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\"Twins<\/a>

Twins Maggie (#3) and Samantha Shaw (#10) were teammates on the UTC women’s soccer team. Photo credit: Chattanooga Athletics\/MocsVision<\/p><\/div>\n

Twins have a bond unlike any other sibling relationship.<\/p>\n

Being born a twin means having a built-in best friend from birth, sharing a connection often unexplainable to non-twins.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, though, it can be tough to carve out your own identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, we\u2019re never really looked at as a singular person,\u201d said Maggie Shaw, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior majoring in nursing. \u201cWhenever people are talking about us, they say, \u2018Oh, the twins.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re really just Maggie and Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maggie and her fraternal twin, Samantha, have spent the last four years as key athletes in the UTC women\u2019s soccer program.<\/p>\n

Maggie, a defender who will return to play in the fall before graduating in December, is a two-time All-Southern Conference first-team selection and the 2020-2021 SoCon Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Samantha, who completed her athletic career with a team-high four goals in the fall 2021 season, received a bachelor\u2019s degree in health and human performance in May. The midfielder played in 58 matches while with the Mocs.<\/p>\n

The graduates of Dreher High School in Columbia, South Carolina, never dreamed of going separate ways for college. Asked if they considered going off on their own, they took turns responding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have a built-in best friend, why would you want to lose that?\u201d Samantha asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, especially traveling to a different state and being away from home, we knew we\u2019d have a best friend with us,\u201d Maggie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlus,\u201d Samantha added, \u201ccollege is very exciting, but it is kind of unpredictable when you haven\u2019t experienced it before. Having her here has been like having a safety net.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a great one to have,\u201d Maggie continued. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see her. If I was upset or felt homesick, I could just go and see Sam. It\u2019s been really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

While both sisters laughed about not being able to read each other\u2019s minds, they acknowledged their bond is different from most.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a sixth sense to where we have just been around each other so much and know each other so well,\u201d Samantha said. \u201cWe can usually tell what we\u2019re thinking and what opinions we\u2019re forming, and if we\u2019re in a happy mood or sad mood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Maggie

Maggie Shaw (#3) vs. VMI. Photo credit: Chattanooga Athletics\/Phil Thach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maggie, the younger of the twins by three minutes, said they were influenced by watching their older sisters, Jamie and Danielle\u2014who spent three years as soccer teammates at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam and I would go to all of their games when they were in college,\u201d Maggie explained. \u201cSeeing them have that bond on the field influenced us. They were there for each other, but they also yelled at each other\u2014and that transferred over to us. When we\u2019re on the field, we do not cut each other any slack. We\u2019re going to tell each other straight-up how it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich I feel also helps each of us as a player,\u201d Samantha added, \u201cbecause it\u2019s so special to have someone related to you that can be bold with you as your teammate. We can just tell each other without sugarcoating it, \u2018You had a bad day, dude.\u2019 It makes it fun and holds us to a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shaw sisters come from good athletic stock. Their mother, Trish Little, was a volleyball player for the University of South Carolina. Their father, David Shaw, played in 769 National Hockey League games from 1982 to 1998.<\/p>\n

With Samantha graduating in May, the sisters now find themselves on their own. In fact, while Maggie returns to the soccer pitch for a final Mocs campaign, Samantha is moving to Australia in August for a one-year backpacking excursion.<\/p>\n

For them, it\u2019s the end of an era, so to speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet, but it\u2019s also exciting because I feel like we\u2019ve been prepping for this,\u201d Samantha said. \u201cWe\u2019ve kind of gotten used to not being with each other every second of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said Maggie, \u201cI think the biggest thing for me will be trying to keep myself occupied so I won\u2019t get to think about it. If I do, I\u2019m going to be sad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I can just FaceTime Sam with stuff if she\u2019s not around and rant to her about everything. That\u2019s my best friend right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is an updated version of a story that first appeared in the spring 2022 issue of <\/em>The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Samantha

Samantha Shaw (#10) vs. VMI. Photo credit: Chattanooga Athletics\/Logan Stapleton.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: Twins Maggie and Samantha Shaw played a significant role in the success of the Mocs women\u2019s soccer program.<\/p>\n

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