3   Shannon Walker
Shannon Walker

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fairfield, Conn.

High School:
Fairfield

Height:
5-11

Position:
Middle Hitter

Experience:
4th Season

Varsity Letters:
3 year letterwinner


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

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