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9  Shannel Blackshear Class: Senior Hometown: Sierra Vista, Ariz. High School: Buena Height: 5-6 Position: 3B Bats/Throws: R/R

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Honors and Awards: UW Coaches Award winner (2011) ... third-team All-Big Ten (2010) ... team's Best Defensive Player (2010)

Career: Ranks second all-time at Wisconsin in OBP (.403), home runs (21) and RBI (99) ... third in slugging percentage (.494), OPS (.897) and sac flies (5) ... sixth in hit by pitch (14) ... seventh in assists (288) ... tied for ninth all-time in batting average (.296)

2012: Finished the year third for most walks (28) in a single season at UW and seventh in assists (132) ... ranks second in doubles (7) in Big Ten single-season play ... tied for fourth in RBI (14) ... recorded a career high four hits against Western Illinois (4/10) ... reached base in 19-straight games (4/7-5/5) ... drew a career-high four walks against Northwestern (3/31) ... homered against Illinois (4/15) to contribute to UW single game team record six home runs ... home run at Purdue (4/28) moved her into second all-time on UW career record list

2011: Tied for fifth for most home runs (9) in single season at UW, second-most sac flies (4), fourth-most walks (25), ninth-most RBIs (32) and 10th-most mult-RBI games (8) and 3+ RBI games (3) ... led team in RBI and assists and tied for team lead in home runs ... went 1-for-4 with a home run, one run and two RBI against Iowa (4/27) ... became second player in school history to hit a leadoff home run, going 1-for-3 with one run, one RBI and one walk in extra-inning contest against Indiana (4/16) ... went 2-for-2 with one home run, three RBI and one walk in comeback victory over Northwestern (4/9) ... tied a season high with three RBI against North Dakota, going 2-for-3 with one home run (4/7) ... smacked her fifth home run of the season in UW's comeback win over Michigan State, going 1-for-3 on the day with one run, one RBI and one walk (4/3) ... went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI against Loyola Chicago (3/31) ... tied career high with two walks against Penn State (3/27) ... enjoyed career-long nine-game hit streak from March 13-19 ... homered and added two RBI in a 1-for-3 day against Loyola Marymount (3/16) ... hit a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning of a comeback victory over Loyola Marymount (3/15) ... drilled first home run of the season against UNLV, going 2-for-3 with two RBI (3/13) ... notched a pair of doubles and three RBI while going 2-for-4 against Colorado State (2/20) ... went 2-for-3, hitting a double with one run scored against Texas State (2/17)

2010: Finished the season third at UW with 36 RBI ... ninth with .333 batting average, .945 OPS (on-base + slugging) and seven hit by pitches ... tied for 10th with seven home runs ... ranked second among freshman at UW with a .414 OBP, .945 OPS, 36 RBI and seven hit by pitches ... third with a .333 batting average, .531 slugging percentage and 78 total bases ... fourth with eight doubles and seven home runs ... fifth with 49 hits ... started all 51 games ... led team with 15 multi-hit games and seven hit by pitches ... tied for team lead with eight doubles ... went 2-for-3 with home run and two RBI vs. Michigan State (5/14) ... homered and hit double in 3-for-5 day with three RBI, two runs scored against Northwestern (5/8) ... in DH against South Dakota (4/25), went 3-for-5 with two runs and five RBI, including a three-run HR ... went 2-for-4 with two RBI in game one of DH against Northern Illinois (4/20) ... finished 3-for-5 with three RBI in two-game series against Purdue (4/17-18) ... went 3-for-4, nailing one home run and tying career-high four RBI against South Dakota State (4/11) ... went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one home run in game one of DH against Green Bay (3/31) ... career-high three hits, two doubles, one home run, four RBI and three runs against Prairie View A&M (3/13) ... hit first career home run against UC Santa Barbara (2/26) ... went 2-for-3, notching first career RBI against FIU (2/21) ... went 2-for-3, including first career hit, and scored first run of career against No. 16 Texas A&M (2/12)

High School: A two-time all-state selection and three-time all-southern Arizona honoree ... named the "Southern Arizona Female Athlete of the Year" by the Sierra Vista Herald in 2007 ... honored by Adidas Futures National Camp and named one of the "Top-100 softball players" ... had a high school batting average of .460 ... team received the 2008 Scholar-Athlete AIA Honor Roll ... high school teammate of fellow freshman Meghan McIntosh ... head coach was Mike Tomooka ... also played varsity volleyball

Personal: Parents are Roosevelt and Anndrea Blackshear ... has one older brother, R.J., and one older sister, Tihisha ... hobbies include movies, music, friends and family ... major is sociology