"Shannon has become a dominant force at the net through her career. She has really developed into a powerful blocker and a great source of offense in the middle."

Senior Year - ACC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth time ... first-team All-ACC selection ... Ranks fourth at Carolina with 85 block solos, third with 272 block assist ... Carolina Career leader with 1.17 blocks per game ... recieved the Carolina Award for Excelence ... her .308 hitting percentage was second on the team ... had 10 block assist and 12 total blocks against Wake Forest on 11/5 ... led the team in block solos with 52 and total blocks with 160.

Junior Year - Named ACC Academic Honor Roll ... played in all but one match ... had 17 kills versus Georgia Tech ... named second-team All-ACC selection ... had 39 block solos and 109 block assist ... her .313 hitting percentage was second on the team ... had 14 kills versus Tennessee ... her 385 kills was third on the team.

Sophomore Year - Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... finished season ranked ninth in the ACC with 0.99 blocks per game ... played in all 31 matches, recording time in 109 games ... had 15 kills versus Georgia Tech ... recorded 10+ kills seven times.

Freshman Year - Had a productive first season as a Tar Heel ... was best blocker on the team ... finished season ranked eighth in the ACC with 1.03 blocks per game ... led the Tar Heels with 26 solo blocks ... registered 7 solo blocks against FSU ... played in 98 games over 30 matches with the Heels.

High School - Two sport star at Lakeview HS ... 1994 Academic All-State ... 1994 first-team All-Conference and All-City choice ... 1995 first team All-Conference and All-City choice ... also named first team All-Conference in basketball in 1995 ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal - Majoring in communications ... Shannon Leigh Smith is the daughter of Kevin and Pat Smith.

CAREER STATS

Year	GP	K	E	TA	Pct	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
1996	98	158	66	396	.232	13	3	51	26	75	101
1997	109	210	101	547	.199	8	9	91	20	88	108
1998	127	385	115	863	.313	12	31	151	39	109	158
1999	109	365	117	805	.308	6	7	111	52	108	160
Total	443	1118	399	2611	.275	39	60	404	137	380	517

ACC TOURNAMENT STATS

Year	GP	K	E	TA	Pct	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
1996	8	20	4	42	.381	0	0	0	4	5	9
1997	5	7	4	22	.136	0	0	2	0	2	2
1998	10	22	13	59	.153	2	0	5	3	7	10
1999	7	30	7	61	.377	0	0	4	1	7	8
Total	30	79	28	184	.277	2	0	11	8	21	29

NCAA TOURNAMENT STATS

Year	GP	K	E	TA	Pct	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
1996	DNQ	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	DNQ	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	8	14	7	47	.149	1	0	14	2	8	10
1999	6	14	3	33	.333	1	0	1	1	7	8
Total	14	28	10	80	.225	2	0	15	3	15	18