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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2013-14 Women's Basketball Roster

3 Erin Shields

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Archbishop Carroll
  • Hometown Drexel Hill, Pa.

Biography

Holds the SJU record for games played in a career (130)...All-time leader in career free throw percentage (.905)...Tied for first all-time in career three-pointers (256)...10th all-time in scoring (1,343 points), assists (366) and field goal attempts (1,135)...Fifth all-time in three-point field goal percentage (.376)...Second all-time in three-point field goal attempts (681)...Holds the single-season record for three-pointers (96) and free throw percentage (.949), both set as a senior in 2013-14.

2013-14: Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team...Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team...All-Big 5 First Team...Big 5 Scholar-Athlete...Big 5 Leading Scorer...Big 5 Leading Free Throw Percentage...2013-14 CoSDIA Academic All-District...I-AAA Scholar Athlete...Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area...Co-recipient of the team's Ellen Ryan MVP...Also earned the team'sChris DiJulia Inspirational Award, Best Offensive Player, and Loyalty and Leadership Award...Named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Second Team...Served as team co-captain...Set single-season record for three-pointers (96) and free throw percentage (94.9)...Ranked 22nd nationally in three-pointer per game (2.91) and 32nd in three-point percentage (40.2 percent)...Matched the single-season record for games played (33)...Posted the 15th most points scored (492), second most three-point field goals attempted (239) and 10th highest three-point percentage (.402) in a single season...Led the team in scoring 14 times and averaged a team-high 14.9 points per game...Scored in double figures 28 times, including seven games with 20 or more points...Set a career-high with 29 points at George Mason...Finished with a season-high nine assists versus George Washington (1/5)...Scored 27 points in win over VCU...Had a team-best 23 points at LSU...Posted a team-high 18 points in win over Georgia in First Round of the NCAA Tournament...Capped her career with 12 points and added two rebounds and two assists against top-seeded Connecticut in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament...Led the A-10 in three-pointers, and free throw percentage...Ranked third in three-point field goal percentage, fourht in assist-to-turnover ration (1.7)...seventh in scoring, 12th in assists (108) and 14th in field goal percentage (.417).

2012-13: Named both the Atlantic 10 and Big 5 Most Improved Player...Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team, A-10 All-Academic Team and an I-AAAScholar Athlete Team, selection...A member of the A-10 All-Conference Third Team...Selected to the All-Big 5 Second Team...Selected MVP of the Hawk Classic...A Philly College Sports All-Philly Third Team honoree...Member of both the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll...Named SJU's Dorie Leahy Award winner and Most Improved Player recipient...Appeared in all 32 games, making a team-best 31 starts...Set SJU single-season record for free throw percentage (92.0)...Led SJU in three-pointers (73)...Her 73 three-point field goals are tied for the eighth most in a single season and her 203 attempts rank sixth...Led the team in scoring seven times...Scored a career-best 28 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 7-of-12 from three-point range, at #13 Dayton...Scored 21 points in win over Richmond and followed with 25 points in win at George Washington...Tallied a team-best 24 points at UCLA...Had a team-best 21 points in A-10 quarterfinal win over Duquesne...Hit the game-winning three pointer at the buzzer and finished with 18 points in win at Drexel...Handed out a career-best nine assists and had 14 points in Hawk Classic title game win over UMBC...Added five points, two rebounds and two assists in A-10 Championship game win over Fordham...Scored five points and had two rebounds, two assists, a steal and a blocked shot versus Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament.

2011-12: Member of the Atlantic 10 and SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls...Recipient of the team’s Reverend Emory Ross Award... Finished fifth in the Atlantic 10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6)...One of six players to appear in all 33 games...Made five starts...Scored a season-high 16 points and added four assists at Maryland...Finished with 14 points and six rebounds at Villanova...Paced SJU with 14 points and had three assists and two steals at St. Bonaventure...Handed out four assists and scored 13 points in win at Xavier...Went 5-of-7 from the field, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, for 13 points in win over Saint Francis...Scored 12 points, including 6-of-6 from the foul line, in win at Charlotte...Added 11 points and four assists at Temple...Scored 10 points in win at Lafayette...Had a season-best five assists versus Dartmouth and George Washington...Grabbed a season-best three steals against Saint Louis...Added a block and eight points versus Lehigh.

2010-11: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team...Selected to PhillyCollegeSports.com’s All-Philly Second Team...Named Big 5 Player of the Week for the week of December 20-27...Member of both the A-10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll...Led all A-10 freshmen and finished second on SJU with 97 assists...Ranked eighth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.386)...Finished fifth in the A-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6)...Topped all SJU newcomers and finished fourth overall on the team in scoring (8.1 ppg)...Finished second on the team in three point field goals (49)...Scored in double figures 12 times and led the Hawks in scoring six times...Hit a season-best five three pointers to go with a season-high 22 points and added seven rebounds at Dayton...Led the Hawks with 21 points and five rebounds in WNIT contest at Boston College...Scored 17 points in victory over Richmond...Posted a team-high 15 points in win at Delaware...Handed out seven assists and added 12 points in win over Massachusetts...Distributed at least one assist in 30 of 32 games...Appeared in all 32 games, making 26 starts...Averaged 23.7 minutes per game...Member of the Atlantic 10 and SJU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.

High School: Named 2009-10 Pennsylvania Class 3A Player of the Year...Earned Delco Times, Main Line Times, and Philadelphia Catholic League Player of the Year honors as a senior...Served as team captain, helping her squad to both the Philadelphia Catholic League and District 12 titles...Was a 2009-10 McDonald's All-American nominee...Led Archbishop Carroll to the PIAA Class 4A State title as a junior...Second Team All-State Class 4A selection...Averaged 9.8 points, 2.7 assists, 2.5 rebounds per game as a junior..Posted a .421 career shooting percentage from behind the arc...First Team All-Delco and All-Catholic League selection.

Personal: Daughter of Renie and James Shields...Her mother, Renie, is SJU’s associate athletic director/senior women’s administrator and a former member of the SJU women’s basketball team who is in the Saint Joseph's Athletics Hall of Fame...Her sister, Kerri, played basketball at Boston College...Cousin of teammate Kathleen Fitzpatrick...Majoring in finance.

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