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Jersey Number 50
Will Shannon
- Position:
- OF/INF
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 238
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Brother Rice HS
- Prev School:
- Hillsdale
2025 (SENIOR): Played in 34 games with 20 starts, making 17 starts at DH and three at first base ... Was fifth on the team in slugging percentage (.453), along with sixth in batting average (.267) and HR (4) ... Added 20 hits, with two doubles, along with 14 RBI and 14 runs scored, 13 walks and one sacrifice fly ... Made Spartan debut on Opening Day, starting season-opener at DH on Feb. 14 vs. Western Michigan at USA Baseball Complex ... Knocked two hits and two RBI next day of Feb. 15 vs. Monmouth ... Belted first homer as a Spartan on March 19 vs. Oakland, for his only homer as a position player, as the other three came as a pinch hitter ... Tallied two HRs in a three-game span on April 19 and 27 against B1G rivals Ohio State and Michigan, respectively, first with a pinch-hit solo HR in the eighth inning down the right field line and off the foul pole to tie the game up at 9-9 and send it to extras, where the Spartans later won on a walk-off in the 11th for a 10-9 Victory for MSU ... Added another pinch-hit homer on April 27 at Michigan with a solo homer to lead off the top of the 9th to pull the Spartans within 6-4, and they got within 6-5 two batters later on a HR by Randy Seymour, but were unable to score the tying run in the loss ... Smacked a three-run pinch-hit three-run home run on May 7 at Western Michigan, for his season-high three RBI outing, and one of three multi-ribbie games ... Had a seven-game hitting streak (March 14-28), including a span of three of his five multi-hit games coming in a four-game spurt, first with a pair of hits on March 22 at Penn State, then two hits each at Notre Dame on March 26 and vs. Illinois on March 28 ... After not logging a hit on March 28 vs. Illinois, added two more knocks the next day in series finale vs. the Illini for a stretch of two hits in four out of six games ... Led all MSU fielders with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in six games in seeing action at first base, with the three starts and coming on as defensive sub in three games, made 27 putouts without any errors.
PRIOR TO MSU: Played three seasons at Hillsdale ... Was an NCAA DII All-American in 2024.
JUNIOR (2024): Earned NCAA DII All-American accolades by D2CCA ... Earned unanimous All-Midwest Region honors ... Was named Hillsdale’s first-ever Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... Led the G-MAC in season batting average (.426), slugging percentage (.838), on-base percentage (0.508), and OPS (1.346), despite missing the first seven games of the season with an injury ... The .838 slugging percentage slugging percentage was second-best in program history, while ranking in the Top 10 single-season marks for five other categories with seventh in batting average (.426), sixth in runs scored (50), ninth in doubles (14), third in home runs (15) and sixth in RBIs (52) ... In conference action alone, batted .436 with an .882 slugging percentage and a 1.402 OPS ... Led Hillsdale with 63 hits, 14 doubles, 15 HR, 52 RBI, to go with 50 runs scored and 27 walks ... Had a season-best 20-game hitting streak, while registering 18 multi-hit games and was held hitless in a game just five times out of 42 games played ... Also blasted multi-HR in three games, including going 5-for-6 with two HR and a double in a 16-12 win over Grand Valley State for first career five-hit game ... Posted a .990 fielding percentage at first base with 297 putouts and 14 assists, and was part of 18 double plays.
SOPHOMORE (2023): Earned second-team All-Midwest Region honors from ABCA and D2CCA, as well as honorable mention All-Region honors from NCBWA ... Earned first-team All-G-MAC accolades ... Led the Chargers in batting average (.388), hits (73), slugging percentage (.697), runs scored (46), doubles (15) and triples (2), while finishing second in home runs (13) ... Registered top marks in Hillsdale’s single-season top 10 all-time for hits, doubles, slugging percentage and home runs ... Tied for the team-lead with 21 multi-hit games, including knocking four hits in a game four times ... Also had a team-best 21-game hitting streak, in addition to finishing the season on a 12-game hitting streak ... Went 4-for-6 with two solo HR in the Chargers’ extra-inning win at Kentucky Wesleyan (March 26) ... He also had a two HR in a game against Lake Erie (April 18) ... Went 9-for-17 with six singles, one double, one triple and one HR, finishing with five RBI and five runs scored in a two-game sweep over Tiffin (April 2-3).
FRESHMAN (2022): Played in 10 games with one start ... Posted a .250 average in 12 AB, knocking singles against Tiffin (April 2) and Cedarville (April 8 and 9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice HS ... Helped Brother Rice make its third-consecutive MHSAA Division 1 state semifinal appearance as a senior in 2021, finishing with a 29-11 record ... Was a two-time All-CHSL honoree ... Led the Warriors in batting average (.372), doubles (14) and RBI (44) in senior season ... Also played basketball at Brother Rice ... Was a member of the Brother Rice National Honor Society and graduated with honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Lori and Patrick Shannon ... Majoring in economics.
PRIOR TO MSU: Played three seasons at Hillsdale ... Was an NCAA DII All-American in 2024.
JUNIOR (2024): Earned NCAA DII All-American accolades by D2CCA ... Earned unanimous All-Midwest Region honors ... Was named Hillsdale’s first-ever Great Midwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year ... Led the G-MAC in season batting average (.426), slugging percentage (.838), on-base percentage (0.508), and OPS (1.346), despite missing the first seven games of the season with an injury ... The .838 slugging percentage slugging percentage was second-best in program history, while ranking in the Top 10 single-season marks for five other categories with seventh in batting average (.426), sixth in runs scored (50), ninth in doubles (14), third in home runs (15) and sixth in RBIs (52) ... In conference action alone, batted .436 with an .882 slugging percentage and a 1.402 OPS ... Led Hillsdale with 63 hits, 14 doubles, 15 HR, 52 RBI, to go with 50 runs scored and 27 walks ... Had a season-best 20-game hitting streak, while registering 18 multi-hit games and was held hitless in a game just five times out of 42 games played ... Also blasted multi-HR in three games, including going 5-for-6 with two HR and a double in a 16-12 win over Grand Valley State for first career five-hit game ... Posted a .990 fielding percentage at first base with 297 putouts and 14 assists, and was part of 18 double plays.
SOPHOMORE (2023): Earned second-team All-Midwest Region honors from ABCA and D2CCA, as well as honorable mention All-Region honors from NCBWA ... Earned first-team All-G-MAC accolades ... Led the Chargers in batting average (.388), hits (73), slugging percentage (.697), runs scored (46), doubles (15) and triples (2), while finishing second in home runs (13) ... Registered top marks in Hillsdale’s single-season top 10 all-time for hits, doubles, slugging percentage and home runs ... Tied for the team-lead with 21 multi-hit games, including knocking four hits in a game four times ... Also had a team-best 21-game hitting streak, in addition to finishing the season on a 12-game hitting streak ... Went 4-for-6 with two solo HR in the Chargers’ extra-inning win at Kentucky Wesleyan (March 26) ... He also had a two HR in a game against Lake Erie (April 18) ... Went 9-for-17 with six singles, one double, one triple and one HR, finishing with five RBI and five runs scored in a two-game sweep over Tiffin (April 2-3).
FRESHMAN (2022): Played in 10 games with one start ... Posted a .250 average in 12 AB, knocking singles against Tiffin (April 2) and Cedarville (April 8 and 9).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice HS ... Helped Brother Rice make its third-consecutive MHSAA Division 1 state semifinal appearance as a senior in 2021, finishing with a 29-11 record ... Was a two-time All-CHSL honoree ... Led the Warriors in batting average (.372), doubles (14) and RBI (44) in senior season ... Also played basketball at Brother Rice ... Was a member of the Brother Rice National Honor Society and graduated with honors.
PERSONAL: Son of Lori and Patrick Shannon ... Majoring in economics.
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