UC San Diego

MEDIA
• Fab Five (7/31/20)

AS A SENIOR IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... UC San Diego All-Triton Academic Scholar-Athlete Team selection ... Second on the team in service aces (13) and blocks/set (0.62) ... Third on the roster in points (158), points/set (2.43), kills (125), kills/set (1.92), attack attempts (322), digs (96), digs/set (1.48), and blocks (41) ... Among all Big West players in league matches, ranked 11th in aces, 12th in digs, and 15th in blocks ... Finished with 10-plus kills five times, including a season-high 14 vs. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (4/14) ... Had a double-digit kill total in two of three Big West Championship matches with 12 against No. 1 Hawaii (4/23) in a semifinal and 13 against UC Santa Barbara (4/24) in the conference title match ... His seven blocks against the Gauchos were a career-high ... Had a season-best 10 digs vs. UC Irvine (3/11) ... Had at least five kills in 12 matches and at least five digs in 11 contests ... Multiple blocks in 12 matches ... Hit .545 (7-1-11) against CSUN (4/2) ... The next night, hit .417 (12-2-24) against the Matadors (4/3).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
Big West All-Academic ... UCSDtritons.com Scholar-Athlete of the Week (4/27) ... Played in 18 matches, starting 16 of those ... Totaled 57 sets ... Averaged 2.0 points, 1.3 kills, 0.8 blocks, and 0.3 aces ... Third on the team in aces and blocks, fourth in points and kills, fifth in digs ... Nationally, ranked 45th in blocks/set and 77th in aces/set ... Among Big West Conference players, ranked ninth in blocks, 10th in aces, 21st in digs, and 22nd in points ... Finished with a career-high six blocks at UC Santa Barbara (3/6) ... Season-high in kills was 10 vs. UC Irvine (2/21) ... Season-high in digs was 10 vs. UCLA (1/17) ... Totaled 10 or more points four times ... Had multiple blocks in 15 matches and three or more in 10 ... Hit over .300 in seven contests.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019
CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team ... Big West All-Academic ... Big West Player of the Week (2/25) ... Started 24 of the 25 matches he played in ... Second on the team in kills (206), kills/set (2.7), aces (14), points (241), and points/set (3.1) ... Second in total blocks (39) ... Double-double with 17 kills and 11 digs vs. Concordia (2/1) ... Established career bests with 21 kills and 23.5 at Big West opponent UC Irvine (2/14) ... Produced at least 10 kills in 10 matches ... Multiple blocks in 11 matches ... Among all Big West players, ranked 11th in kills/set and points/set, 13th in total attacks, 15th in total kills, 17th in points, and 18th in hitting percentage.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018
Appeared in four matches off the bench and seven sets, as an opposite hitter ... Made college debut in home opener vs. UC Merced (1/11), entering late in opening frame and finishing with four kills on five swings without an error (.800) over the first two sets of sweep ... Did not play again until April, providing two kills and first dig vs. No. 1 Long Beach State (4/6) before season-high five kills on 11 swings, plus his first block, a solo effort, at eventual national champion 49ers the next night.

CLUB
Competed for SMBC Volleyball (2012-17) ... Third place at 2016 Junior Nationals.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City ... All-Mission League pick for the Wolverines as a junior and senior ... 2017 Dos Pueblos Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Harvard-Westlake Athlete of the Month in May 2017 ... Also was junior varsity water polo goalie as a freshman and sophomore.

PERSONAL
Born March 24 ... Parents are Kevin and Heather Shannon ... Father attended Haverford College and mother played tennis at Stanford, later captaining the U.S. national women's polo team ... Has an older brother named Kayj and an older sister named Kassie ... Comes from long line of athletes ... Brother played water polo at Princeton (2011-14) ... Sister swam at Davidson (2013-17) ... Cousin Beau Vandeweghe played volleyball at Pepperdine (2009-13) ... Cousin Coco Vandeweghe is a professional tennis player on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour ... Uncle Kiki VanDeWeghe starred in basketball at UCLA (1976-80), was a two-time NBA All-Star (1983-84) during a lengthy pro career (1980-93), and is currently the NBA's executive vice president, basketball operations ... Uncle Bruk Vandeweghe was a professional beach volleyball player in the 1990s ... Aunt Tauna Vandeweghe was an Olympic swimmer in 1976 before playing volleyball at USC (1981-83) and later the U.S. national team (1983-84), earning a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics ... Grandfather Ernest Vandeweghe played basketball at Colgate and later the NBA in the 1950s ... Great uncle Mel Hutchins played basketball at BYU and later the NBA in the 1950s ... Also pair of aunts, Haley Scott and Mary Frances Scott, who swam at Notre Dame (1992-97) and was a volleyball captain at Virginia (1996-99), respectively ... Grandmother Colleen Kay Hutchins Vandeweghe was Miss America in 1952 ... A cognitive science major at Revelle College ... Roots for the Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Lakers ... Top movie is Secondhand Lions ... Listens to Coldplay and Imagine Dragons ... Loves homemade fish tacos and gelato ... Big fan of roller coasters ... Instagram is his go-to social platform ... Volunteers for a non-profit that runs a camp for children with heart disease ... Hobbies include spikeball.