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2022 Field Hockey

Gil Talbot

1 Ellie Shahbo

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Surrey, England
  • High School St. George's College
  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Major Neuroscience
  • House Affiliation Mather

Biography

Senior • 2022
First Team NFHCA All-Northeast Region selection…First-Team All-Ivy…Academic All-Ivy Honoree…Started all 17 games for the Crimson, going 13-4-0, with a 0.99 goals-against average, .721 save percentage, and five shutouts…Recorded a season high six saves in a narrow 2-1 loss at Maryland on Sept. 9…The first goalkeeper in program history to reach 50 career wins – achieving that mark against Delaware on Oct. 16 (save)...NFHCA Scholar of Distinction.

Junior • 2021
Second Team NFHCA All-American … First Team NFHCA All-Northeast Region selection…First Team All-Ivy selection … NFHCA Scholar of Distinction … NFHCA Academic Squad honoree … Shahbo had the nation's top goals-against average (0.44) and save percentage (.860) and added 10 shutouts. She finished the year with a record of 15-2... Her 10 shutouts were at Delaware, at Monmouth, vs. Northeastern, vs. Uconn, vs. New Hampshire, vs. Dartmouth, at Boston University, vs. Brown, vs. Louisville, and at Michigan) … Made a season high six saves against Delaware (Sept. 10) and matched that number against Northwestern in the NCAA Semifinals (Nov. 18)…Made all shootout saves in a critical 2-1 OT win over Princeton on Oct. 23…Made all shootout saves in NCAA Quarterfinal win over Michigan on Nov. 24.

Sophomore • 2019
Longstreth/NFHCA All-Northeast Region (Second Team)…All-Ivy League Honorable Mention…Three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honoree…Finished the year 12-3-0 with 1.07 goals-against average and .767 save percentage…Recorded the top goals-against average (1.07) in the Ivy League and the top save percentage (.767) in the Ivy League…Notched two shutouts on the season (vs. UMass-Lowell, at Cornell), and was ranked among the top 10 in most NCAA goalkeeping categories all season…Made a season high six saves against No. 18 Stanford (Sept. 12)...NFHCA Scholar of Distinction

First-Year • 2018 
Ivy League Rookie of the Year...First Team All-Ivy selection as one of the nation's top goalkeepers…A Longstreth/NFHCA Northeast Region First Team selection…Finished the season with a 11-2-0 record, including three shutouts, a .70 goals against average (No. 2 NCAA) and a .804 save percentage (No. 2 NCAA)…Shahbo won 11 straight starts (UMass, Yale, Maine, Penn, BU, Cornell, Princeton, Boston College, Dartmouth, Columbia, Penn State), during the season, allowing just four goals in that span…In her first career start, Shahbo made 10 saves against the No. 3 Maryland, the most by a Harvard goalie since 2015 (Issy Davies, 11 saves vs. Maine, 9/13/15)…Made first career appearance in goal against Holy Cross…Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Sept 24th)...Recorded three saves in a 3-1 win over No. 3 Princeton… Named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22)…Made 7 saves in Harvard’s first ever NCAA Tournament victory, a 6-1 win over No. 9 Penn State…Made 4 saves in Harvard’s 2-1 NCAA Quarterfinal loss to No. 4 Princeton.  

Before Harvard
Two-year starter on the field hockey team at St. George's College…Team captain at St. George's College (2018)…Played club field hockey with Surbiton Field Hockey (2012-18) where she was a starting goalkeeper and team captain throughout her time with the club…Captain of England U18 team…L1's English Premier League Cup Final Champions...L1's English Premier League Champion…Three-time Club National Champion…Awarded Athletic Scholarship all seven years at St. George's College…Head Girl/Captain of St. George's in 2017-18…International Sports Award (2015-16)…Effort, Progress and Attainment Award (Biology, Chemistry)…Co-Founder of the Kepler Science Society…CAFOD Young Leaders Program…Father Khaled player for the NFL's San Diego Chargers.

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Historical Player Information

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