Info the short list
* 2004 olympic gold medalist
* 2003 world cup bronze medalist
* 2003 fifa women's world cup all-star team, wusa all-star and all-wusa first-team
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* started all six games at the 2004 olympics scoring the opening goal of the tournament against greece and had the game-winning assist against japan in the quarterfinal
* scored eight goals and had five assists for team usa during the 2004 season where she started 31 of 32 matches
* set a u.s. record by scoring in her first three full national team matches (2003)
* became the first u.s. woman selected for the u.s. world cup team despite having never played an international match (first was september 1, vs. costa rica – scored a goal
* played in the wusa women’s soccer league for the new york power and san diego spirit
* played overseas with saarbrucken of the german women's bundesliga in 1999-2000
* attended the university of notre dame from 1995-1999 where she led the irish to its only ncaa women's soccer title in 1995
* nickname is boxxy – “[greg ryan] called me shannon today and i was shocked. i was like, ‘who?’ on the soccer field, though, it’s always boxxy, ” boxx said when asked if anyone called her shannon
* favorite soccer player is tiffeny milbrett and favorite non-soccer athlete is michael jordan … likes banana pancakes for breakfast on game days, but her all-time favorite meal is still mom's chili
* played softball, volleyball and basketball as well as soccer in high school
* her older sister gillian won a gold medal in softball at the 1996 olympics
* participated in an avon 3-day walk for breast cancer research from santa barbara to malibu, california