Shannon Agnew begins her first season as assistant coach at Montevallo. Agnew came to Montevallo after spending last season as the women’s soccer assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina.

Agnew helped guide Lenoir-Rhyne to a #8 national ranking and a 19-2-2 overall record in 2010. The team won both the South Atlantic Regular Season Championship and Tournament Championship. She helped coach players who were named First and Second Team All-Americans as well as the SAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Agnew has also served as the Olympic Development Program Girls ’95 assistant coach in North Carolina. Her team went as far as the Final Four in 2011 in Arizona.

As a player Agnew spent three seasons at the University of Tampa where she won a National Championship in 2007. She played her final season at Lenoir-Rhyne. She was a four-year member of the IMG W-League semi-pro team and spent one season with the WPSL Clearwater Galactics semi-pro team where she served as team captain.

Agnew was a four-year member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and served as the SAAC President her final year at Tampa. She was a three-time Dean’s List honoree at Tampa holding a GPA above a 3.5. She was also twice named to the Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s List.

Agnew is a 2009 graduate of University of Tampa with a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in graphic design. She earned her Master’s degree from Lenoir-Rhyne University in May of 2011 in business administration.