{"id":3033,"date":"2011-01-31T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T14:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2011-01-31T08:33:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T14:33:44","slug":"savannah-shaw-leads-two-sports-to-new-heights-at-the-villages-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/savannah-shaw-leads-two-sports-to-new-heights-at-the-villages-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Shaw Leads Two Sports to New Heights at The Villages High"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>THE VILLAGES,\u00a0FLA.\u00a0\u2014 Savannah Shaw<\/a> has played an integral role in the turnaround of two sports programs at The Villages High School.\u00a0 Shaw helped the VHS volleyball team to its first winning season as a junior in 2009 \u2014 a feat the team repeated in 2010.\u00a0 Now Shaw is on the verge of leading the VHS girls soccer team to its first winning season.\u00a0 The team has already established a single-season record for victories with eight and needs to win one of its two final regular season games to guarantee finishing above the .500 mark for the regular season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look back on it from where we started in volleyball and in soccer and to see where we are now, it\u2019s really amazing,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience to be part of two teams and to see how everybody grew and matured and improved. It\u2019s hard to put into words. It\u2019s just a great feeling to be part of two teams that came so far. And I hope that even after I graduate, the enthusiasm and the determination that us seniors have continues for years to come and they\u2019ll have even more success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Shaw, a senior goalkeeper, is one of the key reasons for the Buffalo\u2019s increased success this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a big reason why we set a record for wins this year,\u201d VHS head coach Amanda Peters said. \u201cI haven\u2019t added up my stats lately, but she has more than 200 saves this year. We know that with her back there in goal that nobody\u2019s going to get any cheap goals. Everybody on the team is real confident when she\u2019s back there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw, who also plays softball for The Villages, said this soccer season has been the most rewarding of her VHS athletic career.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big honor to be part of a team that set the record for wins,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cI started playing soccer my sophomore year and we\u2019ve come so far the last three years. My first couple years we didn\u2019t win that many games, so it feels good to now be a team that expects to win. It\u2019s been a privilege to be part of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw didn\u2019t play youth soccer.\u00a0 But after joining the team as a sophomore, soccer quickly became her passion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first started playing soccer I remember my first game was against Trinity Catholic,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know all of the rules of soccer. They just put me in goal and the only thing I did was try to catch every ball that came my way. I have learned so much since then and I think I\u2019ve come a long way. And I\u2019m still learning new techniques. I feel like I learn something in every game I play. And I hope to continue to grow as a soccer player in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw plans to play the game at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really hoping to get a scholarship to play soccer,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cThree years ago I never would have guessed that I would be where I am today or even have the possibility to play soccer at the college level. But now I\u2019m confident it\u2019s gong to be a reality and I know I can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters said she has enjoyed watching Shaw develop as a goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing about Savannah is she\u2019s very smart,\u201d Peters said. \u201cWhen you show her something, you only have to do it once and she\u2019s got it. So she was a very quick learner at the position. I think she\u2019s become an excellent goalkeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaw has one last goal as a high school player \u2014 to score.\u00a0 After the Buffalo took a 7-0 lead in the first half against South Sumter on Jan. 4, Peters pulled Shaw out of goal and put her at forward for the second half. Shaw had several chances to score her first goal, but was unable to convert. She hit the post on one shot and another looked like it was going in before the South Sumter goalkeeper made a diving save.\u00a0 Peters said she may give Shaw another chance to play forward on senior day at 1 p.m., Saturday when the Buffalo host Lake Mary Prep.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was so much fun. I had never played any position except for goalkeeper,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cI told coach when I first started playing, \u2018If we\u2019re ever way ahead you should put me up front so I can score a goal.\u2019 Well she did it. I was very surprised. I had a couple that almost went in. I think it would be awesome if I can try it again. I\u2019d love to see what it feels like to get a goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

NSR editor’s note:\u00a0 This article was written by Keith Pearlman, a sportswriter for the Daily Sun in Daytona, Fla.\u00a0\u00a0 Savannah’s NSR scout is Shaun Kitchen, Area\u00a0Scout\u00a0in North Central Florida<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE VILLAGES,\u00a0FLA.\u00a0\u2014 Savannah Shaw has played an integral role in the turnaround of two sports programs at The Villages High School.\u00a0 Shaw helped the VHS volleyball team to its first winning season as a junior in 2009 \u2014 a feat the team repeated in 2010.\u00a0 Now Shaw is on the verge of leading the VHS … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}