2007
Played in 23 matches and earned double-digit dig numbers in every contest but one • Her 4.72 digs per game average set a new EIU single season record • Was starting libero for EIU until missing the last eight contests of the season due to a bout of monononucleosis • Set a new career-high 31 dig total in EIU’s win at Ball State • Had 20-plus dig numbers in 13 matches • Ranked in the OVC Top 10 for digs per game (10th/4.56) in league action
2006
OVC Defensive ‘Player of the Week’ (Sept. 12) • Played in all 27 matches and 97 games as the starting libero • Led team in digs (453) and breaking the EIU freshman record • Came one one-thousandth shy of tying the EIU digs per game record (4.68 dpg) established in 2005 • Recorded double-figures in digs in 23 of the 27 matches, including a stretch of nine consecutive 10-plus tallies • Posted a season-high 30 digs twice • Averaged 4.9 digs per game in OVC play • Dig totals of 19-22-24 (5.9 dpg) at the WIU Invitational led to OVC Defensive ‘Player of the Week’ honor • Served a season-high three aces in five-game loss to TTU • Ranked in the OVC Top 10 for digs per game (6th/4.67) • Following her freshman year she is already ranked second in the EIU Top 10 for digs per game
HIGH SCHOOL
Shaina was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball, while also lettering in basketball and tennis at Highland Park HS • Earned All-Central Suburban Conference honors for head coach Beth Peterson her senior year • Earned Chandler Invitational All-Tournament Team recognition • Member of the honor society and received a scholar-athlete award • While living in the Phoenix, Arizona area as a sophomore/junior, she was an All-Wells Fargo Conference honoree and honor roll student at Shadow Mountain HS
GETTING TO KNOW SHAINA
My major at EIU ... Communications and advertising
Daughter of ... Jim & Jane Boylan
I was born on ... March 15, 1988
My nickname ... ‘Shay Bay Bay’
I come from a very athletic family ... My dad was a member of the 1977 Marquette basketball squad that won the NCAA Championship • He’s currently an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks, after being the interim head coach and lead assistant coach with the Chicago Bulls • My sister, Jessie, played basketball and was an assistant coach at Stony Brook University
My favorite food dishes ... Pizza and pasta
My least favorite food dish ... Seafood
My current dog ... a black lab named ‘Bear Zazu Boylan’
My advice to a younger athlete ... Always surround yourself with people who believe in you and are supportive of what you do
COACH BENNETT SAYS
“Since Shaina arrived her freshman year and took over the Libero role, she has turned in one solid performance after another... she worked very hard last spring to increase her digs per game average and I expect her to have a very productive season... from day one Shaina has been a great competitor and a stabilizer for our team... she understands what it takes to be successful at this level on a daily basis and will be an important part of our serve receive and defensive systems this fall.”
