7   Shannon Gilroy
Shannon Gilroy

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Sudbury, Mass.

High School:
Lincoln Sudbury Regional

Height:
5-6

Position:
D


02/21/2012

Women's Lacrosse Opens 2012 Season on Wednesday at Massachusetts

This is the first of two road games to begin the regular-season

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Member of the Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School girls' lacrosse team ... Team captain as a senior and garnered All-Dual County League recognition ... Named team MVP as a senior and received team's best defenseman award as a senior and junior ... Also played soccer and garnered league all-star honors as a senior.

PERSONAL

Daughter of Frank and Peggy Gilroy ... Frank played basketball at St. John's ... Has seven siblings: Frank, Matt, Kevin, Beanie, Kellie, Mike and Caitlin ... Matt, who won the Hobey Baker Award and led BU to the 2009 national championship, was a four-year member of BU's men's ice hockey team (2005-09), while Kevin is a junior on the men's ice hockey squad ... Enrolled in the University's College of General Studies ... Born Oct. 30, 1991, in North Bellmore, N.Y.