Loyola Marymount University Athletics

Beach Career 

• AVCA First Team All-American – 2024
• WCC Pair of the Year with Vilhelmiina Prihti – 2024
• WCC Defensive Player of the Year - 2024
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention Team – 2024
• WCC All-Conference First Team - 2022, 2024
• 2024 AVCA Top Flight Award with Michelle Shaffer - 2024
• AVCA Top Flight Award with Julia Sangiacomo  - 2022
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention 
• WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Gold Honors - 2019 

• WCC All-Conference Second Team - 2021 
• Honorable Mention All-WCC - 2020 
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2019, 2020 
• WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Silver Honors - 2020 
• AVCA Team Academic Award - 2019, 2020 
• WCC All-Freshman Team  
• Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team - 2018 
• Santa Clara Invitational All-Tournament Team - 2018 
• Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team - 2018 
• WCC All-Conference First Team 
• Achieved the unique milestone of recording 1000 kills, 1000 assists, and 1000 digs in her college career.
• Finished the season 205 kills, 17 assists, 34 aces,  201 digs, and 5 solo blocks 

• Michelle Shaffer is in her third season with the LMU Lions. 

• WCC Pair of the Year with Michelle Shaffer 
• WCC Defensive Player of the Year 
• All-WCC Beach Volleyball First Team 
• WCC Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week with Vilhelmiina Prihti – March 4 
• Named to the 2024 All-WCC Beach Volleyball Preseason Team 
• Went 31-9 overall on the season  
• Went 31-9 overall at the No. 1 Position (31-9 with Vilhelmiina Prihti)  
• Ranked wins over Hawaii x2, Stanford, UCLA x2, Washington, Grand Canyon x2, California, Stetson, LBSU, Georgia St, LSU, Florida St x2, Cal Poly, and Arizona
• Had a nine-match winning streak, a six-match winning streak, and two five-match winning streaks 

• Michelle Shaffer is in her second season with the LMU Lions. 

• Did not see action in the 2022 season due to injury. Took advantage of a redshirt. 

• Did not see action in the 2022 season due to injury. Took advantage of a redshirt. 

• WCC All-Conference First Team 
• AVCA Top Flight Award with Julia Sangiacomo 
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention 
• Graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in Accounting, Minor in Business Analytics 
• Went 24-8 overall on the season  
• Went 21-8 in dual matches at the No. 1 position (14-3 with Julia Sangiacomo; 7-5 with Alexia Inman) 
• Went 3-0 in dual matches at the No. 2 position (3-0 with Jordan Bennett) 
• Ranked wins over Arizona (x2) and Cal  
• Had an eight-match winning streak, one six-match winning streak, and one five-match winning streak.  

• WCC All-Conference Second Team 
• Averaged 3.12 kills per set (9th in WCC) 
• 0.41 aces per set (2nd in WCC) 
• Finished the season 325 kills, 24 assists, 42 aces,  225 digs, and 10 solo blocks 

• Went 7-5 overall on the season played exclusively with Julia Sangiacomo 
• Went 3-1 in dual matches at the No. 1 position 
• Went 4-4 in dual matches at the No. 2 position 

• Honorable Mention All-WCC 
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention 
• WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Silver Honors  
• AVCA Team Academic Award 
• Played in all 18 matches and 63 of 65 sets with 15 starts 
• Led the Broncos with 395 assists (6.27/set) while sharing setting duties with Liliana Light 
• Ranked second on Santa Clara with 39.0 total blocks and third with 122 digs 
• Additional season stats: 59 kills, 16 aces, 96.5 points 
• Helped SCU lead the WCC in aces/set (1.75, 24th NCAA) and total aces (114, 33rd NCAA) 
• 10-plus kills two times, 30-plus assists eight times, multiple aces four times, five-plus blocks three times, team-high four double-doubles alongside Julia Sangiacomo 
• Recorded season-high marks with 11 kills on .409 hitting (11 K/2 E/22 TA) to go with 32 assists and 12 digs for a triple-double at Gonzaga (March 12) 
• One of 22 student-athletes in the NCAA and the only one from the WCC to record a triple-double on the season 
• Career-high 7.0 total blocks at Pacific (Feb. 23) 
• Season-high 36 assists at Pacific (Feb. 23) and at Saint Mary's (March 18) 
• Season-high 17 digs vs. Portland (March 8) 
• Season-high three aces vs. No. 18 San Diego (Feb. 17) and at LMU (March 22) 
• Finished the season 59 kills, 395 assists, 16 aces, 122 digs, and 4 solo blocks 

• 6-8 overall record before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19 and was granted an extra year of eligibility  
• Played exclusively with Kathryn Decker 
• Went 6-8 in dual matches at the No. 1 position 

• Honorable Mention All-WCC 
• WCC All-Academic Team 
• AVCA Team Academic Award 
• Played in all 33 matches and 123 of 124 sets 
• Led the WCC with 50 aces (24th NCAA) 
• Led SCU with 781 assists (6.35/set) while playing primarily in a two-setter system 
• Led SCU with 13 double-doubles, tied for the team lead with one triple-double 
• Season stats: 171 kills, 304 digs (second on the team only to libero Gretchen Reinert, 2.47/set), 89 blocks (3rd SCU, 0.72/set) 
• South Bay Battle All-Tournament Team 
• 10+ kills two times, 10+ digs 12 times, 40+ assists three times, 50+ assists one time 
• Logged four straight double-doubles (assists and digs) to help the Broncos win all four matches at the Indiana Invitational (Aug. 30-31) en route to a 6-0 start 
• Posted Santa Clara’s first triple-double since 2003 (16 seasons) with a season-high 12 kills, 24 assists and 11 digs in a four-set win over Marshall at the Indiana Invitational (Aug. 31) 
• Tied an SCU single-match program record with eight aces in a four-set win over Northern Colorado (Sept. 14), becoming the first Bronco since 1989 (30 seasons) and the fourth in program history to hit that mark 
• Posted Santa Clara’s first 20-20 match since 2017 (two seasons) with career-high 22 digs and 22 assists at Denver (Sept. 20) 
• Became the second Bronco in program history to record a triple-double and a 20-20 match in the same season (Becky Potter - 2003) 
• Career-high six blocks vs. BYU (Nov. 7) 
• Career-high 57 assists in a five-set win at Long Beach State in the first round of the NIVC (Dec. 4) 
• Finished the season 171 kills, 781 assists, 50 aces, 304 digs, and 5 solo blocks 

• WCC Comissioner’s Honor Roll Gold Honors 
• Did not see action in the 2019 season. Took advantage of a redshirt. 

• WCC All-Freshman Team  
•  Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team  
•  Santa Clara Invitational All-Tournament Team  
•  Bulldog Brawl All-Tournament Team  
•  Started all 30 matches and played in all 108 sets  
•  Led the Broncos with 297 kills (second-most among West Coast Conference freshmen) and 29 aces  
•  294 digs were second-most for a Bronco behind primary libero Chloe Loreen  
•  Recorded 46 blocks  
•  10-plus kills 13 times  
•  20-plus kills two times  
•  10-plus digs 15 times  
•  Multiple aces seven times, including four straight matches in a 3-1 stretch for the team (Aug. 25-31)  
•  Eight double-doubles  
•  Career-high 19 digs in a victory over Wake Forest (Aug. 31)  
•  Career-high 24 kills at Gonzaga (Oct. 4)  
•  Career-high four aces in a victory over Pacific (Oct. 18)  
•  10-plus digs in eight of nine matches (Aug. 25-Sept. 14)  
•  10-plus kills in seven of eight matches (Oct. 11-Nov. 3)  
•  Career-high five blocks twice. 
• Finished the season 297 kills, 17 assists, 29 aces, 294 digs, and 7 solo blocks 

High School 
Shaffer was a four-year varsity volleyball player for the La Reina Regents ... coached by Cory Hanson and Steve Yoshimoto ... helped the team win four straight Tri-Valley Athletic League championships and post a perfect 48-0 league record over her four seasons ... senior season accolades (2017): Tri-Valley Athletic League Player of the Year, Ventura County Star Player of the Year, First-Team All-CIF Southern Section Division V ... team reached CIF Southern Section Division IV Championship matches in her freshman and junior seasons (2014, 2016) ... 1,252 career kills ... also ran track & field and earned First Team All-Tri-Valley League Honors in 2016… 2017 Girls' Junior National Championships All-Tournament Team with Sunshine Volleyball Club ... team took fifth place at the event... 2017 Windy City Qualifier Gold Medalist.... member of the National Honor Society and California Scholarship Federation. 

Personal 
Michelle Shaffer was born in West Hills, California on Jun. 30, 2000 ... parents are David and Sandy Shaffer ... father played volleyball at Cal State Northridge ... has an older brother, Christopher, an aspiring AVP athlete ... hobbies include reading, hiking, singing and spending time with family and friends...favorite food is Italian…favorite sports team is the Golden State Warriors…favorite book is Pride and Prejudice…greatest athletic thrill is getting a solo block…chose LMU because of a complimentary mix of high academics, competitive athletics and is a place where she can see herself thrive.