PERSONAL: the daughter of Tom and Maureen Howard was born in Newton, MA... has brother Tab (played football at Middlebury College), Brett, Troy (played football at Iona College), Brandon and sisters Courtney, Siobhan (played soccer at Northeastern University), Mallory... played for Coach Mike Vitelli at King Philip Regional (Wrentham, MA)... two-time Hockomock League honorable mention, 2005 Coaches Award... team was four-time state tournament participant and had 4 goals and 6 assists in two career tournament games at attack wing... high school senior stats: 24 goals, 16 assists, 32 ground balls, 12 interceptions... also played field hockey and basketball... career option is to be an elementary school teacher...

2006: 13 games (12 starts), 6-7--13, 10 ground balls...

2007: 14 games (14 starts), 19-14--33, 2 ground balls... led team in points and assists... Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll once...

2008: 14 games (12 starts), 20-12--32, 14 ground balls... Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll once... led team in assists...

Career: 41 games (38 starts), 45-33--78, 26 ground balls... currently tied for fourth in career assists and is eighth in points...

2006 Game-By-Game Statistics for Shannon Howard