2009 All-ACC Academic Team
2010 All-ACC Academic Team
2011 All-ACC Academic Team
2011 – March 8 Player of the Week
2011 Capital One Academic All-District First Team
As a Junior (2011): Appeared in 44 games on the year starting in 37 of them … Finished the year with a .301 batting average notching 34 hits in 113 plate appearances … Knocked out eight doubles, two triples and nine home runs for a .646 slugging percentage … Brought in 31 RBIs … Drew 11 walks and was a perfect 2-for-2 in stolen bases … Went 3-for-4 against Fordham (Feb. 12) with a double and a run scored … Netted yet another 3-for-4 effort against Evansville (March 4) blasting three doubles, scoring two runs and driving in four … Was a perfect 2-for-2 (March 11) against Bowling Green scoring two runs and driving in two while notching a homerun … Went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs against Georgia Southern (March 15) blasting two home runs … Drove in another four runs on a 2-for-4 effort against Coastal Carolina (March 18) notching a triple and scoring two runs of her own … Went 2-for-3 at Winthrop (March 22) scoring two runs and hitting two doubles.
As a Sophomore (2010): Started 16 games and made 57 appearances… Batted .180 with 16 runs scored, two home runs and four RBI… Compiled a .923 fielding percentage on the season for the Jackets…Scored three runs against Seton Hall (March 5) while registering two hits in three at bats with a walk… Hit her first home run of the season against Dartmouth (March 7) and added two RBI… Went 2-for-2 with a walk and scored three runs against Boston College in the first round of the ACC Tournament (May 14).
As a Freshman (2009): Saw action in 45 games while making eight starts … Batted .350 with seven runs scored, two home runs and five RBI … Drew four walks, was hit by a pitch and recorded three stolen bases … Had a RBI single in her first career at bat against Kennesaw State (Feb. 25) … Blasted pinch hit home runs against Toledo (March 7) and Tennessee Martin (March 10) giving her two round-trippers in her first four at bats … Had a .650 slugging percentage and a .480 on-base percentage.
High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Troy Pirkle … Helped lead team to region championships in 2006 as well as 2007 while also making an elite eight appearance in 2007 … Two-time all-county and 2007 second-team all-state selection … Participated in the North-South All-Star Game … Holds high school career records for home runs, RBI and walks while also setting single-season marks in home runs, RBI, walks and runs scored as a senior … Ranked fifth in class of 665 and was also involved with the Beta Club, Top Scholar Athlete and the Ideals Leadership Foundation … Was secretary of the Student Ambassador Team.
Personal: Born Shannon Flanley Bear on May 29, 1990, in Allentown, Pa. … Parents are Bryan and Kathy Bear … Has an older sister, Brittany, as well as a younger brother, Patrick … A Biochemistry major.
Bear[apos]s Career Hitting Statistics
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Single Game Highs:
Hits: 3, vs Fordham, Feb 12, 2011; vs Evansville, Mar 04, 2011; Georgia Southern, Mar 15, 2011
Doubles: 3, vs Evansville, Mar 04, 2011
Triples: 1, vs Penn State, Mar 08, 2011; at Coastal Carolina, Mar 18, 2011
RBI: 4, 4 times
Home runs: 2, Georgia Southern, Mar 15, 2011
Total bases: 9, Georgia Southern, Mar 15, 2011RBI: 4, vs Evansville, Mar 04, 2011; Georgia Southern, Mar 15, 2011; at Coastal Carolina, Mar 18, 2011
Runs scored: 3, vs Seton Hall, Mar 05, 2010; Georgia Southern, Mar 15, 2011; vs Boston College, May 14, 2010
Walks: 2, NC State, Mar 26, 2011
Struck out: 3, vs Arkansas, Feb 27, 2010
At bats: 4, 15 times
Stolen bases: 1, 5 times
