About Us

Protecting Vision. Enhancing Performance. Since 1996.

Your eyes deserve the same protection as any other part of your body.

At Sporteyes, we're on a mission to help athletes see better, perform better, and protect their vision through sport-specific eyewear expertise.

Because when you see better, you perform better.

And with the right eyewear, up to 90% of sports-related eye injuries are preventable.

As Featured In

• Google Economic Impact Report
• Associated Press
• EyeCare Business (links below)
• WhatsUpWestLinn
• Gaebler

Mission Statement:

We believe your eyes deserve the same protection as any other part of your body.

Because when you see better, you perform better.

With the right eyewear, 90% of eye injuries are preventable while still looking cool.

We're on a mission to stop unnecessary eye injuries and help you perform at your peak.

Meet the Founder: 

 Hi, I'm Shannen Knight, founder of Sporteyes.

My journey into sports eyewear began while working for an eye doctor during college. At the time, I was pursuing a degree in Marketing from the University of Southern California (USC) and planning a future in corporate law.

During my breaks, I would sit in the back office flipping through optical trade magazines. In the mid-1990s, sports eyewear was beginning to emerge as a specialty category, and I saw an opportunity to combine my passion for sports with a growing need for specialized eyewear that could improve performance, correct vision, and protect athletes from preventable eye injuries.

As both an athlete and an eyeglass wearer myself, I understood firsthand the challenges active people face when trying to balance clear vision, comfort, protection, and performance. Too often, athletes were forced to choose between seeing clearly and playing confidently.

For my final entrepreneurship project, I wrote a business plan centered around sports eyewear. After reviewing the project, my professor encouraged me to turn the idea into a real business.

Instead of heading to law school, I launched Sporteyes in September 1996 at the age of 21.

What started as a college business plan has grown into more than 30 years of helping athletes see better, perform better, and protect their vision.

While the business began with an opportunity I recognized in the optical industry, the mission became deeply personal after my brother suffered a serious and permanent eye injury while playing baseball. It reinforced a belief that still drives me today: many sports-related eye injuries are preventable with the right eyewear and education.

That experience helped shape the purpose behind Sporteyes. We believe your eyes deserve the same protection as any other part of your body, and that athletes should never have to choose between safety, performance, and clear vision.

Today, I am a Board Certified Dispensing Optician with more than 35 years of experience in the optical industry. Over the years, I have been published and quoted as an expert in sports eyewear, sports vision, and protective eyewear. Sporteyes has been recognized for its impact and innovation, including being featured in Google's 2025 Economic Impact Report.

Why Athletes Trust Sporteyes

Unlike many online eyewear retailers, Sporteyes operates with the same standards and attention to detail you would expect from a quality optical practice.

We use premium lenses from respected manufacturers and trusted optical laboratories, ensuring our customers receive the same level of quality they would expect from their local eye care professional.

Many eye doctors and optical professionals refer patients to Sporteyes because they know we provide specialized sports eyewear expertise that most traditional optical shops simply don't offer.

Whether you're looking for prescription sports glasses, sports sunglasses, sports goggles, ski goggles, swim goggles, dive masks, pickleball eyewear, or protective sports eyewear, our goal is always to recommend the best solution for your sport, your prescription, and your lifestyle.

Our Areas of Expertise

For more than three decades, Sporteyes has specialized in helping athletes find eyewear solutions that combine performance, protection, and clear vision.

Our expertise includes:

• Prescription Sports Glasses
• Prescription Sports Sunglasses
• Protective Sports Eyewear
• ASTM F803 Sports Goggles
• Pickleball Eyewear
• Baseball & Softball Protective Eyewear
• Basketball Sports Goggles
• Soccer Protective Eyewear
• Cycling Sunglasses
• Running Sunglasses
• Prescription Ski Goggles
• Prescription Swim Goggles
• Prescription Dive Masks
• Racquet Sports Eyewear
• Youth Sports Eye Protection

No matter your sport, our goal is to help you perform at your best while protecting your eyesight.

More links to check out:

Google's 2025 Economic Report for Oregon

https://economicimpact.google/state/or/

 See an interview with Shannen here:

http://www.gaebler.com/Interview-with-Shannen-Knight-Founder-of-A-Sight-for-Sport-Eyes.htm

See an article Shannen was quoted on by the AP about tariffs. 

https://apnews.com/article/de-minimis-exemption-end-date-dutyfree-48862fc5b6a563a077284e364fb14f08?utm

 See trade articles Shannen has contributed to:

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106671

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105958

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=107638

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=51114

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=50724

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=50611

http://www.eyecarebusiness.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=50446

 Read a local interview about A Sight for Sport Eyes here: 

https://whatsupwestlinn.com/biz/a-sight-for-sport-eyes