstra (2/23) in a 13-12 Irish win ... scored the game-winning goal with just over 10 minutes left in the contest ... scored twice in the 15-10 home-opening win against Duquesne (2/27) ... held off the scoresheet in a 12-8 home loss to Dartmouth (3/7) ... sparked the Irish to a 14-12 win at California (3/13) ... added three ground balls, a career-best eight draw controls and two caused turnovers in the win ... closed out the week with a pair of goals in a 7-6 win at Boston University (3/20) ... held to one goal in a 10-9 loss to Vanderbilt (3/24)... equaled a career high with six ground balls ... chipped in three draw controls and three caused turnovers ... scored once in 11-9 win at home over Louisville (3/27) ... had third consecutive one-goal game in 15-5 loss at Northwestern (3/30) ... held scoreless in 12-10 loss at Georgetown to open April ... got back on track with three goals in 11-10 win at Loyola (4/5) ... scored twice with three ground balls and three draw controls in 16-0 shutout win versus Villanova (4/9) ... scored one goal, the game winner, in big, 6-5, upset win of Syracuse at Arlotta Stadium (4/11) ... named BIG EAST offensive player of the week for her three-game run versus Loyola, Villanova and Syracuse ... followed that with her best all-around game of the season against Cincinnati (4/17) ... scored three goals, grabbed six ground balls, had four draw controls and a career-best seven caused turnovers in 15-5 win over the Bearcats ... scored five goals in a 12-11
victory at Ohio State (4/22) ... made it 12 goals in three games on April 22, as she scored four goals in a 12-11 loss at Rutgers (4/24) ... had a season-high, two-assist game, picking up three points in a 16-9 win at Connecticut (5/1) to close the regular season ... scored four goals with two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover in heartbreaking, 12-11, four-overtime loss in BIG EAST semifinals to Syracuse (May 6) ... selected to BIG EAST all-tournament team for second time in three seasons ... shutout in NCAA Tournament game at Northwestern (5/15) as Irish fell to Wildcats, 19-7 … earned a Monogram. AS A SOPHOMORE: Played and started all 21 games at midfield for the Irish in 2009 ... was fourth on the team in goals (44) and fourth in points (47) ... third on the team in shots on goal with 108 ... showed her all-around skills as she had careerhighs in ground balls (31) and draw controls (46) ... tied for seventh on team in ground balls and was second in draw controls ... also added 16 caused turnovers to finish fifth in that category ... goal total (44) ties her for ninth on single-season list ... selected first team all-BIG EAST, first team IWLCA West/Midwest region and was a second team IWLCA All-American ... was named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List for the 2009 season ... scored in 20 of 21 games, including a 20-game point streak (44g, 3a, 47 pts) ... had streak stopped in final game of the season ... had 12 games with two or more goals and 14 with two or more points on the year ... opened her second season with a four-goal game in 22-7 win over Duquesne (2/14) ... held to just one goal in 21-5 loss to top-ranked Northwestern ... had back-to-back, three-goal games in home wins versus Ohio State (2/22) and Stanford (2/28) ... had a goal and an assist in 16-11 win at Dartmouth ... scored three times as Irish defeated James Madison, 16-11, at Disney World of Sports ... scored four goals for second time in 17-15 win at home against Hofstra (3/14) ... opened the BIG EAST schedule with a goal and an assist in the 18-9 win over Rutgers ... had just one goal in 20-4 win over California ... scored twice in 14-12 loss to Georgetown at home ... had sixth game with three
BLANEY’S CAREER BESTS Goals- 6, vs. Hofstra (2/23/10) Assists- 3, last at Duquesne (2/27/11) Points- 6, last at Duquesne (2/27/11) Groundballs- 7, at California (2/11/11) Caused Turnovers- 7, vs. Cincinnati (4/17/10) Draw Controls- 8, vs. California (3/13/10)
BLANEY’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP-GS SOG G A Pts. GB DC CT 2008 19-19 81 43 9 52 26 43 22 2009 21-21 84 44 3 47 31 37 36 2010 18-18 104 40 3 43 36 37 36 2011 19-19 67 35 11 46 44 39 39 Totals 77-77 336 162 26 188 137 165 113
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