Even though his age, until recently, put him in the junior divisions of competition, Shinn has been a regular fixture of the Memphis Kendo 5-man Team for the past several years. He has taken 1st and 2nd place medals in every junior division in which he has competed, and he was previously selected to the All-Southeast U.S. Kendo Federation Junior Team, both as an individual competitor and 5-man team member, at the All-U.S. Junior National Kendo Championships.
Shinn recently graduated from Christian Brothers University with a major in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics and Packaging.
