Maldonado is a national pro staff member for Hammer Bowling, after previously being sponsored by Storm.
[4] Maldonado is married and has four children, Dominic, Mia, Shawn Jr (SJ), and Ace.
He made it to the semifinal match of the 2016 U.S. Open, but was the victim of a televised 300 game by François Lavoie.
After an upset win over #2 seed Anthony Simonsen in the opening round, he was defeated by tenth-seeded A. J. Johnson in the quarterfinals.
[8] At the 2023 PBA Dave Small's Jackson Classic, Maldonado made the stepladder finals (broadcast on BowlTV) and rolled the first 11 strikes in his opening match before leaving two pins with a light hit on his final shot for a 298 game.