Shelby Walker was named the FCSAA Volleyball player of the week on September 3, 2013, and is helping a talent laden team to a current 9-1 record and a fourth place ranking in the NJCAA. She is 11th in the nation in Service Aces per set (0.60), 16th in Blocks per set (1.27) and 30th in Points per set.

  Shelby is the fourth child in a family of seven. She went to Lakewood Ranch High School, where for her first two years, she was strictly a softball player. She was cut from the volleyball team her first two years of high school, but made the team her junior year.

  She recalls, “I don’t know why I tried out again, I was tall and I wanted to play. I’m glad I did. Everything is still pretty new to me. As a junior I made, it and as a senior, I played again, and earned a scholarship to HCC.”

  Walker is eager to see what her team is capable of doing this season. “I’m really excited about this year. We never really had this potential. In practice, everyone is good. We don’t really have a bad practice. I mean everyone has an off day. I don’t know, but we just have a really talented team. It’s exciting to see where we’re going to go. If we’re already this good, what are we going to be when we finish? We never stop growing. Gary coaches so we plateau at the end, and so that we have a strong finish, so that’s pretty exciting. Getting to nationals was a cool experience.” She adds, It’s exciting to think that with potential, we can get there.”