Player Bio: Shelley Stanley

Shelley Stanley

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Decatur, Ala.

High School:
Decatur HS

Height:
5-11

Position:
OF

Birthdate:
08/14/1985

Experience:
3VL

2007 Team Captain
2006 Second-Team All-OVC
Samford's All-Time Home Run Leader (25)
School's Single-Season Home Run Leader (10)

One of four seniors this season . . . a leader on the team . . . loves to compete under pressure . . . possesses great strength and power . . . is looking to close out her final season with a record-breaking year.

2006 (junior): Played in all 58 games of the season and started in a team-high 56 contests . . . primarily played in right field and batted in the cleanup position in 53 games . . . Samford's all-time home run leader with 25 career round-trippers . . . became the school's all-time home run leader April 15 as she hit a three-run blast in the bottom of the sixth inning against Austin Peay . . . with the homer, she surpassed former Bulldog-great Angela Bednark with 22 career home runs . . . set Samford's single-season home run record with 10 . . . earned Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors . . . finished the season ranked sixth in the OVC in home runs (10) and walks (22) . . . placed seventh in the conference in slugging percentage (.609) and finished ninth in total bases (42) . . . led the team in nearly every major offensive category, including batting average (.274), hits (43), home runs (10), runs batted in (23) and walks (22) . . . finished with an impressive .319 batting average in OVC play . . . she also tallied 17 runs, five doubles and a triple . . . led the team with 11 multiple-hit games, including a pair of three-hit performances against Winthrop Feb. 26 and Tennessee-Martin May 7 . . . finished the season with five multiple-RBI games and compiled a season-high seven-game hitting streak April 14-27 . . . turned in a .451 batting average when leading off an inning . . . batted .375 with runners on third base and less than two outs . . . turned in a 2-for-4 performance at the plate and finished with four RBI, two home runs and two runs scored against Sam Houston State Feb. 19 . . . went 1-for-2 with a home run and a walk versus Enterprise during the fall tournament season . . . earned her third varsity letter.

2005 (sophomore): Led the team in home runs (seven), runs batted in (27) and slugging percentage (.476) . . . finished second on the squad in batting average (.283) and was tied for first place in runs scored (27) . . . moved into third place on the school's all-time home run list (15) . . . registered the 20th double of her career May 8 against Eastern Kentucky . . . was the eighth-ranked player in the Ohio Valley Conference in runs batted in (16) . . . played in 50 of 53 games and started 49 contests, primarily playing right field . . . compiled a .341 on-base percentage and led the team with four sacrifice flies . . . only committed one error and finished with a .974 fielding percentage . . . batted .500 with the bases loaded and reached base at a .350 pace while leading off an inning . . . was a clutch hitter, batting .727 with runners at third base and less than two outs . . . also hit .326 with runners in scoring position . . . turned in nine multiple-hit games, including four three-hit outings . . . led the team with seven multiple-RBI games, five of which were three-RBI performances . . . had a six-game winning streak March 7-23 . . . turned in a 3-for-3 performance at the plate against eighth-ranked Alabama March 7, blasting a deep three-run homer . . . compiled a season-high seven bases in the Bulldogs' 9-5 victory over Mississippi Valley State Feb. 12 . . . earned her second varsity letter.

2004 (freshman): Finished as the only player on the team to start all 61 games . . . powered eight home runs as a true freshman, moving her into second place on Samford's single-season home run record . . . earned a .302 batting average and totaled a team-high 31 RBI . . . set the school record for walks (30) . . . shared OVC Player of the Week honors with Eastern Illinois' Sandyn Short April 19 . . . went 10-for-15 with four home runs, three doubles and nine RBI, leading the team to five straight victories . . . placed third in the conference in walks per game (.49) and seventh in doubles (14) . . . was ranked in the OVC's top 10 in on-base percentage (.406) and slugging percentage (.525) . . . concluded the season ranked among the top three players on the team in 10 major offensive categories . . . hit three home runs and tallied six RBI in a doubleheader versus Morehead State April 17 . . . finished the season with a .347 batting average with two outs . . . had six consecutive multiple-hit games, including a four-RBI performance against Morehead State . . . capped off the Bulldogs' 14-2 victory over Enterprise with a triple and two RBI during fall tournament play . . . earned her first varsity letter.

High School: A 2002 Wendy's High School Heisman Nominee at Decatur High School. . . earned the Most Outstanding Senior Award . . . captain of the softball and basketball teams . . . named the softball team's Most Valuable Player for three consecutive seasons (2001-03) . . . earned All-Area softball and basketball honors in 2001-03 . . . named an All-State softball player in both 2002 and 2003, and was named All-State in basketball in 2001 . . . earned Decatur Daily Softball Player of the Year honors in 2002 and 2003 . . . named the basketball regional MVP in 2001 and led DHS to the 6A Alabama State championship . . . was a member of the National Honor Society (2000-03) . . . was a D.A.R.E. Role Model (2000-03) . . . earned Most Outstanding Senior honors . . . also lettered in volleyball.

Personal: Born Aug. 14, 1985 . . . daughter of Pat and Sandy Stanley . . . father played basketball at Mississippi State . . . uncle played football at Tennessee Tech . . . majoring in business management/marketing.

GETTING TO KNOW STANLEY
The strangest nickname I ever had was: Radio
Favorite place to eat: P.F. Chang's
Favorite musical group: Sister Hazel
Favorite cartoon character: Stewie from Family Guy
Favorite TV shows: House, Scrubs and Crossing Jordan