2021 USC Women's Volleyball Roster
Roster
Scully, Shannon

Jersey Number 22
Shannon Scully
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
Bio
2021
Shannon Scully is a graduate student outside hitter for the Women of Troy… transferred to USC from Pepperdine where she played three seasons and appeared in 81 matches (305 sets)… totaled 1,001 kills (3.28 kps) with a .239 hitting percentage, 926 digs (3.04 dps), 80 service aces, and 121 blocks… led the Waves in kills 29 times and in digs 31 times… recorded 40 double-doubles and reached double-figure kills in 58 matches, including 20 or more kills in six contests… posted double-digit digs in 52 matches, including twice over 20 digs… reached a career-high 26 kills at Pacific (Nov. 3, 2018), .542 (14-1-24) hitting percentage against LMU (March 18, 2021), four service aces against Missouri State (Sept. 7, 2018), and 24 digs at San Diego (Oct. 1, 2019).
2020-21 · PEPPERDINE
As a senior, Scully received AVCA All-America honorable mention and was part of the AVCA All-Pacific South Region first team… All-West Coast Conference First Team… WCC All-Academic First Team… WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze and Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… WCC Player of the Week (Mar. 1)… played in and started all 21 matches and 81 sets… ranked second on the team in kills (3.32 kps), digs (3.11 dps), and service aces (0.32 saps)… totaled 269 kills on 757 swings for a .246 hitting percentage, 252 digs, and 26 service aces… posted 12 double-doubles with 17 matches in double-digit kills and 15 matches with double-figure digs… recorded season bests of 20 kills, 23 digs, and five blocks against BYU (Feb. 24).
2019 · PEPPERDINE
As a junior, Scully was an AVCA All-Pacific South Region honorable mention choice and a member of the All-West Coast Conference first team… Preseason All-WCC Team… WCC Player of the Week (Oct. 7)… WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze and Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… named to the U.S. Collegiate National Team Gold Roster and the U.S. National Team Spring Training Roster… started all 29 matches and played in all 114 sets… ranked second with 346 digs (3.04 dps) and totaled 368 kills (3.23 kps), 51 blocks, and 26 service aces… attached 1,014 times for a .250 hitting percentage… led the team in kills and digs in 11 matches and produced 14 double-doubles with 23 matches in double-digit kills… posted double-digit digs in 16 matches… reached a season highs of 23 kills against Pittsburgh (Sept. 14) and 24 digs at San Diego (Oct. 1).
2018 · PEPPERDINE
As a sophomore, Scully received All-West Coast Conference honorable mention and was named WCC Player of the Week on Nov. 21… Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… started all 31 matches and appeared in 110 (of 111) sets… led the team with 364 kills (3.31 kps) and finished with a .223 hitting percentage (138 errors and 1,012 attacks)… ranked second on the team with 328 digs (2.98 dps)… totaled 42 blocks and 28 service aces for 413.5 points (3.76 pps)… recorded 14 double-doubles with 19 matches in double-digit kills and 21 in double-digit digs… led the team in kills 14 times and reached season highs of 26 kills and 20 digs at Pacific (Nov. 3).
2017 · UTAH
As a freshman at Utah, Scully started in 33 of 34 matches and played in 128 sets… finished with 295 digs, 32 kills, 28 assists, and 25 service aces… led the Utes in serve receive percentage and service aces… produced her first collegiate double-double against Utah Valley with 15 kills and 13 digs… “All A’s” Recognition Recipient.
CLUB AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Shannon Scully played for five years for Tstreet Volleyball Club (2013-17)… helped her team place third in the Open Division at Junior Olympics with 16s and 18s teams and was selected to the All-Tournament squad on both occasions… finished fifth with Tstreet 15s at the Open Division at Junior Olympic… selected to SCVA High Performance in 2014 and finished fourth.
HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB
Shannon Scully lettered for four years as an outside hitter at Mater Dei High School under head coach Dan O’Dell in Santa Ana, Calif…. played in 333 sets and finished with 1,084 kills, 126 blocks, 1,049 digs, and 89 service aces… three-time All-Trinity League selection… as a senior, earned All-Trinity League first team, All-CIF Team, Mater Dei Varsity MVP and Mater Dei Varsity Andi Collins Award Winner… California Gatorade Player of the Year nominee… PrepVolleyball.com All-America first team, MaxPreps All-America third team… Orange County Register All-County first team, MaxPreps California All-State first team, FloVolleyball All-America second team… UnderArmour All-America third team, Volleyball Magazine High School All-America second team, CaliHiSports.com All-State first team… All-Trinity League first team as a sophomore and junior… Orange County Register All-County first team… helped MDHS to the 2015 CIF Southern Section 1AA Championship and three runner-up finishes… helped MDHS win Trinity League Co-Championships in 2013 and 2014… graduated with exceptional merit… four-time member of the National Honor Society (2014-17), with California Scholarship Federation status (2013-17).
PERSONAL
Parents are Tom and Karil Scully… has three siblings, Tommy, Mary and Matthew… aspires to a career in the sports apparel industry… father Tom played men’s soccer (1977-81) at Allegheny College and cousins Emily Sciorra and Mary Cate Scully played women’s volleyball at Penn State (2016-20) and cross country at the US Naval Academy (2013-17) respectively… graduated from Pepperdine with a degree in communication studies in May 2021.
FAVORITES
Kerri Walsh Jennings (pro athlete)… Anaheim Angels (pro sports team)… To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (book)… The Blind Side (movie)… The Office (TV show)… Luke Combs (musician)… Mexican (cuisine)… football (sport other than volleyball)… hobbies and pastimes include going to the beach and watching the sunset, shopping, going to coffee shops, taking pictures, and going on hikes.
Shannon Scully is a graduate student outside hitter for the Women of Troy… transferred to USC from Pepperdine where she played three seasons and appeared in 81 matches (305 sets)… totaled 1,001 kills (3.28 kps) with a .239 hitting percentage, 926 digs (3.04 dps), 80 service aces, and 121 blocks… led the Waves in kills 29 times and in digs 31 times… recorded 40 double-doubles and reached double-figure kills in 58 matches, including 20 or more kills in six contests… posted double-digit digs in 52 matches, including twice over 20 digs… reached a career-high 26 kills at Pacific (Nov. 3, 2018), .542 (14-1-24) hitting percentage against LMU (March 18, 2021), four service aces against Missouri State (Sept. 7, 2018), and 24 digs at San Diego (Oct. 1, 2019).
2020-21 · PEPPERDINE
As a senior, Scully received AVCA All-America honorable mention and was part of the AVCA All-Pacific South Region first team… All-West Coast Conference First Team… WCC All-Academic First Team… WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze and Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… WCC Player of the Week (Mar. 1)… played in and started all 21 matches and 81 sets… ranked second on the team in kills (3.32 kps), digs (3.11 dps), and service aces (0.32 saps)… totaled 269 kills on 757 swings for a .246 hitting percentage, 252 digs, and 26 service aces… posted 12 double-doubles with 17 matches in double-digit kills and 15 matches with double-figure digs… recorded season bests of 20 kills, 23 digs, and five blocks against BYU (Feb. 24).
2019 · PEPPERDINE
As a junior, Scully was an AVCA All-Pacific South Region honorable mention choice and a member of the All-West Coast Conference first team… Preseason All-WCC Team… WCC Player of the Week (Oct. 7)… WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze and Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… named to the U.S. Collegiate National Team Gold Roster and the U.S. National Team Spring Training Roster… started all 29 matches and played in all 114 sets… ranked second with 346 digs (3.04 dps) and totaled 368 kills (3.23 kps), 51 blocks, and 26 service aces… attached 1,014 times for a .250 hitting percentage… led the team in kills and digs in 11 matches and produced 14 double-doubles with 23 matches in double-digit kills… posted double-digit digs in 16 matches… reached a season highs of 23 kills against Pittsburgh (Sept. 14) and 24 digs at San Diego (Oct. 1).
2018 · PEPPERDINE
As a sophomore, Scully received All-West Coast Conference honorable mention and was named WCC Player of the Week on Nov. 21… Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete… started all 31 matches and appeared in 110 (of 111) sets… led the team with 364 kills (3.31 kps) and finished with a .223 hitting percentage (138 errors and 1,012 attacks)… ranked second on the team with 328 digs (2.98 dps)… totaled 42 blocks and 28 service aces for 413.5 points (3.76 pps)… recorded 14 double-doubles with 19 matches in double-digit kills and 21 in double-digit digs… led the team in kills 14 times and reached season highs of 26 kills and 20 digs at Pacific (Nov. 3).
2017 · UTAH
As a freshman at Utah, Scully started in 33 of 34 matches and played in 128 sets… finished with 295 digs, 32 kills, 28 assists, and 25 service aces… led the Utes in serve receive percentage and service aces… produced her first collegiate double-double against Utah Valley with 15 kills and 13 digs… “All A’s” Recognition Recipient.
CLUB AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Shannon Scully played for five years for Tstreet Volleyball Club (2013-17)… helped her team place third in the Open Division at Junior Olympics with 16s and 18s teams and was selected to the All-Tournament squad on both occasions… finished fifth with Tstreet 15s at the Open Division at Junior Olympic… selected to SCVA High Performance in 2014 and finished fourth.
HIGH SCHOOL AND CLUB
Shannon Scully lettered for four years as an outside hitter at Mater Dei High School under head coach Dan O’Dell in Santa Ana, Calif…. played in 333 sets and finished with 1,084 kills, 126 blocks, 1,049 digs, and 89 service aces… three-time All-Trinity League selection… as a senior, earned All-Trinity League first team, All-CIF Team, Mater Dei Varsity MVP and Mater Dei Varsity Andi Collins Award Winner… California Gatorade Player of the Year nominee… PrepVolleyball.com All-America first team, MaxPreps All-America third team… Orange County Register All-County first team, MaxPreps California All-State first team, FloVolleyball All-America second team… UnderArmour All-America third team, Volleyball Magazine High School All-America second team, CaliHiSports.com All-State first team… All-Trinity League first team as a sophomore and junior… Orange County Register All-County first team… helped MDHS to the 2015 CIF Southern Section 1AA Championship and three runner-up finishes… helped MDHS win Trinity League Co-Championships in 2013 and 2014… graduated with exceptional merit… four-time member of the National Honor Society (2014-17), with California Scholarship Federation status (2013-17).
PERSONAL
Parents are Tom and Karil Scully… has three siblings, Tommy, Mary and Matthew… aspires to a career in the sports apparel industry… father Tom played men’s soccer (1977-81) at Allegheny College and cousins Emily Sciorra and Mary Cate Scully played women’s volleyball at Penn State (2016-20) and cross country at the US Naval Academy (2013-17) respectively… graduated from Pepperdine with a degree in communication studies in May 2021.
FAVORITES
Kerri Walsh Jennings (pro athlete)… Anaheim Angels (pro sports team)… To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (book)… The Blind Side (movie)… The Office (TV show)… Luke Combs (musician)… Mexican (cuisine)… football (sport other than volleyball)… hobbies and pastimes include going to the beach and watching the sunset, shopping, going to coffee shops, taking pictures, and going on hikes.
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