A. J. Shannon

A. J. Shannon, born on June 8, 1980, is a retired Canadian lacrosse player who spent his professional years in both the indoor and the outdoor game. He played in the National Lacrosse League for the Buffalo Bandits, the Edmonton Rush and the Philadelphia Wings, and outdoors in Major League Lacrosse for the Boston Cannons. At the University of Virginia he was part of the Cavaliers team that won the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, and the Buffalo Bandits chose him in the first round, sixth overall, of the 2003 league entry draft. He made the league's all-rookie team after the 2004 season, was acquired by Edmonton before 2007 and moved to Philadelphia in a four-team trade during the 2008 season, when he had his best scoring year since his rookie campaign. Injuries cut into his production in 2009 and he ended his career with Buffalo in 2010. As a junior he won the Minto Cup twice with the Whitby Warriors, in 1997 and 1999.