Shannon Theriot

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Berwick, La.
High School:
Berwick HS

Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2016)

2017 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in six games, primarily seeing action as a pinch runner and defensive replacement…played in at least one game each of the first four weekends…scored a run in her first career appearance after pinch running for Jaime Landry in the seventh inning on opening day at Lamson Park vs. Iowa State (Feb. 10)…had a pinch-run opportunity in Game 2 of the doubleheader vs. No. 4 Alabama on Feb. 18…subbed in defensively in left field Feb. 26 vs. Mississippi Valley and Mar. 4 vs. North Dakota State…stepped to the plate for the first time as a collegiate player on Mar. 5 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi when she pinch hit for Kelli Martinez in the fifth inning.

2016 (Redshirt)
Did not see any action during the season, taking a redshirt.

High School
Was a four-time, first team all-district softball selection over three seasons at Berwick High School and one season at Morgan City High School … played freshman season at Morgan City and sophomore through senior season at Berwick … patrolled center field for Lloyd Burchfield, a LHSAA Hall of Fame coach, at Berwick … hit .486, scored 39 runs and swiped 47 stolen bases as a senior in 2015, garnering her first team all-district and all-state accolades … received first team all-state honors and was named District 9-3A MVP as a junior in 2014 after hitting .604, overall, and .739 in district play as a slap hitter … hit .550 and was named first team all-district as a sophomore in 2013 … earned honorable all-state recognition her freshman season at Morgan City High in 2012 ... at Berwick, also lettered on the football team (2014-15) as a kicker and on the track and field team (2013) as a sprinter … also played soccer at Morgan City, earning first team all-district and all-state freshman team honors as a forward.

Personal
Born Jan. 23, 1997 in Lafayette … daughter of Scott Theriot and Jill Tamporello … has five younger brothers: Stephen, Nathan, Thomas, Luca and Alexander … also has a younger sister, Mary Grace … third member of her family to play for the Ragin' Cajuns joining her uncle, Brian Theriot (tennis), and great grandfather, Clifton Theriot (football, track and field, basketball, baseball), a UL Athletic Hall of Fame member. … a biology/pre-med major … future career plans include attending LSU medical school to become an orthopedic surgeon.