Two-time All-PSAC West second team selection at outside linebacker and a 2015 USA College Football D-II Preseason All-American, earning second team honors.
2014: Started all 11 contests at Mike linebacker, finishing as the leading tackler with 84 stops … also had team-high 36 solo hits, and also led the Fighting Scots with 8 tackles for losses totaling 54 yards … was second on the team with 5.5 sacks, adding 3 passes broken up, a fumble recovery, and a forced fumble … posted a season-high 13 tackles against California(Pa.), adding a pair of passes broken up and a tackle for a loss … added 10 tackles at Carson-Newman, along with 9 tackles and a pair of sacks at Slippery Rock … also had 2 sacks at Clarion, and had 9 tackles at Shippensburg.
2013: Earned second team All-PSAC West honors in his first season as a Fighting Scot, finishing second on the team in tackles with 87, including 36 solo stops … tied for team lead in tackles for losses with 11 for 33 yards, and paced the team in sacks with 3.5 … recovered one fumble and broke up a pass … appeared in all 11 games, starting the final ten at Mike linebacker … had career-high 14 tackles, with six solo, against Gannon … had 1.5 sacks against the Golden Knights … also had 13 tackles, with six solo vs. Slippery Rock, and 10 hits vs. Mercyhurst, including two tackles for losses … also had a pair of tackles for losses against Bloomsburg in his first career start, part of an eight-tackle performance.
AT CALIFORNIA(PA): Appeared in all 11 games for the Vulcans as a reserve linebacker and on special teams as a true freshman … finished with 12 tackles … had season-high 5 tackles against Millersville and finished with 4 stops against Gannon … was a 2012-13 PSAC Scholar-Athlete and member of Cal’s AD Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
HIGH SCHOOL: Former standout at Blackhawk High School, where he was a three-year starter for head coach Joe Hamilton … earned Parkway Conference All-Star honors all three years and was a Parkway Conference Top 24 selection as a junior and senior … Pennsylvania East-West All-Star.
PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1993 … Business Administration major with a minor in Economics ... has a 3.00 GPA … son of Terrie and Mark Shansky … … has two brothers (Mark and Nick) and a sister (Lisa).
