Sydney Shafer continues to impress, coaches, fans, athletes and media with her work on the court. JTV was on hand for her performance last week against Lumen Christi’s varsity team. After her work on the hardwood last season, she was named a unanimous Class B first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press. It wasn’t long after she became a Division 1 basketball player. On July 15th, Shafer announced that she will be continuing her career as a collegiate athlete at Western Michigan. Just 1% of the 550,000 kids that play high school basketball this year will have the chance to play for a Division One NCAA program. This means around 10 in 1,000 will play at the next level (according to NCAA statistics).
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During the 2017-18 season Shafer averaged 17 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists per game and also earned Interstate-8 Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors. Shafer and her teammates appeared on JTV last week. See photos of their game here:
On the 19th, Shafer scored 17 points, lifting her to over 1,000 on her career. This also means she is just the fifth player in program history to achieve the feat and only the second since 1996.
Shafer had official offers from three Division 1 schools – Western, Central and Rutgers.
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JTV’s Gabriel Schray covers Jackson Area sports and happenings online and on air for Jackson’s Sports Leader. You can follow Schray on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. You can follow JTV sports on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as well.