Shaun Mason Class: Senior Hometown: Toledo, Ohio High School: St. John's Jesuit Height / Weight: 6-5 / 302 Position: Offensive Guard Birthdate: 03/16/1978 Experience: 2L

All-America candidate returns as the incumbent at right guard with 26 career starting assignments under his belt . . . joins cornerback Renaldo Hill and linebacker Josh Thornhill as tri-captains for the 2000 season . . . ranked among the nation's top offensive guards by both The Sporting News (No. 12) and Lindy's (No. 12) . . . preseason second-team All-Big Ten selection by The Sporting News and Lindy's . . .

AS A JUNIOR: Second-team All-Big Ten pick by both the coaches and media in 1999 . . . earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row . . . presented the MSU Potsy Ross Award as the team's top scholar-athlete . . . started all 12 games at right guard in '99 and played 330.5 minutes . . . scored 84 percent vs. Notre Dame with 14 production points . . . named Spartan Offensive Player of the Week after posting an 82-percent grade vs. Eastern Michigan . . . graded out a career-best 89 percent vs. Oregon (83 percent run-blocking/94 percent pass-blocking) . . . played a season-high 39 minutes vs. Ohio State . . .

AS A SOPHOMORE: Named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team in 1998 . . . shared the MSU Iron Man Award with Jason Strayhorn for their dedication in the weight room . . . started the first two games of the '98 season at right guard before suffering a season-ending knee injury (ACL/MCL right knee) in the second quarter vs. Oregon . . . graded out 84 percent overall in the season opener vs. Colorado State, including 94 percent in his pass-blocking assignments . . . played a total of 39 minutes in '98, including 30 vs. Colorado State . . .

AS A FRESHMAN: Second-team Freshman All-America selection by The Sporting News . . . started all 12 games at right guard in 1997 . . . key figure on an offensive line that helped Michigan State gain 200-plus yards on the ground six times in 1997 with the Spartans producing a 5-1 record in those games . . . also part of an offensive line that has allowed the second-fewest sacks in the Big Ten, only 19 in 342 pass attempts . . . turned in his best games vs. Minnesota and Penn State, grading 86 and 83 percent, respectively . . . played a season-high 86 snaps vs. Illinois . . . 1996 SEASON: Redshirted . . .

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked as the Midwest's No. 11 offensive lineman by Blue Chip Illustrated . . . also listed among the region's top 20 offensive linemen by the National Recruiting Advisor . . . selected to play in the Ohio North-South and Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 all-star games . . . three-year starter for Coach Fred Beier at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio . . . earned first-team all-state, all-district, all-metro and all-city honors as a senior . . . helped St. John's Jesuit to an 8-3 record in '95, including the city championship and a trip to the state quarterfinals . . . named first-team all-city and second-team all-district as a junior . . . born March 16, 1978, in Toledo, Ohio . . . majoring in kinesiology.