SHANNON Quigley of Portlaoise Panthers is poised to take her burgeoning basketball career to the next level after securing a four-year scholarship with St Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she will compete in the NCAA Division Two ranks.

PORTLAOISE Panthers player, Shannon Quigley has kept alive her hopes of representing Ireland at this summer’s FIBA Under 20 Women’s EuroBasket Division B competition in Hungary after she was named in Karl Kilbride’s extended 19-strong panel.