Begins his first season with the Norse football team…qualified for the NCAA III National Wrestling Championships for the Norse last winter…missed earning All-America honors by one match en route to a record of 24-15…two-year letter winner who served as captain for the Jefferson High football team...earned first-team all-Mississippi Valley Conference and first-team all-metro honors…four-year starter and two-year captain for the J-Hawks wrestling team...2011 Class 3A Iowa State Champion...placed sixth at the state meet in 2010...two-time district champion...two-time all-conference honoree...finished his high school career with the most pins in school history (57)...academic all-conference honoree in both football and wrestling...member of National Honor Society...Salutatorian...son of Robert Herman and Renita and Ray Shannon.