Shannon Burke Class: Senior Hometown: Timonium, MD High School: Roland Park Country School Height: 5-9 Position: Defense Birthdate: 03/22/1987

Three-time monogram winner for the Irish ... team leader of the Notre Dame defense ... will serve as team captain along with Jillian Byers in 2009 ... tough, tenacious defender who plays a physical game ... saw her game expand in 2008 as she became more of a force in the midfield ... has the ability to control the game ... has worked hard to improve all aspects of her game ... one of Notre Dame's top players on the draw control ... has a toughness on the field to go along with a driving will to win ... extremely competitive player who plays at the highest level ... was a second team all-BIG EAST selection and a second team IWLCA West/Midwest Region selection following the 2008 season ... selected preseason all-BIG EAST by the conference's coaches ... one of four natives of the state of Maryland on the Notre Dame roster along with fellow senior Beth Koloup (Phoenix) and sophomores Jackie Doherty (Ellicott City) and Lauren Fenlon (Dayton) ... has played in 49 career games, making 36 starts ... has eight goals and three assists for 11 points ... owns 79 ground balls, 90 draw controls and 62 caused turnovers.

AS A JUNIOR: Played in all 19 games for the Irish, making 17 starts ... scored eight goals with three assists for 11 points, the first goals and assists of her career ...was second on the team with 33 ground balls and 51 draw controls ... led the Irish with 32 caused turnovers ... broke Notre Dame's single season mark for draw controls (50 by Kaki Orr in 2007) along with Jillian Byers (52) ... scored goals in seven of team's 19 games, highlighted by a two-goal effort against Delaware (3/13) ... had second, two-point game of career with two assists in NCAA tourney game versus Northwestern (5/11) ... had 10 games with two or more ground balls ... had a season-high five ground balls in overtime loss to Syracuse (3/16) ... helped set the tone on draw controls with 13 games of two or more ... set career bests with seven draw controls in 14-13 win at Hofstra (3/25) and 10-8 win at Georgetown (4/12) ... had two or more caused turnovers in 11 of the team's 19 games ... recorded a career-best five caused turnovers in April 16 loss to Vanderbilt ... named the BIG EAST defensive player of the week for the week of April 19 ... had a goal and an assist along with four ground balls, seven draw controls and five caused turnovers in a loss to Vanderbilt and a win versus Rutgers.

AS A SOPHOMORE:Played in 16 of the team's 17 games, making 15 starts ... was third on the team in ground balls with 32 and draw controls with 27 ... fourth overall in caused turnovers with 16 ... made just five turnovers of her own on the year ... had nine games with two or more ground balls and eight games with two or more draw controls ... had at least one caused turnover in 11 of the 16 games she played and two games with three or more ... had three draw controls in 12-11 triple overtime game at Stanford ... had three ground balls and a career-high four caused turnovers in 18-10 loss to Northwestern ... had three ground balls and four draw controls in win at Canisius ... grabbed four ground balls in win over Yale ... had second, four draw control game in loss at Syracuse ... recorded four ground balls and one draw control in 15-7 win over Duquesne ... won three draw controls in 20-10 loss to Duke ... had career-high five ground balls in regular-season ending loss to Rutgers ... had two draw controls and one caused turnover in BIG EAST Tournament loss to Georgetown.

AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in 14 games, making four starts ... recorded 14 ground balls, 12 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers ... started four of team's last five games, including three NCAA tournament games ... had four games with two or more ground balls, including a career-best three in the 18-6 win versus Ohio ... had season-high four draw controls in the NCAA tournament win against Georgetown ... had four games with two or more caused turnovers, getting a season-high of three in the 18-2 win against Canisius.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-sport standout at Roland Park Country School ... four-year letter winner in field hockey and basketball ... won three letters in lacrosse ... as a senior, served as team captain in field hockey and basketball ... helped field hockey team win conference championships in 2002 and 2004 ... honorable mention all-state in field hockey in 2003 ... was a two-time team MVP in lacrosse as a junior and senior ... won team's defensive awards as a junior and senior .... won school's outstanding performance in lacrosse award in 2005 ... selected all-metro and all-state in 2004 and 2005 in lacrosse ... was the Baltimore Messenger's player of the year in lacrosse in 2004 and 2005 ... member of the Skywalkers `05 Club Team and helped the Mid-Atlantic 1 team, along with Irish teammate, Mary Veith, to the U.S. Lacrosse Association's 2004 national championship, defeating Irish teammate Jillian Byers' New York 1 squad ... full name is Shannon Lynden Burke ... daughter of Christopher and Lynden Burke ... has a twin sister and a brother ... born March 22, 1987 in Baltimore, Md. ... Sociology major in the College of Arts and Sciences at Notre Dame.

BURKE'S CAREER STATISTICS