Shannon McCormick

Position:
Infielder
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Muncie, Ind.
High School:
Burris

2007
Redshirted at Ball State.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters in baseball for his coach and father Shannon McCormick, Sr. . . . All-State honorable mention as a senior in 2006 . . . All-Area and first team All-Mid-Eastern Conference all four years . . . played second base and shortstop . . . hit .502 for his career with 106 runs scored, both school records . . . also blasted 12 career home runs . . . set another school record for single-season batting average with a .604 average as a senior . . . hit five home runs and notched 18 RBI in 48 at bats his senior season . . . also drew 25 walks and stole 13 bases . . . named team MVP all four years . . . led the Owls to a sectional runner-up finish as a junior . . . played summer baseball for the Indiana Bulls as a 16-year-old . . . hit .419 for the national runner-up team and was named to the All-NABF National Team . . . as a 17-year-old, he hit .391 for his Sandlot World Series Champion Bulls team . . . as an 18-year-old, he hit .530 for his American Legion Post 19 team, which won the sectional championship and finshed runner-up in the region . . . also lettered four years in basketball for coach Brian Carr . . . scored 1,500 points in his career and holds the school record with 46 points in a game.

PERSONAL
Pre-med major . . . owns a 4.0 GPA . . . born Aug. 25, 1987, in Muncie, Ind. . . . graduated high school with a 3.9 GPA . . . son of Shannon, Sr., and Barbara McCormick . . . father played baseball at Ball State from 1982-85 . . . has one brother and one sister, Amanda, who played volleyball for Ball State from 2005-06 and holds the NCAA record for single-season digs per game . . . full name is Shannon Eugene McCormick II.