Rockets ink Shannon Ryan, ex Proteas

Shannon Ryan

Cleveland Rockets (Division 1) signed 28-year old American center Shannon Ryan (193cm-1997, college: St.Anselm) for the upcoming 2026-27 season. She was the best rebounder at Proteas in the Greek A1 league last season, where in 14 games she had 13.6ppg, 10.4rpg, 1.5apg, and 1.4spg. She helped them make it to the cup final. In the 2025-26 season, she was named to Eurobasket.com All-Greek League Honorable Mention and League Player of the Week. Ryan also played for TFSE-MTK Budapest in the Hungarian league.
She is a very experienced player. Ryan has played in six different countries on three different continents (Europe, Australia, and North America). She has played professionally in Australia (Sunshine CP), Germany (Rotenburg), Hungary, Switzerland (Baden), and Ireland (Brunell).
Among many awards, her team won the German 2.Bundesliga Group North Regular Season in 2024. Ryan was voted to the Eurobasket.com All-Swiss League All-Defensive Team in 2025.
She graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2019 and will be entering her eighth season as a professional player. Ryan also played for Boston College for 2 years.