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ACADEMIC HONORS
WKU Dean's List (Fall 2017)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2017-18)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018-19)
WKU President's List (Spring 2020)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019-20)
WKU President’s List (Fall 2020)
WKU President’s List (Spring 2021)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2020-21)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2020-21)
WKU President's List (Fall 2021)
WKU President's List (Spring 2022)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2021-22)
Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021-22)
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2021): Conference USA Fall Spirit of Service Award recipient...Appeared in all 30 matches starting three and in 96 of 97 sets…Set WKU Volleyball’s career matches played as a Hilltopper with 151 and career sets played mark at 518…40 service aces led Conference USA…11 multi-ace matches…Hit 800 career digs on 10/23/21…Finished second on WKU’s career aces list at 185…Played in a program-record nine NCAA Tournament matches across her career along with Kayland Jackson.
As a Senior (2020-21): Played all 24 matches and 78 sets, starting one contest at libero…39 total aces led Conference USA and ranked seventh nationally…0.50 aces per set led C-USA and ranked 21
st in the NCAA…Season-best 15 digs against Marshall (3/1)…Career-high six aces against FIU on 3/7…Led WKU in digs with 14 against Washington State in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament…Five double-digit dig matches…Nine multi-ace matches.
As a Junior (2019): Appeared in 107 sets across 31 matches while starting six…Tallied 170 digs for an average of 1.59 per set…Notched 36 aces – the second most on the team – for a 0.34 ace per set rate…Posted 32 assists and 10 kills…Season-best 13 digs in WKU’s win at North Texas…Matched her career-high of 4 aces against UTSA…Season-best 3 assists against Bowling Green…11 multi-ace matches…Two double-digit dig outings…11 multi-assist matches.
As a Sophomore (2018): Holiday Inn-University Plaza Invitational All-Tournament Team...Notched a double-double (11 kills, 19 digs) in WKU's win over Notre Dame...40 service aces ranked 73rd in the NCAA and fourth in Conference USA...Led WKU in kills against Saint Louis...Started 22 matches while appearing in all 30 and all 117 sets...Four double-digit kill performances...Notched 228 digs, 139 kills, 40 aces, 31 assists and 15 blocks...Recorded her 300th career dig on Sept. 21, 2018...Owned a 93.3% serve-receive rating.
As a Freshman (2017): Started 25 matches on the court for the Lady Toppers while appearing in all 35 contests and all 120 sets…Notched a season-best four kills at Louisville (Sept. 2)…Recorded assist and ace season-high marks of four and four at North Texas on Nov. 9…Racked up a season-best 17 digs in WKU’s NCAA Tournament first round win over Notre Dame (Dec. 1)…Tallied two blocks on the year (Sept. 8 and Oct. 10)…Collected 17 kills on the season…Posted 33 assists…Recorded 178 digs…Sported three double-digit dig showings (Sept. 15, Nov. 19 and Dec. 1)…Averaged 1.48 digs/set…Owned a 93.9% serve-receive rating and a 90.2% mark from behind the service line… One of three Lady Toppers to call Lexington, Ky., home – the site of WKU’s NCAA Tournament first and second round matches in 2017.
High School: 2016 KVCA First-Team All-State honoree...Three-time team regional champions...Team finished as runner up at the 2016 KHSAA state tournament...KHSAA All-Tournament Team in 2016...KVCA Region 11 Player of the Year...AVCA Under Armour High School All-American...AAU Academic All-American.
Personal: Born April 1, 1999...Daughter of Kent and Kristi Shelton...Has one brother, Brandon...Majoring in elementary education on The Hill.
