Shannon McKain

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hacienda Heights, Calif.

Career: Ranks tied for fourth in program history with seven triples … needs just three more home runs and 71 at bats to crack the Lady Flames Top 5 career rankings.
2007 (Jr.): Big South second-team all-conference honoree … played in 55 games, starting 54 … ranked fourth on the squad with a career-best .320 batting average … also posted career figures in runs scored (24), hits (54), doubles (11) and sacrifice hits (9) … ranked fourth on the team in runs scored, hits, doubles and total bases (84) … tied career numbers from her freshman year in total bases and slugging percentage (.497) … tied for the team lead with two triples … started the season out riding a six-game hitting streak, which was the fourth longest on the team during the year … ranked fifth on the squad with 17 multiple-hit games … 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a solo home run against Rhode Island … 2-for-3 with two RBI in Liberty's 4-3 victory over No. 23 Hawaii at the Bank of Hawaii Invitational … 2-for-3 with a run scored and a double against No. 25 California at the Women4Women Invitational … was a combined 4-for-7 with two runs scored and three RBI in a pair of games played against Georgetown during Liberty's Blue Ridge Thunder tournament … tied a team season high with two sacrifice hits against Hampton … 2-for-4 with a solo home run against James Madison … scored four runs during Liberty's three-game set with Winthrop … 2-for-3 with two doubles, a RBI and a run score to help Liberty complete a three-game sweep of conference foe Charleston Southern … was a combined 5-for-6 with four runs scored against Lynchburg College … 2-for-4 with a double against Coastal Carolina in the opening round of the Big South Softball Championship.
2006 (So.): Started all 64 games … one of four players to start all 64 games … tied for third on the team with seven home runs … tied for fifth on the squad with eight doubles … tied for seventh on the team with 16 runs scored … ranked fifth on the team with 21 RBI and a .382 slugging percentage … third-most patient player on the squad by drawing 19 walks on the season … tied for the team lead with four outfield assists … posted five multiple-hit and multiple-RBI games throughout the course of the year … recorded an eight-game hitting streak on the year, marking the fourth-longest streak on the squad … drove in the game-winning run in Liberty's 4-3 victory over UNC Wilmington, helping the Lady Flames claim the title at the Seahawk Classic … 2-for-3 in the Lady Flames' 7-0 win over Mount St. Mary's to help Liberty complete a home doubleheader sweep … 2-for-3 with three RBI and a home run against Gardner-Webb … 2-for-3 with a double against Indiana State at the 49er Classic … 1-for-4 in Liberty's upset victory over Stetson … 1-for-3 with a run scored and a double against Western Illinois at the Bethune-Cookman Spring Break Classic … 1-for-2 with a solo run home run against No. 2 Tennessee … 1-for-3 with a two-run homer against Longwood … 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Liberty's 11-2 win over Hampton … 2-for-3 with a double against Lynchburg College … was a combined 4-for-7 with three runs scored, three RBI, a double, triple and a homer in a doubleheader sweep over conference foe Birmingham-Southern … hit a three-run homer against Winthrop … 1-for-3 with a solo home run against Radford at the Big South Championship.
2005 (Fr.): Started all 54 games in center field as a true freshman … had a breakout rookie season as she finished third on the team with a .284 batting average … ranked second on the team with seven home runs, four triples and a .497 slugging percentage … third on the squad with 19 runs scored and 29 RBI … tied for third with seven doubles … ranked second on the team with 13 multiple-hit games and tied for second with seven multiple-RBI contests … her four triples on the season tied for the ninth-most triples in a single season in school history … tied for the fourth longest hitting streak of the year as she hit safely in six-straight games … hit safely in 36 out of 54 games … 2-for-3 with three RBI and home run against Hampton at the Seahawk Classic … 3-for-4 with a RBI against Charlotte at the 49er Classic …2-for-3 with a run scored and a triple against Lafayette … 2-for-2 with a RBI in Liberty's upset victory over 25th-ranked Texas A&M Corpus Christi … 2-for-4 with a run scored and a double against Texas Tech at the Lobo Classic … 2-for-4 with five RBI and two home runs against Binghamton … 3-for-3 with two runs scored, a double and a home run against Hampton … 1-for-3 with a three-run triple against West Virginia Tech … 2-for-3 with a run scored and a double against Winthrop … was a combined 4-for-6 with three runs scored and five RBI in a doubleheader sweep over Charleston Southern … 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run against Coastal Carolina … finished the season on a three-game hitting streak.
Prep: Graduated from Los Altos High School … four-year letterwinner … Miramonte League all-conference honorable mention and Rookie of the Year as a freshman … named to the Miramonte League all-conference second team as a sophomore … two-time Conqueror of the Year award winner, which is given out to the team's most valuable player … as a junior, named to the Miramonte League all-conference first team and was the team MVP, while also receiving the Miramonte League Scholar Athlete Award … first-team Miramonte League and San Gabriel Valley Tribune as a senior, while being named the Los Altos High School Female Athlete of the Year … recipient of the Miramonte Five Award, the Patrick Mauch Scholarship and the City of Irwindale Education Foundation Scholarship as a senior … also a two-year member of the varsity basketball team.
Personal: Daughter of Michael and Sandy McKain … majoring in sport management … birthday is on Sept. 24.