# @smcpurpleknights on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeR-kxeEQ5F
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71655989-smcpurpleknights-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-09T16:50:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Saint Michael's Athletics (@smcpurpleknights) — https://gondola.cc/smcpurpleknights

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Congratulations to smc_wbb head coach and smcsaac co-adviser Shannon Bollhardt, who was honored by her alma mater with the University of Southern Maine's Richard A. Costello Special Achievement Award last month!

We know her as our 14th-year head coach, who led the PKs to their first NCAA appearance last winter, but here's who she was as an undergrad:

USM women's basketball went 114-14 overall and 68-2 in the Little East Conference during her career. A 2006-07 captain, she and the Huskies won five LEC regular-season titles and four postseason championships while qualifying for five NCAA Division III Tournaments. USM advanced to a pair of Final Fours in that time, including finishing as national runner-up in 2005-06. Bollhardt finished with 706 points, 482 rebounds, and 101 blocked shots in 117 career games, placing ninth in program history in rejections. She was also a three-year attacker on the women's lacrosse team. 

Bollhardt was also SAAC president and involved with Student Life. Through her leadership roles, she helped organize the Husky Halloween Party and community-service projects with the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital and the Preble Street Resource Center. She earned the 2008 Paula D. Hodgdon Leadership Award, given annually to a female student-athlete who has displayed loyalty, dedication, leadership and commitment to her role as a student, athlete and leader. Bollhardt was also recognized with the Husky Senior Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Student Leader Award by USM's Student Government, and earned William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete status.

Congratulations, Coach!

#SMCPKS | #SMCVT | #NE10EMBRACE

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