23   Shannon Carrier

Class: Senior Hometown: Plainwell, Mich. Height: 5-8

Position: Midfielder

Career: Has tallied 78 career points good for third in school history...Posted 28 assists in three years, needs seven assists to break school record...Played in 60 career contests for the Lakers.

2005: Earned NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team honors...Named All-GLIAC for the third consecutive season as a first team selection...Played and started 19 games...Missed three games due to injury, including Great Lakes Regional Final and National Quarterfinal...Tied for fourth on the team with 14 points...Tallied four goals and finished fifth on the squad with six assists...Tied for eighth in the GLIAC in assists...Scored two game-winning goals on the year...Tallied 41 shots on the season...Part of a Laker offense that led the GLIAC and ranked ninth in the nation with 3.41 goals per game...Scored two or more points in five games...Tallied two assists at California (Pa.) in GVSU's 7-0 win (9/10/05)...Scored game's lone goal against #5 Wisconsin-Parkside (9/18/05) in Lakers' 1-0 win...Pushed Lakers into Great Lakes Regional Championship game with the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win against SIU-Edwardsville (11/11/05).

2004: Earned NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team honors...Named to All-GLIAC Second Team...Started and played in all 20 games...Ranked second on the team and tied for eighth in the GLIAC with nine goals scored...Led the team and conference with 12 assists...Tallied 30 points, which was second on the team and fourth in the GLIAC...Ranked first in the GLIAC and 29th in the nation with 0.55 assists per game...Was third in in the GLIAC in shots per game with 3.60...Scored one game-winning goal...Posted a .444 shot on goal percentage...Part of a Laker offense that ranked first in the GLIAC and eighth in the nation in goals per game (3.20) and assists per game (2.25)...Recorded a goal in eight different games and at least one assist in nine games...Named GLIAC Player of the Week (Sept. 27) after tallying three goals and five assists in three Laker wins...Played a role in all three of the Lakers goals as she scored two goals and tallied an assist in a 3-0 win over Aquinas College (9/22/04)...Posted a season-high three assists in a 7-0 win against West Virginia Wesleyan (9/25/04)...Recorded a goal and an assist as the Lakers defeated Charleston, 7-0 (9/26/04).

2003: Named to All-GLIAC Second Team...Played in all 21 games, starting in 20 for GVSU as a freshman...Ranked second on the team and tied for sixth in the GLIAC with 12 goals...Tied for second on the team and third in the GLIAC with 10 assists...Ranked fifth in the GLIAC with 34 points scored (1.62 ppg)...Added four game-winning goals...Recorded two goals in the NCAA DII Great Lakes Championship game against Northern Kentucky (11/16/03)...Posted two goals and an assist in GVSU's 8-0 win over St. Joseph's College (10/15/03).

High School: Prepped at Plainwell High School under head coach Matt Kellogg...Earned all-conference, all-district, and all-region honors three years...Named to all-state first team as a junior and senior...Team MVP and captain as a senior...Led team to three conference and four district championships...Helped team to regional championship as a freshman...Also played basketball, volleyball, and was part of the choir for four years.

Personal: Born on September 6, 1985...Daughter of Donald and Donna Carrier...Enjoys reading, music, and sports...Majoring in education.