JD McShane enters his fourth year being a student assistant for the WOU Athletic communications department in 2025-26.
In 2024-25 McShane continued to run and oversee statistics for all WOU sports as well as adding communication sports responsibilities for volleyball, men's basketball and baseball. He also shared responsibility for updating wouwolves.com and WOU Athletics' social media channels. McShane also contributes to surrounding athletic organizations, serving as the volleyball statistician for Oregon State University along with helping in other Beaver sports along with being the head statistician for the Salem Capitals - a professional basketball team that plays in the TBL.
In 2023-24, McShane officially headed WOU Athletics' statistical duties - including taking on football statistics through NCAA Live Stats. He also led communication game day operations on his own on occasion for his supervisor. McShane was named the 2024 WOU Athletics Student-Employee of the Year by WOU Athletics staff in partnership with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. This award - given to one student-employee every year - highlights a student's expectations exceeding dedication and efforts to supporting student-athletes, staff, and the overall Athletics mission.
Also in 2024, McShane was a statistician for the NCAA Division I women's tournament's Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in Portland and helped with a variety of statistics for Oregon State in 2023-24. He was a reserve statistician for the Salem Capitals - a professional basketball team which plays as a member of The Basketball League - during their 2024 season as well as interned for the Corvallis Knights - a summer collegiate team - during the summer of 2024.
McShane hit the ground running as a freshman in 2022-23, learning and running statistics for soccer, volleyball and basketball via NCAA Live Stats along with baseball and softball in StatCrew. He also learned and helped run several facets of overseeing game day operations and set up.
Prior to starting his work in collegiate sports, McShane - a native of Bothell, Washington - volunteered his time in high school collecting stats for Bothell High School's football, men's basketball, and baseball teams. He continues to support Washington high school sports, working as a statistician at the 3A/4A Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) state basketball tournament.
