Shannon Walker

Position:
Outfielder/Infielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Osceola High School
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
Major:
Mass Communications

Senior (1999): Hit .209 on the season ... Played in 66 games with 58 starts ... Had 32 hits with 17 runs scored ... Tallied three doubles and one triple with seven RBI's ... Was 11-for14 in stolen base attempts.

Junior (1998): Second on team in stolen bases with 24 ... Caught stealing only four times in 28 attempts ... Recorded .417 on base percentage as leadoff hitter ... Second on team in runs scored (30) ... Second on team in sacrifice bunts with six ... Fifth on squad in fielding percentage (.988) ... Committed just one error while recording 77 putouts ... Tied for third on team in triples with two ... Made 193 plate appearances in 62 games ... Hit two-RBI triple and later scored in 6-2 win at Florida Atlantic 4/15.

Sophomore (1997): In first game at USF, had two hits and one RBI versus Florida Atlantic ... Hit an inside-the-park home run versus Brown 3/27... Stole six bases in six attempts ... Hit a bases-clearing triple for both RBI in 2-0 win over UNC Greensboro at NCAA Regiona l... Had a .963 fielding percentage ... Scored 18 runs and drove in 10 RBI in 89 at-bats.

Palm Beach Community College: Transferred to USF after winning a National Junior College championship with Palm Beach Community College in 1996 .

High School: MVP of Osceola H.S. all four seasons ... Team captain all four years in high school ... Played volleyball two years at Osceola.

Personal: Born May 3, 1977 in Toledo, Ohio ... Daughter of Karen and Don Walker.