2011: CAC All-Academic Team ... saw action in all 18 games with 13 starts ... fifth in scoring with 24 goals and 31 points ... added seven assists ... contributed 11 ground balls, 11 draw controls and six caused turnovers ... career-best three goals twice ... career-high three ground balls twice ... career-highs of two assists, four points and two draw controls vs. Wesley ... career-bests of three ground balls and two draw controls at York (Pa.).
2010: Played in all 18 games with two starts ... top 10 scorer with three goals and two assists ... notched 11 ground balls, seven draw controls, and three caused turnovers ... season-best two ground balls three times ... career-high two draw controls vs. Hood.
Leonardtown HS: 2009 graduate ... two-sport athlete (field hockey, lacrosse) ... four-time Southern Maryland Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Lacrosse: Coached by Ken McIlhenney ... team captain as a senior ... 2009 US Lacrosse Academic All-America ... three-time SMAC champions ... 2009 first team All-St. Mary's County at defense ... 2008 Coaches Award ... varsity letterwinner ... Field Hockey: Mentored by Vicky Lydon and Mia Finkelston ... varsity letterwinner ... four-time Minds-in-Motion Award recipient ... four-time Scholar Academic Achievement Award recipient ... member, National Honor Society and National Art Honor Society ... recipient, Maryland Senate scholarship; Maryland Delegate scholarship; Claudia Pickerall scholarship; Margaret Brent High School Alumni scholarship ... volunteer, SMC Teen Court; Hollywood United Methodist preschool; Special Olympics; Best Buddies; Southern Maryland Girls Lacrosse League ... served as docent at Historical Sotterley Plantation ... voted Most Artistic in 2009.
Club Lacrosse: SMGLL Jets
Personal: Emily Elizabeth Shafer ... art studio minor ... wants to work in art therapy ... born August 23, 1991 in La Plata, Md. ... daughter of Rea and Jane Shafer ... has an older sister, Allison.
Best SMCM Sports Moment: "Beating York by two last year."
