Jacksonville State University Athletics

JSU CAREER
2022-23: Played in 29 games and started 28 after taking over the point guard role for Jax State in her final season of collegiate basketball...fifth on the team with 23.1 minutes per game...finished with 10.4 points per game which ranked second on the squad...had 3.8 rebounds per game...led the team with 65 assists and 55 steals...her 1.90 steals per game ranked sixth in the ASUN...set career-highs with 20 points and eight made field goals versus Kennesaw State in the ASUN Tournament on March 4 and nine rebounds against Samford on Nov. 30...had a career-best six assists in a duel with Alabama State on Dec. 14...made a career-high seven free throws on eight attempts at Chattanooga on Dec. 29...scored in double figures 13 times.

2021-22: Appeared in 29 games and made two starts during her second season with the Gamecocks...averaged 15.6 minutes per game in her role off the bench...was JSU's leading scorer off the bench with 6.2 points per game...finished second in assists with 2.0 per game...led the squad with 33 steals on the year...scored a career-high 16 points on the road against Stetson (2/9/22) while also totaling eight rebounds, five steals and four assists...shot 39.2 percent from the field during the 2021-22 campaign. 

2020-21: Played in four games during her first season with the Gamecocks and averaged 2.8 minutes per game…played a career-high four minutes against UT Martin and scored a career-high two points on 1-of-1 shooting from the floor…tied her career-high of two points on the road against EKU on 1-of-1 shooting…dished out a career-high two assists against UT Martin…totaled three rebounds to go along with four points and three assists on the season…named to the OVC Commissioners Honor Roll

PRIOR TO JSU: Troy

2019-20: Played in 17 games and helped Troy win its first-ever Sun Belt Regular Season Title…averaged 0.9 points per game and 0.6 rebounds while tallying 12 assists, nine steals and one blocked shot…had season cut short in March due to COVID-19 before SBC Tournament.
2018-19: Played in 26 games as a freshman…averaged 2.3 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.8 steals per game ... posted a season-high six points and five rebounds at Jacksonville State, also scored six points on 3-of-5 shooting against Tennessee State.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Played at Pearl-Cohn High School in Nashville, Tenn. ... Was teammates with Janiah Sandifer ... Two-time all-metro regular season and tournament team selection ... two-time all-district regular season and tournament team selection ... Hancock-Nipper Award recipient ... TSWA All-State Team ... Scored 1,325 career points ... Averaged 23.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.2 assists per game as a senior.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Shawnta G. Shaw…born August 12, 2000…daughter of Cleveland Shaw and Tara Allen…has four brothers, Alex, Shawn, Cedrick and Cleveland, and one sister, Shatara…favorite musical artist is Bruno Mars.