FMU: Returning starter and 2-year letterwinner...2009-10 Pre-Season PBC All-Conference Team...HM All-American and PBC All-Conference in ‘09...Led team in scoring last year, 4th as a freshman on nation's top scoring team both years....Led team in rebounding last year...'09 PBC rankings: 5th in scoring, 13th FT%, 15th in blocks...Very athletic...Can score, rebound, and defend...Scored in double figures 38 times (6 20-pt games)....Named MVP of Lady Cobra Classic (Dec.2008)...'08 PBC rankings: 12th FG%, 28th in scoring.

PERSONAL: Born Shannon Marquera Singleton-Bates in Stamford, Conn.....Attended Norwalk High School and played for coach Rick Fuller.....Senior stats: 23.1 ppg, 3.2 apg, 2.8 spg, 1.4 bpg....Ranked among Top 10 in her area for 3-point and free throw percentages....Leading scorer in area....Area's 2006 and 2007 Player of Year....Played in Connecticut All-Star game....2-time first-team All-State....3-time All-Conference.....Junior stats: 21 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.3 spg....Surpassed 1,300 career points.....Hobbies include hanging out with friends.....Nickname is Shan or Rook.

FAVORITES: (athletes) LeBron James, Michael Jordan, (team) UConn, (movies) The Dark Knight, Love and Basketball, GI Joe, (foods) Buffalo chicken strips and french fries, (FMU) The fountain, (What's in my CD/iPOD) Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Drake, (place on campus) The UC - Smith University Center, (others may be surprised to know) I hate talking on the phone, (best athletic moment) Advancing to the NCAA Regional final, (if I could visit anywhere in the world) Spain and Africa, (Coach Macy saying) "Other end", (dinner with 3 people would be) Meagan Goode, Lauren London, Meagan Fox, (in 10 years) I would like to own a barber shop, (greatest influence on my life) My brother, (when I was little I wanted to be) Professional basketball player.
 

CAREER STATS at FMU:

YEAR          G-GS      FG%    FT%      REB    AVG   PF-D    AST    TO   BLK    STL    PTS    AVG
2007-08     30-20      48.3     76.4       134     4.5   79-3       13    53       4     44     301   10.0

2008-09     32-31      43.6     75.0       164     5.1   64-2       28     87    17     46     417   13.0

Totals         62-51      45.5     75.5       298     4.8 143-5       41   140    21     90     718   11.6

Three-Point Shots: 3-17 in 2007-08; 10-34 in 2008-09