Shippensburg University Athletics

2021 NCAA Division II National Champion
2021 NFHCA All-Academic Team
 
2021 (Junior): Played in 12 games for the Raiders in her third season… worked primarily as a reserve midfielder who limited opponents to two goals or less and helped SU to a perfect 20-0 season…recorded her first collegiate point with an assist against Coker…recorded her first collegiate goal at Bloomsburg…totaled seven shots, including five on goal.
 
2020 (Sophomore): No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019 (Freshman): Played in six games during her debut season, working as a reserve in the midfield.
 
Parkside High School: Totaled four varsity letters for the Rams under head coach Kimberly Pelot…played on the club level with ShoreByrds under coach Julie Bradford…finished as a two-time All-State performer, earning First Team honors as a senior and Second Team honors as a junior…named the 2018 Bayside Conference Player of the Year…finished as a three-time All-Bayside Conference performer…served two seasons as a captain…selected to compete in the Maryland Senior All-State Game…compiled 15 goals and 19 assists working primarily as a defensive midfielder…also earned four varsity letters in lacrosse and for unified strength and conditioning…received numerous academic honors, including a selection to the Keith Waldman NFHCA Academic Squad and an NFHCA Academic Award…named to the honor roll for all 16 marking quarters…honored four times with the Parkside High School Academic Achievement Award…received the President’s Education Award for Academic Achievement…was a member of the National Honor Society, Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society), Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society) and the Spanish National Honor Society.
 
About Mears: Full name is Maura Kate Mears…is the daughter of Jerry and Lisa Mears…majoring in exercise science with an allied health pre-professional concentration while seeking a minor in business…has a sister, Miranda.