ALI SHAFFER
JR • Heptathlon • Ama, Kan.

Enters her third season in the Pittsburg State program... a versatile athlete who is primed for a big junior season... a six-time All-MIAA performer... a promising heptathlete who figures to contend for All-MIAA honors this spring... narrowly missed All-MIAA honors in the multi-events as a sophomore in 2007, placing seventh... earned All-MIAA honors in the heptathlon in 2006, placing sixth overall... also garnered All-MIAA honors with a third-place showing in the javelin and a fourth-place effort in the triple jump that year... also placed sixth in the long jump at the 2007 MIAA Outdoors... In High School: A Kansas Class 4A All-State performer in the triple jump and long jump, as well as a member of the 4x400m relay squad at Girard High... Personal: Born March 25, 1987... daughter of Kevin and Kathy Shaffer... a member of the MIAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll... has a 3.581 GPA as a technology education major.