Shari Appollon

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Elmont Memorial
Hometown:
Freeport, N.Y.

Senior Year: Selected to the IWLCA All-Northeast Region Second Team … Played in 15 games with 11 starts … Recorded 13 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and four draw controls … Anchored a defensive unit that was strong at the end of the season, allowing only 14 goals while leading the Orange to the inaugural BIG EAST Tournament Championship … Picked up a career-best six ground balls against Cornell … Posted two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Cornell … Recorded a career-best two draw controls against Loyola.

Junior Year: Appeared in 14 games and started 11 … Scored four goals, picked up 16 ground balls and caused nine turnovers … Recorded free position goals against Binghamton and Loyola and also scored against Northwestern and Notre Dame … Scooped up a season-best four ground balls against Dartmouth … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring semester.

Sophomore Year: Appeared in 13 of 17 games … Picked up seven ground balls for the season … Grabbed a ground ball at Massachusetts … Scored one goal and snagged one ground ball at Brown … Had two ground balls at Dartmouth … Scooped a ground ball at Maryland … Picked up a ground ball against Notre Dame … Grabbed one ground ball at Colgate.

Freshman Year: Appeared in four games … Registered her first career point with a goal against Colgate … Also had a ground ball and a draw control versus Colgate.

High School: Four-year member of the lacrosse team … Team captain as a junior and senior … Helped Elmont Memorial to the 2003 Conference III Championship … School-record holder for most goals in a career (149), season (61) and game (10) … Earned all-conference honors in 2002 … 2003 all-county selection … Elmont Memorial High School’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2003 … Named the team’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player in 2002 and 2003 … Helped the basketball team to the 2000 and 2001 Conference I Championships and the 2001 Nassau County Championship.

Personal: Born June 1985 … Daughter of Monique Toussaint and Carmel Appollon … Two sisters and one brother … Brother, Bryant, played lacrosse at Nassau Community College … Majoring in physical education and social work.