Shippensburg University Athletics

2020 (Junior): No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 11 games as the team’s place kicker and punter during his second season…totaled 48 punts for 1,607 yards…averaged 33.5 yards per punt, including a season-long of 42 yards against Lock Haven…ranked third in the PSAC with 14 punts inside the 20-yard line…produced the most fair catches (22) of any punter in the PSAC…converted 5-of-8 field goal attempts, including a season-long of 29 yards at Slippery Rock…made 36-of-38 PATs, including 9-of-9 against Lock Haven…averaged 58.8 yards per kickoff, including 13 touchbacks.
 
2018 (Freshman): Appeared in all 11 games as a place kicker and punter during his debut season…totaled 46 punts for 1,603 yards…averaged 34.8 yards per punt, including a season long of 51 yards against Slippery Rock…achieved three punts of 50 or more yards and seven punts that landed inside the 20-yard line…made 2-of-6 field goal attempts, including a season-long of 33 yards at Millersville and a 21-yard field goal at IUP…converted 42-of-46 PATs, including 8-of-8 at Lock Haven and 6-of-6 at IUP…averaged 56.8 yards per kickoff, including five touchbacks.
 
Elizabethtown Area High School: Totaled two varsity letters for the Bears under head coach Bill McDonald…compiled four All-Conference accolades, as he was named a Lancaster-Lebanon (LL) League First Team All Star as a place kicker and punter following both his junior and senior seasons…selected to the 2017 Class ‘5A’ All-EasternPAFootball.com Team…made all seven of his field-goal attempts under 40 yards as a senior…converted all 31 of his PAT attempts that were not blocked during his senior season…produced 41 touchbacks as a senior…averaged 35 yards per punt as a senior, resulting in 10 punts inside the 20-yard line…also competed four years as a varsity soccer player…awarded 2016 PA Soccer Coaches Association All-State honors…twice recognized as a LL League First Team All Star in soccer along with a selection to the 2016 PennLive First Team squad…also lettered in baseball as a freshman…was an honor-roll student and a recipient of the Elizabethtown Area Education Foundation Jane Hoover Scholarship.
 
About Shank: Full name is David Michael Shank...is the son of Jeffrey and Lisa Shank…majoring in exercise science with an allied health pre-professional concentration while seeking a minor in coaching…has a brother, Thomas…parents Jeffrey ’90 and Lisa ’90 are SU graduates.