Irish Student Athletes reflect on the holiday, with some of their favorite memories.
Athletic player who will be in the running for a starting spot on the Notre Dame defense in 2011 ... coming off a strong fall and preseason for coach Tracy Coyne ... took over a key role off the bench as a sophomore in 2010 to earn her first monogram ... hard-working player who has improved her all- around game each season ... tough, tenacious player with a tremendous attitude ... has learned the Notre Dame defensive system and has confidence in her game ... has excellent speed and quickness and uses it to anticipate the play ... one of four Massachusetts natives on the Irish roster along with high school teammate Kelly Driscoll (Andover) and fellow junior Megan Sullivan (Winchester) and her sister Lauren Sullivan, a freshman ... played on the same Mass Elite Club Team with Driscoll and Sullivan ... participated in the U.S.Lacrosse national tournament for the lower New England Team 2 ... has played in 16 games at Notre Dame, starting three of them ... has scored a pair of goals for two points and has five ground balls, two draw controls and six caused turn- overs ... selected to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team for the first time following the 2010 season.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 11 games, making three starts on the Irish defense ... scored two goals on the season, getting both of them in the 16-0 shutout of Villanova (4/9) ... had four consecutive games with a ground ball and a caused turnover - versus Northwestern (3/30), Georgetown (4/3), Villanova (4/9) and Cincinnati (4/17) ... grabbed lone draw control of the season versus Cincinnati.
AS A FRESHMAN: Saw action in five games as a freshman, getting one ground ball, one draw con- trol and two caused turnovers ... played in first col- legiate game on Feb. 28 versus Stanford ... had one caused turnover on Mar. 22 in 20-4 win over California ... had a ground ball, draw control and a caused turnover in the 20-8 win at Louisville (4/5).
PREP AND PERSONAL: Three-year letter win- ner in basketball and lacrosse at Andover High School in Andover, Mass. ... member of four con- secutive Merrimack Valley Conference champi- onship teams in basketball ... helped lacrosse team to four conference titles ... served as team captain of girls' lacrosse team as a senior ... won team's MVP honors in 2007 and 2008 ... all-Merri- mack Valley Conference selection following junior and senior seasons ... was an honorable mention all-Eastern Massachusetts choice as a senior despite missing half the season with a shoulder injury ... despite anchoring a tough Andover defense during her career managed to score 17 goals and add 13 assists ... full name is Georgianna E. Shoemaker ... daughter of Bryan and Laurie Falaro Shoemaker ... has two brothers ... born September 28, 1989 in New Haven, Conn. ... majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame.
