Celyna Shaw

Photo by: Shane Bevel/American Athletic Conference

Photo by: Mark Moore

Position:
Catcher
Class:
Freshman
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
South Glens Falls, NY
High School:
South Glens Falls HS

Career at TU: Seen action in 36 games with 22 starts at catcher ... has hit .194 with a 4 homers and 7 RBIs.

Sophomore (2020): Appeared in 17 games with 13 starts at catcher and hit .211 with 3 home runs and 4 RBIs ...became the first Hurricane to hit 3 home runs in a game doing so against Drake on Feb. 29 ... recorded all 4 of her RBIs in that game.

Freshman (2019): Appeared in 19 games with nine starts at catcher and hit .167 with a home run and three RBIs ... had a .417 slugging percentage ... recorded 52 putouts and eight assists on her way to a .952 fielding percentage ... got a hit in her first collegiate at-bat against Bucknell (Feb. 8) ... hit a three-run homer in a win at Kansas (March 15) ... got the start in the series finale at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in softball, playing her freshman season at Queensbury High School before her final three seasons at South Glens Falls High School ... helped lead SGFHS to three straight Foothills Conference Championships and the squad was the Section 2 Class A Runner-Up ... hit .305 in her career with 20 homers ... batted .452 with nine round-trippers as a senior and was a 4th-Team All-State pick ... was named an All-Star by The Post Star all four seasons with a pair of first-team nods and two second-team honors ... hit seven homers as a freshman and hit .325 that season ... career honors included the Most Versatile Player Award, Big Bats Award and Sportsmanship Award ... also won three letters on the basketball team ... played club ball with ADK Xtreme.

Personal: Born in May of 2000 ... majoring in exercise sports science ... began playing softball at the age of 9 ... favorite movie is Rocky IV and favorite actor is Chris Hemsworth ... favorite professional athlete is New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees ... the person she admires most is her dad because, “he introduced me to softball and has been with me ever since” ... would like to one day be a softball coach or an athletic trainer for an NFL team ... chose TU because of the coaching staff.