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2026 Women's Lacrosse Roster

Rose Fernandes/Maryland Terrapins
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3 Kristen Shanahan

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position A
  • Major Management
  • Hometown Holbrook,NY
  • High School Sachem East
  • Prev School Notre Dame
  • Instagram kristen_shanahan

Biography

Career Honors
2026 Tewaaraton Award Watch List

As a Graduate (Maryland 2026):

  • Three goals and two assists in 16-12 win vs. #14 Princeton (2/28)
  • Four goals in a 10-7 win comeback win at Georgetown (2/18)
  • One goal and career-high six assists in 17-9 win vs. #12 Virginia (2/14)
  • Scored two goals and one assist in a 9-5 win at #13 Syracuse (2/6)

As a Graduate (Notre Dame 2025):

  • 2025 Team Captain
  • Played and started in 14 games this season
  • Second on the team with 27 goals and 41 points on the year
  • Opened up the year with a hat trick at #2 Northwestern (2/7/25)
  • Scored a career-high 5 goals at Syracuse (3/23/25)
  • Recorded 4 hat tricks on the year
  • Finished with a career-high 10 draw controls in the win over Central Michigan (2/9/25)

As a Senior (Notre Dame 2024):

  • Did not compete due to injury

As a Junior (Notre Dame 2023):

  • Appeared in all 21 games for the Irish, starting nine
  • Amassed 29 points off 25 goals and four assists
  • Tallied her first career hat trick at Butler (April 10)
  • Also scored a hat trick at Robert Morris, adding two assists for a career-best five point game (April 16)
  • Recorded three ground balls at Pitt and Robert Morris, tying her career high
  • Caused 14 turnovers on the year, including a career-best two against North Carolina (April 1)

As a Sophomore (Notre Dame 2022):

  • Appeared in eight games as a sophomore in 2022
  • Tallied one goal, eight draw controls, and one ground ball throughout the season

As a Freshman (Notre Dame 2021):

  • Did not play in 2021 due to injury

Before Maryland: 

  • Named a U.S. Lacrosse Third Team All-American as a junior in 2019 after scoring 57 goals and adding 12 assists while captaining Sachem High School
  • A two-time All-County honoree, Shanahan was named to Inside Lacrosse’s 2020 Rising Stars List
  • Also named Newsday’s Player of the Year and earned All-State recognition in field hockey in both 2018 and 2019

PERSONAL:

  • Her uncle, Doug Shanahan, won the inaugural Tewaaraton Trophy at Hofstra in 2001.
Career Highs
  • Shanahan's Career Highs
    Points: 7, (#12 Virginia 2/14/26)
    Goals: 5, (at Syracuse 3/23/25)
    Assists: 6, (#12 Virginia (2/14/26)
    Multi-Point Games: 26, (last at Hofstra 3/4/26)
    Multi-Goal Games: 18, (last vs. #14 Princeton 2/28/26)
    Multi-Assist Games: 9, (last at. Hofstra (3/4/26)
    Point-Scoring Streak: 6 games (2/18/25-3/4/26)

Statistics

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