Angelo State University Athletics

Coach Waddington's Take on Shelby Wilt:
“I really enjoy watching Shelby play. She has a passion for the game and wants to be great. She always makes the people around her better.”

At Angelo State University

Shelby Wilt is Angelo State’s all-time digs leader with 1,862 career digs in her three seasons with the Belles… Wilt is coming off a junior season where she had 628 digs (4.72 per set) and also provided 126 assists (0.75 per set)… Wilt’s career also includes 649 digs as a sophomore and 585 digs during her freshman season… She provided double-digit dig performances in all 35 matches last season, including supplying a season-high 32 against Colorado School of Mines in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II South Central Championships and then having 16 in the finals against West Texas A&M… Wilt had a season-high 32 digs against Texas A&M-Commerce and had 23 in the Lone Star Conference Championship Finals against West Texas A&M… Her career-high came in a 41 dig performance in a win over West Texas A&M in the 2012 season… Wilt served as a team co-captain as a junior.
 

Career Honors

(2013)
• Lone Star Conference Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
• ASU Invitational All-Tournament selection
• Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9.10.2013)
• Lone Star Conference second-team
• Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team
• AVCA South Central honorable mention
• Daktronics South Central second-team
• NCAA DII South Central honorable mention

(2012)
• Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9.4.2012)
• Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10.9.2012)
• Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10.30.2012)
• Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week (11.6.2012)
• Lone Star Conference Libero of the Year
• Lone Star Conference First-Team
• AVCA All-South Central Honorable Mention Selection
• Daktronics All-South Central Second Team

2011: Played in all 37 matches in her freshman season with the Belles... Earned a spot on the Lone Star Conference's Commissioner's Honor Roll... Led the team with 585 digs... Had a season-high 30 digs in a loss to West Texas A&M... Recorded a season-high 11 assists against Western State College.


At Dalhart High School
Lettered all four-years at Dalhart High School under head coach Kira Satterfield…Named to the 2010 Randall High School All-Tournament team…Collected Friendship High School All-Tournament Team honors in 2010…Named District Setter of the Year as a senior…Named to the 2010 Golden Spread All-Star Team, TGCA All-State 3A/ TGCA All-Star Team…Earned 2010 TGCA Academic All-State 3A and Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Honorable Mention selection…2010 Dalhart High School volleyball and track MVP as a senior…Named the Dalhart High School Female Athlete of the Year in her senior year…Named Texas 3A/District 5 Newcomer of the Year her freshman year…Named to the Wayland Baptist All-Tournament Team in 2007 and 2008…Collected second team honors on the Amarillo Globe News Super Team in 2008 and 2009…Named TGCA All-State 3A, District MVP, All-District First Team 3A and Dalhart High School MVP as a sophomore…Collected All-Tournament accolades at both the Randall/Canyon High School Tournament and the Friendship High School Tournament her sophomore and senior year…Named MaxPreps/AVCA High School Player of the Week (Nov. 8, 2009) in her junior season…Earned TGCA All-State 3A, District MVP and All-District First Team 3A honors as a junior…Collected Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Player of the Month accolades her senior year…Named Amarillo Globe News Athlete of the Week on four separate occasions throughout her high school career…Helped Club Amarillo to a fifth place finished at USAV Nationals in 2007…Helped guide USA JO Nationals to a fifth place finish…Played club volleyball with the Hereford Heat 12s, Club Amarillo, PVP 16s, AVA 16 Navy and AVA 17 Navy…A three-sport athlete in high school lettering in volleyball, track and softball…Named to the 2010 Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Pete and Shari Wilt…Sister, Staci Williams, played libero for three years at Wayland Baptist University and also has a brother, Skyler.

Major: Athletic training

Beyond the Court

Shelby Wilt  |  Libero/Setter  |  Senior  |  Dalhart, Texas

• Expectations and goals for the 2014 season: Same thing for every season — end on a win. The only way to do that is to win a National Championship.
• What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of: Being a part of such a successful volleyball program and helping the success grow.
• Why choosing to play at Angelo State was a great decision: I was blessed with a ton of new sisters. Nobody else has a family like the RamFam! I also met my fiancé here, so that's a huge blessing as well. 
• What do you enjoy most about playing in the Junell Center: The energy that the crowd brings is unreal. We have the best fans in the Nation!
• Teammate I wouldn't want to try and dig in a match: Katie MacLeay. The littles bring the power.
• Funniest teammate and why: Klohe Harrion because she is the most awkward person I have met. You can just watch her and I guarantee you will laugh.
• Most serious teammate and why: Cerbi Ritchey because she's sassy.
• Dream concert: Hillsong United
• Dream vacation: Fiji
• Dream career: Stay at home mom.
• Special talent I have that people don't know about me: I am on my way to becoming a pro golfer. (Even if you just started you're on your way, right?)
• Favorite memory on a volleyball court: The Halloween practice last year when Kaelen Valdez wore a tutu and princess butterfly wings.