Shawna Norris

Position:
Infield
Class:
Senior
High School:
University of Georgia
Hometown:
Littleton, Colo.

Senior Year (2005): Second-team All-BIG EAST … BIG EAST Player of the Week on March 10 and April 11 … Only the second player in school history to earn a weekly award from the league twice in the same season … First-team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District I … Started all 49 games she played … Batted .290 with a team-best eight home runs, the third-best total in school history, and 22 RBI … Finished the season ranked 10^th on the SU single-season list with 25 runs scored … Also ranked fourth on the single-season list with a .415 on-base percentage and third with 24 walks … Hit .320 with three home runs and 12 RBI in BIG EAST play … Was sixth in the conference during league play with a .443 on-base percentage … Set the school record with at least one RBI in six straight games from April 10-16 … Hit her first SU home run against Cornell on March 5 … Was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBI versus the Big Red on March 6 … Tied the school record with two home runs in the game … Was 3-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in the game-one win against St. John’s … Was 3-for-4 and hit the game-winning two-run home run in the game-two win at Seton Hall … Had three hits and three RBI in the doubleheader sweep of Boston College.

2004: Sat out the 2004 campaign due to NCAA transfer rules ... Practiced, but did not compete in 2004 … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in spring.

Prior to Syracuse: Played two seasons at the University of Washington and one season at the University of Georgia … Played in 57 games, including 26 starts for the Huskies … Hit a home run in her first collegiate at-bat … As a freshman in 2001, hit .242 in 33 plate appearances with an on-base percentage of .342 … Hit .200 with a .327 slugging percentage as a sophomore … Named to the All-Pac 10 Academic Team in 2002 … Played in 33 games, starting four times at Georgia in 2003 … Hit .200 (8-for-40) with five runs batted in.

High School: Competed in softball, basketball and track at Highlands Ranch High School … Was a three-time All-Continental League pick … Named all-state in 1999 … Led the state in home runs that season … Team captain her senior year … Holds the school record in the shot put and discus … Finished third in the state in the shot put and fourth in the discus in 1999 … Helped team to state track championship that season and a runner-up finish in 2000 … Also played on the Highland Ranch basketball team that won the 2000 state championship and was ranked as high as 12th in the nation … Member of the Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal: Born May 6, 1982 … Daughter of Jon and Fay Norris … One sister … Majoring in sociology.