Lily Shannon put up 43 points in 39 games as a senior captain at Northeastern University, earned Hockey East First Team All-Star honors, and heard her name called in the 2026 PWHL Draft. The Andover native's four-year college career just ended with a professional contract.
Draft night, on the big stage.
Shannon, who played prep hockey at Governor's Academy before suiting up for the Huskies, was selected 40th overall by PWHL San Jose on June 17 at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. She heads west this fall for the franchise's inaugural 2026-27 season. "[I'm] super excited and super grateful and everyone that's helped me get here I don't know what I would do without them," Shannon said at the post-draft press conference.
The night got even better with a friend by her side: Shannon's four-year roommate and teammate, Jules Constantinople, was drafted 25th overall by PWHL Vancouver in the same class. "It's been unreal. We've been teammates for four years, and Lily's been my roommate for four years, so having them by my side and being by them, it's just an award in itself," Constantinople said.
A senior season built on years of steady climbing.
Shannon's production at Northeastern rose every single year — six goals as a sophomore, 16 as a junior, then a breakout senior campaign of 19 goals and 24 assists after being named team captain ahead of the season. That leadership paid off on the ice: the Huskies finished ranked No. 5 nationally, knocked off No. 4 seed Minnesota 4-2 in the regional final, and advanced all the way to the Frozen Four before falling to top-seeded Ohio State in the semifinals.
A student-athlete in the fullest sense.
Off the ice, Shannon earned AHCA/Krampade All-American Scholar honors and was previously the lone Husky named to the Hockey East All-Academic All-Star team. She's done all of it while managing moderate hearing loss since birth — a detail that adds real weight to everything she's accomplished on the ice.
Part of a bigger prep-to-pro pipeline.
A recent New England Hockey Journal feature highlighted Shannon alongside other NEPSAC alumni making the leap from prep rinks to Division I hockey. She wasn't the only local standout in that story — Molly Boyle, a Phillips Andover graduate, earned second-team All-American honors as a freshman defender at Yale, posting 38 points in 33 games, fourth among all NCAA defenders nationally.
What's next.
PWHL San Jose hasn't announced a start date for its inaugural season yet. For Shannon, the move west marks a milestone of its own — it'll be her first time ever living west of Wyoming.
