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2000: Outstanding junior campaign resulted in Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year, and First Team All-Patriot League accolades ... led conference in both hitting percentage and kills ... became only the second Bison ever to amass 400 kills in a season ... logged 404 to rank second to Melissa Wharton (421) on Bucknell’s single-season list ... had 20 or more kills eight times, with a high of 24 against Holy Cross. 1999: Ranked fifth in the Patriot League in hitting percentage at .272 ... also ranked ninth in the Patriot League with a 3.07 per game kill average ... defensively, ranked fifth in the league with a 0.79 block average. 1998: As a freshman was ranked fifth in the Patriot League with a hitting percentage of .255 ... proved her defensive dominance by ranking 10th in the Patriot League in blocks per game. Personal: Daughter of Jonathan and Cherie Walker ... enrolled as a sociology major ... graduated from Fairfield High School ... Member of Alpha Lambda Delta honor society. According to Opalski: “Shannon is just an agressive, powerful, terrific offensive player — one of the best that I have coached. She is truly a dynamic player who can pick the team up when things are not going well. She was very deserving of her offensive player of the year award.” Walker’s Career Statistics Year GP K E TA .PCT SA SE DIG BS BA TB BE A 1998 91 180 68 439 .255 0 1 22 18 41 59 24 7 1999 91 279 104 643 .272 1 2 31 35 37 72 21 3 2000 112 404 143 898 .291 2 10 62 26 51 77 18 3 Career 294 863 315 1980 .276 3 13 115 79 129 208 63 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||