• Position: Guard/Forward
  
• Height: 6'5“
  
• Weight: 195 lbs
  
• Birthdate: October 19, 1973
  
• Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
  
• High School: Whitefish Bay Dominican
  

Smith played at Dominican from 1988 to 1991, leading them to the WISAA State High School Championship in 1991. He scored 1,133 career points, including 498 as a senior and tied for the WISSA state tournament scoring title as a senior. Smith led Dominican in eight offensive categories as a senior: scoring (19.1), field goals made (169), field goals attempted (310), field goal percentage (54.5%), three-point percentage (44.7%), free throws attempted (153), free throws made (109) and offensive rebounds (85/3.2 per game).

• 1990 AP All-State, Fourth Team
• 1991 AP All-State, First Team

Smith came into Marquette with high expectations, but the arrival of Roney Eford signaled the beginning of the end for Smith's time at Marquette. By January of the 1992-93 season, Eford had locked up a starting spot, while Smith's minutes continued to decline. Smith only played a total of 18 minutes in the final 13 games and subsequently transferred to UW-Milwaukee at the end of that school year.

• 8th, Free Throws Made (56)
• 10th (tied), Free Throw Attempts (80)
• 8th, Free Throw Percentage (min. 70 att.) (70%)

• Shannon was featured twice on CNN's “Play of the Day” segment. The first time he was working as a Brewers ballboy and scooped up a hit on the third base line. He assumed the ball went foul (it was fair) and threw it into the stands. The second time, he made the highlight film after his father submitted a video of him blocking Michael Jordan's dunk attempt during a summer pick-up game at Jordan's camp in 1991.