Biography
2019 (Senior Year): Pitched in 25 games and made five starts in the circle … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall … Held a 3-2 record with a 3.06 ERA … Threw two complete games and was a part of two combined shutouts … Also had two saves on the year … Struck out 24 in 61.2 innings of work … Ranked fifth in the MEAC in ERA … Also ranked second in saves and relief appearances (20) … Ranked 32nd in the nation in walks allowed per seven innings (1.25) … Ranked 8th in NSU Division I season records in walks per seven innings … Ended her career fifth all-time at NSU in fewest walks per seven innings (1.76) … Allowed five earned runs in 28.2 innings over her last 10 outings of the season (1.22 ERA) … Earned her first win of the year in relief in a 5-4 victory over Buffalo on March 1, allowing one hit in two scoreless innings … Got the save in a 3-0 win over South Carolina State on March 9 after allowing one hit in two scoreless innings of relief … Allowed one hit and one unearned run in 4.1 innings of relief at Morgan State on March 24, getting the win in a 6-5 victory … Gave up two unearned runs and struck out six with just two hits in 4.1 innings of relief over the first two games of the year on Feb. 8 against Delaware … Posted her second save of the year on April 12 in a 7-1 win over Coppin State, allowing one earned run on three hits in three innings of work … Started but did not earn the win in a 1-0 victory over Howard on April 28, allowing just two hits in four scoreless innings … Later taken in the 9th round of the American Softball Association (ASBA) 2019 draft by Moh-BEEL! USA.
2018 (Junior Year): Competed in 18 games in the circle and made five starts … Also made one start at DP … Garnered the team’s Coaches Award … Pitched 40.2 innings and held a 1-2 record with a 4.82 ERA and 17 strikeouts … Also had one save … Had one hit on the year in 11 at bats with two runs scored and a pair of stolen bases … Pitched the final two innings of a 5-1 win over Hampton on April 29, earning the save without giving up a hit … Earned her only win of the season on Feb. 17 at Savannah State, pitching the last two innings of a 10-9 win … Had a pair of strikeouts in two scoreless innings while allowing just one hit in a game 2 win over Davis & Elkins on Feb. 25 … In her next outing on March 2, pitched 4.2 innings in relief against Morehead State, allowing two hits and one earned run … Struck out a season-high four batters against Morgan State on April 8 … Struck out three and gave up three hits and one earned run in 1.2 innings of relief against Winthrop on March 10 … Later allowed one hit and one unearned run in 1.1 innings at Howard on April 14 … Had her only hit of the season and one stolen base in a win over South Carolina State on Feb. 18 … Also had another stolen base and walked and scored against the Bulldogs on Feb. 23.
Richard Bland College (2017 – Sophomore Year): Garnered second-team All-Region 10 accolades … Posted an 8-9 record with a 4.21 ERA in 94.2 innings … Gave up 95 runs, just 57 earned, with 43 strikeouts in 24 games … Started 19 games on the year … Also had two hits in nine at bats with two runs, one double and two RBI … Had a season-high nine K’s and allowed just two hits and one earned run in five innings of work on April 11 against Southside Virginia CC … Pitched a five-inning shutout on May 5 against Patrick Henry CC, allowing just two hits with five strikeouts in an 8-0 victory … Also beat Patrick Henry on April 21, giving up five hits and one earned run in five innings of work in a 5-1 win … Gave up two earned runs in five innings with three strikeouts in a win at Patrick Henry on March 24 … Gave up 10 hits but just two runs, one earned in seven innings of a 9-2 win at Florence-Darlington Tech on Feb. 18.
Richard Bland College (2016 – Freshman Year): Earned first-team All-Region 10 honors … Went 14-10 with a 2.80 ERA in 142.2 innings of work … Appeared in 32 games and made 21 starts … Gave up 102 runs, just 57 earned, and struck out 48 … Hit .262 in 61 at bats with 14 runs, 16 hits, six doubles, 19 RBI and 14 walks for a .410 on-base percentage … Pitched a five-inning shutout of Potomac State College of WVU on March 6, allowing five hits in an 8-0 win … Tallied a pair of wins over Patrick Henry CC on April 23, including a nine-inning victory in game 1 after allowing just six hits with five strikeouts in a 1-0 victory … Also earned the win in game 2 by allowing three hits in five innings of work in a 10-0 win while hitting 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI at the plate … Earned both wins in a doubleheader at Southeastern CC-Whiteville on Feb. 21, pitching 11 total innings and allowing nine hits and three runs, one earned, with six strikeouts in the two games … Also walked twice and had three RBI in game 2 of the series … Pitched all seven innings in a 3-2 win over Patrick Henry on March 26, allowing three hits and two runs, just one earned … Pitched a combined six innings on March 29 in a doubleheader sweep of Wake Technical CC, earning both wins while allowing just two hits and one unearned run with three strikeouts … Hit a combined 3-for-6 with four runs and four RBI in the doubleheader sweep … Batted 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in a game 2 win over Herkimer College on March 19 … Hit 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI in a game 1 win against Surry CC on April 9.
High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years at Landstown High School … Earned All-Coastal Conference second-team honors as a junior in 2014 … Led Landstown to the conference championship her freshman year … Member of the school’s Honors Program, including the Advanced Honors Program as a senior.
Club: Competed for the Virginia Diamonds Fastball team.
Personal: Full name is Shannon Holly Buffington … Born on Dec. 12, 1996 … Daughter of Charles and Kathy Buffington … Has two older sisters, Kristinia and Amanda, and one older brother, Randy … Brother Randy played baseball at Virginia Tech and sister Amanda played softball at George Mason … Majoring in biology … Wants to go into veterinary medicine with a specialization in conservation … Member of the Spanish Club … Enjoys volunteering with animals, working with kids, reading, surfing and arts and crafts.
