Hall of Fame
Shannon Clark (Maisano) was a three-year softball letterwinner (1991-93-94) at Wayne State, serving three seasons (1992-94) as a team captain.
She began her collegiate career earning the 1991 GLIAC Freshman of the Year award as well as being voted to the All-GLIAC Second Team. Clark batted .337 in her rookie season with a team-leading 12 doubles, while playing in all 52 games. She was strong defensively recording a .983 fielding percentage, while leading the Tartars in fielding assists (81). In addition to leading the team in at bats, the second baseman had 14 walks to only 12 strikeouts.
Clark, a team co-captain as a sophomore, played in the first seven games of 1992 before suffering a season-ending injury.
The Romeo native returned to the lineup in 1993 as a team tri-captain and batted .335 with a team-leading five home runs, 37 RBI and 101 total bases. She set the WSU single-season mark with 131 fielding assists, while equaling the record for runs scored in a year with 45. In addition to being an NCAA All-Regional selection, Clark was voted to the NFCA All-America Third Team as well as to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team. She earned First Team All-GLIAC and Academic All-GLIAC accolades. Her 1993 total of 194 at bats was second in school history at that time, while her 15 doubles was tied-for-third at WSU. The 1993 Tartars, who finished the year with a 43-15 record, won the GLIAC tournament after tying for the regular-season title.
As a senior, she led the GLIAC in league batting at .463 (31-for-67), while playing in all 18 games as WSU tied for the regular-season title with a 13-5 record. Overall, Clark batted .378 and finished second on the team in total bases (87), slugging percentage (.506) and stolen bases (9), while tying for the squad lead with 20 walks (to only 10 strikeouts).
During her collegiate career, Clark was a member of three GLIAC regular-season title teams (1992-94), two GLIAC tournament title squads (1993-94) and three NCAA tournament teams (1992-94). WSU went 149-73 (48-16 GLIAC) in her four seasons.
When she graduated, Clark ranked first in WSU history in walks (50) and stolen bases (23), second in runs scored (121), doubles (36), total bases (273), fielding assists (291) and home runs (10), and third in batting average (.346), hits (195), on-base percentage (.405) and slugging percentage (.485).
She is a 1994 WSU graduate with a degree in biological sciences and later earned a pharmacy degree in 1998.
Shannon is married to James Maisano and has three children, Michael, Dominic and Joseph.
