Shannon McGarrigle (Class of 1994) made her mark in Ridgewood High School athletics in basketball. A four-year varsity starter, she is Ridgewood High School’s all-time leading scorer in basketball, both boys and girls, with 1,967 points. In the Bergen County Girls Tournament, McGarrigle is also the all-time leading scorer with 289 points.

McGarrigle’s top honor came when she was selected to The Record’s All-Century Team. She is in the top ten, all-time, for scoring in girls basketball in Bergen County. For three consecutive years (1992, 1993 and 1994), she made first team All-County, First Team All-Area North Jersey in the Herald and News and First Team All-Suburban in The Ridgewood News. She was named First Team All-State in 1994.

Team-wise, McGarrigle played on Ridgewood’s Group 4 State Championship team of the 1990-91 season and the Maroons’ Bergen County Championship teams of 1992, 1993 and 1994. McGarrigle received a basketball scholarship from Northwestern University.

Now the head girls basketball coach at Ramsey High School, McGarrigle was named The Ridgewood News’ All-Suburban Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for the 2006-07 season.