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Shannon Renner

Class: Junior Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. High School: Blue Valley Northwest HS

Last College: Northern Illinois Height: 5-7 Position: Defender Experience: 1L

Career Honors

• 2012 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring)
• 2012 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring)
• 2011 Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)
• 2011 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring, Fall)

2011 (Sophomore)

• Played at defender in all 21 contests and made 15 starts in her first year with the Jayhawks, including seven of eight Big 12 Conference games
• Collected her first points of the season with a goal versus Oral Roberts (Sept. 25) in her only shot of the game
• Notched her first career assist during a 2-1 road win at Creighton (Oct. 9)
• Also recorded an assist in KU's 6-1 win at Iowa State (Oct. 23)
• Played a season-high 97 minutes in the season-opener versus Tennessee (Aug. 19)

2010 (Freshman- Northern Illinois)

• Started all 19 games at defender for Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill... Also saw limited action at forward
• Scored two goals and posted seven shots with five on goal
• After shifting to offense late in the season, scored her first collegiate goal at Ohio (Oct. 10)... Followed that up with a goal in NIU's 2-1 loss to Mid America Conference champion Central Michigan in the MAC Championship quarterfinals (Oct. 31)

High School (Blue Valley Northwest)

• Lettered four years for coach Rick Pribyl
• Scored 25 goals and registered 17 assists as a forward with the Huskies
• Moved to center back during her senior season
• Helped the Huskies to a Kansas state quarterfinal and a regional semifinal appearance, as well as a regional title as a sophomore and a state runner-up as a senior
• Led Blue Valley Northwest with 21 points (eight goals, five assists) as a junior
• Named first team All-East Kansas League and All-Sunflower Team as a senior... Also a Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year nominee

Club (Blue Valley Stars Mallorca and KC Metro Dynamos)

• Played six years of club soccer with KC Metro Dynamos under coach Derek Shoare... Played one season with Blue Valley Stars Mallorca for Jon Parry
• As a senior, helped the Stars to the Kansas State Championship and on to regionals
• The previous season, netted 13 goals and assisted on seven with the Dynamos, en route to a State Cup Championship and a quarterfinal finish at the Region II championship

ODP

• Member of the Kansas State ODP team as a junior, helping lead the team to a Region II Championship and a fourth-place finish in the ODP National Championships

Personal

• Shannon Elizabeth Renner was born in Redondo Beach, Calif.
• Daughter of Christy and Tom Renner
• Grew up in nearby Overland Park, Kan.
• Has a younger sister, Caroline, and a younger brother, Kyle
• Studying exercise science at KU