Missouri State University

Shayla Patrick

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Class: Senior Hometown: Solon, Ohio High School: Solon HS

Height: 6-0 Position: Middle Blocker

Junior (2009)
• Saw time in 24 matches and 49 sets with 10 starts
• Completed the year with 50 kills on a .230 hitting percentage for a 1.02 per set average, along with 14 digs and 41 blocks
• Season high of 10 kills came on .429 hitting at IPFW (10/25)
• Also had a season best of six blocks in the IPFW match, and led the Bears in blocks six times

Sophomore (2008)
• Limited to two matches due to a lower back injury
• Had a kill and a block against Alcorn State (9/12), and two kills and a block versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff (9/13) before being sidelined

Redshirt Freshman (2007)
• Two-time MVC Freshman of the Week
• Played in 31 matches with 15 starts
• Combined for 38 kills on .377 hitting with 18 blocks in four matches of the Wynn Invitational to win MVC Freshman of the Week
• Had 18 kills on .419 hitting in matches at Drake and Creighton for a second MVC Freshman of the Week honor
• Had a block in every match and led the Bears in that category 13 times with a season-high nine against Kansas (9/1)
• Ranked seventh in the MVC with her 1.13 blocks per set average
• Reached 10 kills on seven occasions with a season-high 14 at Drake (10/12)
• Hit .300 or better in 12 matches
• Had 12 matches with five or more blocks
• Averaged 1.82 kills per set and ranked 22nd in the league with a .231 attack efficiency

Freshman (2006)
• Redshirted as a true freshman for the Bears in 2006

Background
• Most Improved Player at Solon (Ohio) High School as a senior with 91 kills and 28 blocks
• One of the Ohio High School Athletic Association's top volleyball players in Ohio and earned player of the week honors
• Helped lead Solon High to a 20-6 record and an undefeated conference mark in 2005
• Team won the district title, was the first seed in the playoffs and ranked 13th in the state

Personal
• Born Sept. 11, 1988, in Cleveland, Ohio
• Daughter of Harrison and Saundra Patrick
• Graduated with a broadcast journalism degree in May 2010