High School: Two-sport star at Mobile's McGill-Toolen Catholic High School under coaches Gretchen Boykin (volleyball) and Lindsey Weems (basketball) ... Kiwanis Club Volleyball Player of the Week junior and senior seasons ... All Tournament team selection at the Juanita Boddie Tournament in junior and senior years ... tabbed All Mobile County two years and All Region selection three years ... 2nd team Mobile Press-Register Super 12 in junior year and 1st team senior year ... 2nd team All State junior year and 1st team All State senior season ... Alabama "Elite Eight" All Tournament team ... nominated to Alabama North/South All Star Sports Week in Huntsville, Ala., for South All Star team ... Kiwanis Club Girls Basketball Player of the Week in three seasons ... All Mobile County two years and All Region three years ... Press-Register Sweet 16 Honorable Mention twice ... MVP of Mobile Christian Academy Christmas Tournament and All Tournament team at the Eddie Holmes Tournament in junior year ... MVP of the Eddie Holmes Tournament in senior year ... nominated to the Alabama North/South All Star Sports Week on South All Star team ... McGill's Athlete of the Year and Student-Athlete Award winner in 2010 ... 1st Runner Up Female Athlete of the Year for the Mobile Area Coaches' Association and Azalea City Kiwanis.

Personal: Majoring in Marine Biology ... born Shaniqua Buchanan, but known as Sha Sha to her friends ... also plays volleyball at SHC under Head Coach Peggy Martin ... favorite foods are mac & cheese, potato salad and fried chicken ... favorite movies are Love & Basketball, Glory Road, and the documentary More Than a Game on Lebron James ... favorite TV shows are The Hills, The City and Degrassi ... favorite musicians are Drake, Trey Songz and Chris Brown ... favorite pro athletes are Lebron James and Dwayne Wade ... enjoys facebook, watching TV, listening to music and eating late night snacks-"sometimes all night" ... plans a career as a Marine Research Biologist in either the lab or in the field, but dreams of playing in the WNBA or overseas ... admits to being "extremely goofy" and "always laughing and smiling" ... sister of Jereme Jones (19) and Vincent "DJ" May (11) ... daughter of Ester Buchanan.