Shaun Powell Class: RS Senior Hometown: Toronto, Canada High School: Francis Libermann Height: 6-3 Position: Outside/Opposite Hitter Birthdate: 03/16/1982

2005: Had perhaps the best single-season performance by a Mason player in the rally-scoring era... Set a school single-season record for the rally-scoring era with 477 kills... Was fifth in the nation in kills per game... Had 44 service aces, second-most in a season at Mason in the rally-scoring era... Was eighth in the nation in service aces per game... Hit .361, the best hitting percentage by an outside or opposite hitter in Mason's rally-scoring era... Had a school-record 39 kills at IPFW in the season's second match, the second-most kills in 2005 among all NCAA Division I and II players... Was fifth in the nation in points per game with 5.68... Was first team All-EIVA... Named to the EIVA All-Tournament team... Three times selected as EIVA Player of the Week... Led the team in kills in 14 matches... Had 19 matches with double-digit kills and 11 matches with 20 or more kills... Closed out the season with six-straight matches of double-digit kills tallying 146 kills in those six matches... Nine times had double-digit kills while hitting better than .400... Eight times hit .500 or better... Is second all-time at Mason in career rally-scoring era kills with 1,067... Second all-time at Mason in career rally-scoring era service aces with 68... Third all-time at Mason in career rally-scoring era digs with 361... Fourth all-time at Mason in career rally-scoring era blocks with 192.

2004: After appearing in just five games over two matches, applied for a medical redshirt... Struggled with leg injuries throughout season and was limited in his effectiveness in two appearances... Played four games against Juniata, with one kill, two assists, four digs and one solo block... Also played one game against Princeton but did not record any statistics.

2003: Named Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Player of the Week for the week ending March 23... Led the Patriots in kills and kills per game with 330 and 3.84, respectively... His 330 kills was the second-highest single-season total in school history in the rally-scoring era... Had a .214 hitting percentage and led the team with 701 total attacks... Had 119 digs, third-most on the team... Had 18 or more kills six times and 20 or more three times...

2002: A starter in his first season of collegiate volleyball, playing in 25 of 26 matches and in 82 of 95 games... Earned EIVA Player of the Week accolades (Mar. 20)... Second on the team in kills and digs... Recorded 259 kills for a 3.16 kill per game average and added 118 digs to average 1.44 kills per game... Posted double-figure kills 13 times, including a career- and team-season-high 23 versus No. 10 Lewis... That mark ties for second in single-match kills in the GMU record book for rally-scoring era records... He is also fourth in rally-scoring era single-season kills, fifth in single-season digs and tied for fifth in single-season aces... Tied for second on the team with 13 service aces... Recorded a career-high two aces twice... Added double-figure digs three times, including a career-high 11 at Concordia... Posted three double-doubles (kills-digs), including 12 kill, 10 dig performance at No. 10 UC Irvine... Hit at .400 or higher six times, including a career-high .600 mark at New Jersey Tech (7K/1E/10TA)... Had at least one block in all but four matches... Put up a career-high six blocks at Concordia.

PREP: Played volleyball for five years at Francis Libermann... Named to Volleyball Magazine's Fab 50 -- ranking him among the best men's volleyball players out of high school... Named team MVP... Earned the Sport Recognition Award and Award of Excellence... A three-time national all-star... Named to the Toronto Sun All-Star Team and picked up Athlete of the Week honors... Played for six years with the Scarborough Solar volleyball club, four years on provincial team and one year with youth national team... Competed in five national championships, the Canada Games and the North American Cup... Has international volleyball experience.

PERSONAL: Born March 16, 1982... Parents are Allwyn and Lloyd Powell... Received the James Worrell Award for academic excellence... Enjoys playing beach volleyball and hanging out with friends... Nicknames are Buffy and Sho Pow... Also recruited by BYU, Ohio State, Pacific, Rutgers-Newark and St. Francis... Has not chosen a major... A 2001 graduate of Francis Libermann High School.

CAREER HIGHS
KILLS: 39 at IPFW, 1/21/05
TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 68 at IPFW, 1/21/05
HITTING PERCENTAGE: .609 (33K/5E/46A) vs. Juniata, 4/28/05
ASSISTS: 4, vs. NYU, 2/28/03
ACES: 4, three times, last at No. 3 Penn State, 4/30/05
DIGS: 11 at Concordia, 2/17/02
BLOCK SOLOS: 2, vs. Concordia, 3/23/03
BLOCK ASSISTS: 6, twice, last at Quincy, 1/13/03
TOTAL BLOCKS: 6, four times, last vs. St.Francis, 3/21/03

CAREER STATISTICS
YR	GP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
02	82	259	141	541	.218	17	13	118	5	50	55
03	86	330	180	701	.214	24	13	119	8	61	69
04	5	1	2	8	-.125	2	0	4	1	0	1
05	104	477	158	884	.361	21	44	120	4	63	67
Totals	277	1067	481	2134	.275	64	70	361	18	174	192