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Shannon Monti
5-8
Goalkeeper
Junior
Phoenix, Ariz.
Shadow Mountain HS
Club Team: Cisco Sensation

General: Had a tremendous spring season... Very fit, committed player... Solid shot-blocker... Coach Klein says, "In the terms of her foot-work, Shannon's the finest goalkeeper I've ever trained. She could play on the field at any time"... Is third on UA career list in minutes played (912), third in saves (58) and third in shutouts (2)...

1999: Honorable Mention Academic All-Pac-10... Saw first significant playing time of UA career... Played in 12 games with nine starts... Collected 52 saves, two shutouts and a 2.94 goals against average... Her 857 minutes played and 52 saves both rank seventh on the UA single season lists in those categories... Saves total placed her ninth in the Pac-10... Notched 12 saves at Washington (10/31/99)... Second full shutout was a scoreless overtime tie with Colorado College (10/24/99)... Recorded five saves against California (10/17/99)... Had first full-game shutout of her career in 2-0 win over Arkansas-Little Rock (9/23/99)... Tallied career-high 15 saves in 3-1 loss at 11th-ranked Brigham Young (9/13/99)... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

1998: Selected as a co-Most Inspirational Player for the UA... Backup keeper who came off the bench in two contests... Played a total of 55 minutes, tallying six saves and a goals against average of 6.55... Gave up four goals on the year... Played the entire second half of an 8-1 loss at ninth-ranked Stanford (10/11/98)... Had all six of her season's saves in that match... Also saw 10 minutes of action in 4-2 win over Northern Arizona (9/28/98)... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

Prep: Three-time first team All-Desert Valley Region choice at Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix... Three-year team captain... Chosen team MVP as a senior after being selected as Defensive MVP as a junior... All-Arizona honoree in 1998... Helped Matadors to fourth-place finish in the region in 1998... Club team, the Cisco Sensation, won four straight State Cups before finishing second in 1998... Also a three-year letterwinner in golf... Member of National Honor Society and treasurer of student body... Four-year member of state ODP team... Was a place kicker for the football team her freshman year... First female football player in school history...

Personal: Born Shannon Talor Monti on Feb. 20, 1980, in Phoenix, Ariz.... Daughter of Gil and Marti Monti... Has a younger brother, Derek, and younger sister, Lindsey... Majoring in studio arts... Lists drawing among her hobbies... Won an Exceptional Merit Award for her art at the Arizona State Fair in 1997.

Monti's Stats at Arizona
Year    GP      GS      Min.    Svs.    GA      GAA     ShO
1998    2       0       55      6       4       6.55    0       
1999    12      9       857     52      28      2.94    2
Totals  14      9       912     58      32      3.16    2