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Shannon Tarrant

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Work Phone: 860-945-7912

Year Appointed: 2009

Shannon graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 2003 where she earned varsity letters in soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, softball and ice hockey; and she served as the ice hockey team captain during.  From Hotchkiss she attended Middlebury, where she majored in American Studies and minored in teachers education and American history.  She was a member of the women's ice hockey team:  her team was NCAA Champion in 2004, 2005, and 2006; she was named either second- or first-team all-NESCAC and All-American for all four of her seasons; she was named to the All-NCAA tournament team during her junior and senior years; and as a senior, she served as the team’s captain.  Beyond Middlebury, she has worked as a student-teacher at Middlebury Union Middle School; worked for Octagon Marketing on the National September 11th Memorial and Museum Tour; taught 11- and 12-grade history as a leave-replacement at Loomis Chaffee; coached the Mid-Fairfield Stars youth hockey team; worked for Cutting Edge Hockey; and co-taught in the nursery school and elementary physical education department at Greenwich Country Day School, where she also coached soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse. 

 
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