1 Gabrielle Shell
Gabrielle Shell
  • Height:
    5'6"
  • Year:
    2024
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • High School:
    Upper Arlington
  • Position:
    A
  • Major:
    Middle Eastern Studies & Peace and Justice Studies
  • Pronunciation:
    Gah-bree-YELL SHELL
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Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2023 IWLCA Academic Honor Roll
  • 2x NEWMAC Women's Lacrosse All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
2024:
  • Started in all 16 games as a senior
  • Scored 23 goals with 12 assists
  • Led the Blue in shooting percentage (57.5%)
  • Recorded a single-game high eight points (five goals, three assists) against Mount Holyoke on Apr. 20
  • Put up hat-tricks against Curry on Mar. 5 and Emerson on Apr. 6
2023:
  • Took part in all 16 games, with 15 starts as a junior
  • Recorded 20 points on the season, with 17 goals and three assists
  • Registered a team-leading 45.9 shooting percentage
  • Had a season-high four goals in a win over Emerson on Apr. 12
  • Collected eight ground balls
2022:
  • Made collegiate debut on Feb. 22 against Framingham St. 
  • Appeared in and started all 15 games for the Blue as a sophomore
  • Finished the season with 24 points on 13 goals and 11 assists on the season
  • Collected nine ground balls, including a career high of four on Mar. 19 against Smith
  • Scored a season-high three goals on Apr. 8 against Clark and Apr. 23 against Mount Holyoke 
2021:

  • Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic

Before Wellesley:
  • Attended Upper Arlington High School, graduated in 2020
  • Has been playing lacrosse since third grade
  • Was involved in Musical Theater, Choir, and History Club in addition to lacrosse
Personal:
  • Born in Columbus, Ohio
  • Child of Jean Piper '89 and Richard Shell
  • Mother attended Wellesley, and played volleyball in her first year
  • Has one sister, Merin
  • Is a photographer for Wellesley Athletics
Why Wellesley:

  • Chose to attend Wellesley because of the community and atmosphere of the campus

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 6 Emerson L, 17-15
Apr 10 Smith L, 20-5
Apr 13 at Springfield L, 26-5
Apr 17 at Coast Guard L, 23-3
Apr 20 Mount Holyoke W, 19-11
Apr 24 at Babson L, 25-1
  Overall Conf
Games 16 10
Points 35 18
Goals 23 12
Assists 12 6
Shots 40 23
Shooting percentage 57.5 52.2
Shots on goal 35 20
Shots on goal percentage 87.5 87.0
Free position goals-shots 5-7 2-3
Ground balls 10 6
Draw controls 0 0
Turnovers 37 21
Caused turnovers 2 1
Fouls 3 2
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 1 1
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 24 at Merchant Marine L, 8-7 2 0 2 2-2 2 0 3 0 3 66.7 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Feb 28 at Gordon L, 10-9 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 1 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 2 at Worcester St. L, 19-5 2 1 3 0-1 0 0 1 0 3 66.7 2 66.7 0 - 0 0
Mar 5 Curry W, 18-7 3 1 4 1-1 2 0 3 1 4 75.0 4 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 13 Saint Joseph (Conn.) W, 9-7 2 3 5 0-0 0 0 2 0 4 50.0 4 100.0 1 - 0 0
Mar 16 Salve Regina L, 12-9 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 20 Nichols L, 11-10 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Mar 23 at Clark L, 14-10 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 3 0 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 30 at MIT L, 23-3 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 3 Wheaton L, 17-2 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 0
Apr 6 Emerson L, 17-15 3 1 4 0-0 0 0 1 0 4 75.0 4 100.0 1 - 0 1
Apr 10 Smith L, 20-5 2 1 3 1-1 0 0 6 0 3 66.7 3 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 13 at Springfield L, 26-5 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 17 at Coast Guard L, 23-3 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 2 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 20 Mount Holyoke W, 19-11 5 3 8 1-1 4 0 3 1 12 41.7 9 75.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 24 at Babson L, 25-1 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 4 0 1 0.0 1 100.0 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2021-22 15 15 13 11 24 2-4 9 0 27 1 28 46.4 23 82.1 4 - 0 0
2022-23 16 15 17 3 20 1-7 8 0 34 1 37 45.9 29 78.4 3 - 0 0
2023-24 16 16 23 12 35 5-7 10 0 37 2 40 57.5 35 87.5 3 - 0 1
Total 47 46 53 26 79 8-18 27 0 98 4 105 50.5 87 82.9 10 - 0 1
    gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Event Total 16 16 23 12 35 5-7 10 0 37 2 40 57.5 35 87.5 3 - 0 1
Conference 10 10 12 6 18 2-3 6 0 21 1 23 52.2 20 87.0 2 - 0 1
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 8 15 10 25 3-3 8 0 22 2 27 55.6 24 88.9 3 - 0 1
Away 8 8 8 2 10 2-4 2 0 15 0 13 61.5 11 84.6 0 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 3 10 7 17 2-2 6 0 8 2 20 50.0 17 85.0 2 - 0 0
Losses 13 13 13 5 18 3-5 4 0 29 0 20 65.0 18 90.0 1 - 0 1
Month February 2 2 4 0 4 2-2 2 0 4 0 6 66.7 5 83.3 0 - 0 0
March 7 7 8 7 15 1-2 2 0 15 1 12 66.7 11 91.7 1 - 0 0
April 7 7 11 5 16 2-3 6 0 18 1 22 50.0 19 86.4 2 - 0 1