Shannon McFerran is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player in the Victorian Women's Football League

Victorian Women's Football League

The Victorian Women's Football League is the oldest and largest Australian rules football league for women in the world, consisting of 22 clubs and 30 teams from Victoria, Australia across four divisions and a total of over 1,000 players....

. She is the current captain at the VU St Albans Spurs football club in the VWFL Premier Division. She currently coaches the St Albans Spurs Youth Girls team.

In 2009 she was named All - Australian captain and was best on ground in the grand final at the Australian AFL championships, she also won the Debbie Lee medal for player of the championships. At the end of the season she was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma

Acoustic neuroma

A vestibular schwannoma, often called an acoustic neuroma, is a benign primary intracranial tumor of the myelin-forming cells of the vestibulocochlear nerve . The term "vestibular schwannoma" involves the vestibular portion of the 8th cranial nerve and arises from Schwann cells, which are...

, a tumour in the canal that connects the brain and ear.

In June 2007 Shannon was one of two Victorian Women's Football League representatives in the E.J. Whitten legends match

E. J. Whitten Legends Game

The E. J. Whitten Legends Game is an annual charity Australian rules football All-star game, where retired star players are reunited, along with selected non-footballing celebrities, in a State of Origin interstate game, between Victoria and the All Stars .-History:E. J...

 where she played again such football legends as Scott Cummings

Scott Cummings

Scott Cummings is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon, Port Adelaide, the West Coast Eagles and Collingwood in the Australian Football League....

, Nick Holland

Nick Holland

Nick Holland is a former Australian rules football player. He played 179 games for the Hawthorn Football Club between 1994 and 2005, serving as Vice Captain between 1999 and 2003. He is a previous winner of the AFL Rising Star, Hawthorn's Best & Fairest award, Hawthorn's leading goal kicker in...

, Mick Martyn and Nicky Winmar

Nicky Winmar

Neil Elvis "Nicky" Winmar is a former Australian Footballer of an indigenous background who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.- AFL career :...

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She has been named as best and fairest player in the Victorian women's league five times.