Shaylyn Blaney Class: Junior Hometown: Stony Brook, NY High School: Ward Melville Height: 5-4 Position: Midfield/Attack Birthdate: 06/11/1989

Earned first monogram after an outstanding freshman year ... came to Notre Dame as one of the most recognized women's lacrosse players in the country and did not disappoint ... dynamic player who is a threat to score any time she touches the ball ... has outstanding stick skills ... can set up plays as well as put the ball in the cage ... outstanding competitor ... has the mental toughness that all elite players possess ... teams with fellow Long Island native Jillian Byers to give Notre Dame one of the top scoring duos in the country ... three-time U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American ... member of the U.S. Lacrosse Under-19 team, helping team to gold medal in July of 2007 ... was fourth in scoring with 16 goals and one assist for 17 points ... first Notre Dame player to play in the Under-19 tournament since Kelly McCardell '03 in 1999 ... joined fellow sophomores Kailene Abt and Jackie Doherty as Under Armour All-Americans in 2007 and played in Under Armour All-America Classic in May ... all-BIG EAST and All-American candidate in 2009 ... one of five players on the roster from Long Island along with Abt (Huntington), Byers (Northport), junior Rachel Guerrera (Wantagh) and freshman Kristin DeRespiris (Locust Valley) ... has played in 19 games at Notre Dame, all starts ... has 43 goals to go with nine assists for 52 points ... grabbed 26 ground balls, 43 draw controls and caused 22 turnovers in her first season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Played and started at midfield in all 19 games in 2008 ... finished the year fourth in scoring with 52 points on 43 goals and nine assists ... 43 goals were second-best on the team ... sixth on squad with 26 ground balls, third with 43 draw controls and fourth with 22 caused turnovers ... led Irish with four game-winning goals on the season ... turned in the second-best freshman point total (52) in Irish history, trailing only Jillian Byers' mark of 78 in 2006 ... goal total of 43 was second best among freshmen and eighth-best, single-season total at Notre Dame ... selected second team all-BIG EAST and first team IWLCA all-West/Midwest region in her rookie year ... had 13 games of two-or-more points and 13 of two-or-more goals ... got Irish career off to a fast start with a six-point game (4g, 2a) with four ground balls, four draw controls and three caused turnovers in 22-10 win over Canisius in season opener ... scored twice in 16-4 win versus Duquesne ... recorded second four-goal game of career, including the game winner in 14-11 win at Ohio State ... had a pair of goals and an assist in 13-9 loss at Stanford to start three-game road trip ... held off the score sheet in loss to Oregon ... collected one goal in win over California in the Rose Bowl ... after going scoreless against Delaware, started a five-game scoring streak (15g, 4a) with four-point games (3g, 1a) versus Syracuse and Loyola (Md.) ...returned to Long Island to score two goals (including game winner) with an assist in 14-13 win at Hofstra ... had three goals and an assist in 18-11 win at Connecticut and four goals (gwg) in Irish upset win at Duke (12-8) ... saw streak stopped in 16-2 loss at Northwestern (4/9) ... started another five-game streak (15g, 1a) to help Irish land NCAA tourney berth ... scored three goals (including game winner) in Notre Dame's first-ever win at Georgetown (4/12) ... held to one marker in 9-6 loss at home to Vanderbilt ... scored three goals in 20-9 win at Rutgers and followed with a five-goal game in heart-breaking, 15-14, triple-overtime loss to the Hoyas in the BIG EAST Tournament ... was selected to the BIG EAST all-tournament for her career-best five-goal game ... closed out the season with a three-goal, one-assist game in 15-11 win over Cornell that got the Irish into the NCAA tournament ... had streak stopped in NCAA tournament loss to Northwestern (5/11).

PREP AND PERSONAL: Two-sport athlete at Ward Melville High School in Setauket, N.Y. ... four-time letter winner in field hockey and lacrosse ... began high school lacrosse career in seventh grade and joined varsity field hockey team in eighth grade .... high school lacrosse coach was her mother, Erin Blaney ... two-time team captain of lacrosse and field hockey teams ... helped Ward Melville to three conference championships in field hockey (2003, 2004, 2005) and two regional titles (2003, 2004) ... helped Ward Melville lacrosse team to an 18-2 record in '07 and its first Suffolk County Class A title since 1994 ... four-time all-County selection in both sports and the '07 Suffolk County player of the year in lacrosse ... finished high school career with 299 goals and 80 assists for 379 points ... member of the Long Island Express Club team ... a three-time member of the New York Region team that participated in the U.S. Lacrosse national championships ... along with freshman teammate, Kailene Abt, was a member of the 2006 U.S. Lacrosse national championship team ... played on three Empire State teams, winning the gold medal in '06 and silver medals in '04 and '05 ... full name is Shaylyn Margaret Blaney ... daughter of Keith and Erin Blaney ... has two brothers and two sisters ... brothers, Ryan and Keegan, played lacrosse at Marist College ... sister, Kelly, played lacrosse at New Hampshire ... born June 11, 1989 in Stony Brook, N.Y. ... American Studies major in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.

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