James O'Shannessy

DEBUT 2004 GAMES 254 Points 1028 GAME HIGH 16 (2008) AVERAGE 4.05 FINALS 8 FINALS POINTS 37 HIGHEST SCORING SEASON 141pts AUTUMN 2008 U1820D3 SONICS NO. OF TEAMS 6

WOODVILLE GAMES RANKING 26th WOODVILLE POINTS RANKING 38th CHAMPIONSHIPS AUTUMN 2005 PANTHERS SUMMER 2008/09 SONICS

GAMES MILESTONES 1st - Grading 1, Autumn 2004 50th - Grading 3, Autumn 2005 100th - Round 11, Spring 2005 150th - Round 6, Autumn 2007 200th - Round 3, Summer 2008/09 250th - Round 17, Summer 2009/10 POINTS MILESTONES 1st - Round 9, Autumn 2004 100th - Round 11, Autumn 2005 500th - Round 9, Autumn 2007 1000th - Round 16, Summer 2009/10

In February 2004, James O'Shannessy debuted for the Woodville Basketball Club, becoming player number 456, and since that debut, James has gone on to become a 200 game player and is on the verge of 1000 career points. James made his debut with WOODVILLE in Grading 1 of the Autumn 2004 season with the Under 16 Spectres. James did not score in a 10-48 defeat. James first career points came in Round 9 of the Autumn 2005 season, his 13th career game, with James scoring 4 points in a 9-61 defeat for the Spectres. James would go on to score 9 points from 19 games at an average of 0.5 points per game through his debut season. James completed his first year, with a record of 35 games and 41 points.

James recorded his 500th career point in Grading 3 of the Autumn 2007 season, with James scoring 5 points in a 30-38 loss for the Under 18/20 Divison 3 Rimrockers. James highest points total in a season came in Autumn 2008, playing with the Sonics in Under 18/20 Division 3, James scored 141 points from 20 games at an average of 7.05ppg. Over his career, James has scored 10 or more points in a game on 24 occasions with a career high of 16 points scored in 2008.

In his 249th career game, James scored his 1000th career point on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. James scored 6pts for the Woodville Sonics in a 43-68 defeat to Iramoo Demons.
In 8 finals games, James has scored 37 points. James has scored 13 points in his 3 Grand Final appearances.

James participated with the Under 16 Panthers at the 2005 Great Western Tournament.
James has coached over 100 games for Woodville. James is one of only 13 coaches to have coached in excess of 100 games.

In October 2009, James would predominantly coach the Under 18 Hurricanez in the 2009 Great Western Tournament out of Altona and Keilor. Through 6 games, the Hurricanez went 4-2 to go on and win the Tournament with a resounding 55-33 Grand Final win over Falcon Rebels.

Over James career, which has spanned 5 years, James has played for 5 WOODVILLE teams. He has played for the SPECTRES, WOLFPACK, PANTHERS, RIMROCKERS AND SONICS ranging in age groups from under 16's through to under 18/20's. James has played in three grand finals, those coming in Autumn 2005, Spring 2007 and Summer 2008/09. James has played in 2 Premierships, coming firstly with a 40-37 win in Autumn 2005 (Under 16 Division 3 Panthers) (James scoring 2pts) and in Summer 2008/09 with the Woodville Sonics in Under 18/20 Division 3. James scored 3pts in the 44-34 Premiership victory over Flames Firestorms.

In his 13 seasons, James has scored more than 100 points in a season on 4 occasions, with James having scored 100 plus points in his last 4 consecutive seasons.

Season	Team	Games	Points	High	Finals
Autumn 2004	SPECTRES	19	9	4	0
Spring 2004	SPECTRES	16	32	8	0
Autumn 2005	PANTHERS	22	92	9	3
Autumn 2005	WOLFPACK	16	28	7	0
Spring 2005	PANTHERS	15	41	8	0
Spring 2005	WOLFPACK	18	33	6	0
2005	GWT	3	6	4	0
Autumn 2006	WOLFPACK	17	98	11	0
Spring 2006	PANTHERS	15	83	13	0
Autumn 2007	RIMROCKERS	18	111	11	0
Spring 2007	RIMROCKERS	18	125	13	2
Autumn 2008	SONICS	20	141	11	0
Summer 2008/09	SONICS	19	121	16	2
Winter 2009	SONICS	18	46	10	0
Summer 2009/10	SONICS	20	62	11	1