Shavon Shields
| No. 31 – Dolomiti Energia Trento | |
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| Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
| League | Serie A |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 5, 1994 Overland Park, Kansas |
| Nationality | American / Danish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Northwest (Olathe, Kansas) |
| College | Nebraska (2012–2016) |
| NBA draft | 2016 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2017 | Fraport Skyliners |
| 2017–present | Dolomiti Energia Trento |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Shavon Shields (born June 5, 1994) is an American-Danish basketball player for Dolomiti Energia Trento of the Italian League. He played college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team.
As a junior, Shields was a second-team all-Class 6A honoree and a first-team All-Sunflower Conference selection, as he averaged 17 points and six rebounds a game. Shields transferred into Olathe Northwest for his sophomore year, earning Sunflower League Newcomer-of-the-Year accolades. He also starred playing AAU ball for the MoKan Elite and Coach Rodney Perry. An outstanding student with a 4.0 GPA, Shields was on the honor roll throughout high school and a National Honor Society member.
As a senior, Shields was a consensus first-team Class 6A selection in Kansas after averaging 21.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for Coach Michael Grove at Olathe Northwest High School. He helped the Ravens to a 20-2 record and an appearance in the sub-state finals. Shields helped Olathe Northwest to an unblemished record in league play, earning Sunflower Conference MVP honors. In addition, he earned second-team all-class honors from the Topeka Capital Journal and Wichita Eagle, a first-team all-metro selection by the Kansas City Star and was a finalist for the DiRenna Award, signifying the top player in the Kansas City area.
Shields came to Nebraska after being one of the top players in the Kansas City area throughout his prep career. Shields joined Willie Cauley-Stein as Olathe Northwest’s first-ever Division I signees in November 2011. Shields totaled 1,068 points in his three-year career at the school and finished as the school’s all-time leader in points, rebounds, free throws, field goals, steals and rebounds.
Shavon selected Nebraska over Texas Tech, Oregon State, Weber State, Long Beach State and Wyoming.
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Shields was twice named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the week during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
Shields was the November 11, 2013 and March 10, 2014 men's basketball player of the week during the 2013–14 Big Ten Conference season. On January 31, 2014, he was named an Academic All-District by CoSIDA, placing him among the 40 finalists for fifteen 2013–14 Academic All-American basketball selections.
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