Shannon McGinley

2016 (Senior)
Named 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Region Third Team… Earned Academic All-Big 12 honors… Started all 51 games in the outfield for Kansas… Hit .338 on the year, good for the second-best batting average on the squad… Finished second on the roster in hits (52) and doubles (11)… Recorded 18 RBIs and a .429 slugging percentage… Drew 19 walks and registered a .414 on-base percentage… Launched first career home run vs. UNC Greensboro (2/14)… Tallied 10 multi-hit efforts and five multi-RBI games… Recorded a season-best four RBIs in a victory at Oklahoma (4/2)… Went 3-for-3 with a double at Fresno State (2/19)… Recorded a 3-for-3 performance at the plate with a double and a RBI against North Texas (4/8)… Tallied four multi-walk efforts… Recorded a pair of doubles at Creighton (3/16) and at Oklahoma (4/2)… Registered a nine-game hitting streak from March 10-22… Grabbed 92 putouts without committing an error in the outfield for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

2015 (Junior)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Started every game in the outfield… Hit .283 on the season with 45 hits, including 11 for extra bases… Tallied 10 doubles and a triple… Registered 23 runs scored, 20 RBIs and 18 walks… Recorded two multi-RBI contests, including a season-high two against LIU Brooklyn (2/6) and Northern Colorado (3/13)… Posted 14 multi-hit games, including a career-best three hits at Missouri (5/16)… Hit .428 during the final weekend of the season with six hits during the NCAA Regional… Recorded a six-game hitting streak and a 16-game reaching base streak… Drew multiple walks on four occasions… Tallied a season-best five at-bats at New Mexico State (2/14)… Collected 67 putouts and three assists.

2014 (Sophomore)
A reserve for the Jayhawks… Started four games and made 21 appearances… Collected three runs scored as a pinch runner.

2011-12 (Freshman at Virginia)
Appeared in 42 games as a freshman, making 40 starts in the outfield… Third on the squad in doubles with seven… Hit .204 on the season with 21 hits and six runs scored… Tallied 10 RBIs on the year… A perfect 4-for-4 in stolen bases… Recorded four multi-hit games… Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs against Nicholls State (2/17).

High School
A four-year letterwinner at Shawnee Mission East… Helped the Lancers to a regional championship in 2012… Earned first-team all-state honors and played in the Kansas Softball All-Star game as a senior… Named First-Team All-Sunflower League in 2012 and was a three-time honorable mention selection (2009-11)… Led the team in batting average (.518), on base percentage (.598), slugging percentage (.684) and RBIs (36)… Selected team MVP in 2010… Named Shawnee Mission East Female Athlete of the Year three times… Also lettered in basketball and helped the Lancers to two sub-state championships in 2009 and 2010.

Club
Played for the Diamond Devils from 2010-12.

Personal
Daughter of Mike and Kristy McGinley… Has a younger sister, Erin, who also is a member of the Jayhawk softball team … A Kansas Scholar and member of the National Honor Society.