KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Senior forward Alexis Shannon was named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-America Honorable Mention list on Thursday after completing an incredible three-year career at Mid-America Christian.
Shannon was named an NAIA All-America Honorable Mention selection for the third time in her illustrious career, as she is currently one of fifth Evangels player in program history to be named to the All-America Honorable Mention list along with Kourtni Williams, Ashlee Ferguson, Kelli Tolar and Sarai Rodriguez. It is the eighth straight season the Mid-America Christian women's basketball team has had a player selected to the NAIA All-America list.
The Noblesville, Ind. native closed out her career on a high note by scoring 641 points (20 points per game), the second-most points scored in a single season during the NAIA era in the program while finishing with the third-most points in the entire NAIA, placing only behind Brianna Mueller of Lindenwood-Belleville (760 points) and Stephanie Soares of The Master's (642 points).
Shannon finished the campaign by shooting 47.3 percent from the field while making a career-best 44-of-125 (35.2 percent) from beyond the three-point arc and knocking down 62.2 percent from the charity stripe.
The 5-11 forward also led the team on the glass, ripping down 241 boards (7.5 rebounds per game) while finishing third on the team in assists with 66.
Shannon closed out her career as the program's second-leading career scorer with 1853 points, passing Christina Schmidt's mark of 1656 after scoring a career-high 33 points in a 99-50 victory over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Feb. 6.
Shannon also set several NAIA era career record marks at MACU, including holding the records for rebounds (757), field goals made (702) and free throws made (345) and setting the third-best field goal percentage (47.2 percent), the third-most steals (146) and the fifth-most assists (188).
Shannon has racked up the accolades for her performance this season as she was named to the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) All-America First Team for the third time in her career last week. That followed being selected as the NCCAA Central Region Player of the Year as well as being selected to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team.
