2025 Field Hockey Roster
Roster
Brynn Shaffer
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Lower Dauphin
- Hometown:
- Hummelstown, Pa.
2025 (Junior): Appeared in 15 of 18 games for MSU and made one start in an 7-1 win over Merrimack (9/13) … Finished tied for third on the team in goals scored (3), tied for third in assists with two, and was tied for third in points with eight… Scored one goal in each of her first two games of the season and recorded an assist (9/12 and 9/13)… Notched her third goal of the season in an 5-1 win over Ball State (10/14)… Registered her second assist of the season against No. 12 Ohio State on Gracie Burns game tying goal (10/19).
2024 (Sophomore): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten Selection … NFHCA National Academic Squad honors … Earned her teammates’ vote as the squad’s Most Improved Player … Started nine of 18 MSU games as a sophomore ... Completed the season with a goal and three assists ... Earned her first point of the year on an assist of Skylar Santucci’s goal against Vermont (9/7) ... Had an assist on Bianca Pizano’s second goal of the day against Colgate (9/13) ... Scored her first career goal against Kent State (10/6) ... Assisted on Carmen Pucheta’s goal at Penn State (10/20).
2023 (Freshman): NFHCA Scholar of Distinction … NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Appeared in 10 games … Had one shot attempt on the season in a 3-0 victory over Central Michigan (9/24).
Prior to MSU: Four-year varsity player and three-year varsity starter at Lower Dauphin High School … District champion and state runner-up as a freshman and junior … Three-time Keystone Division champion … Selected as a captain as a senior … Plays club field hockey for Nook Hockey … U16 National Indoor Tournament qualifier in 2020 … Selected to play in USA Field Hockey Nexus Championship in 2021 and 2022 … Played three years of lacrosse for Lower Dauphin and ran track & field for one year … Member of the National Honor Society, National English Honor Society and National Math Honor Society at Lower Dauphin … Distinguished Honor Roll honoree.
Personal: Daughter of Derek and Maria Shaffer … Has three siblings, Brady Alexa and Kenzie … Sister, Alexa, is a current member of the Michigan State field hockey team … Brother, Brady, played basketball at DeSales University … Both parents are teachers … Hobbies include spending time with friends and family and working out … Aspires to become a nutritionist or elementary school teacher … Plans on majoring in nutrition or education at MSU.
