2013 Track and Field
Roster
Shawanda Stokes
- Height:
- 5-1
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Okatie, S.C.
2012 Outdoor: Posted an Upstate record of 16-08.00 (5.08-meters) in the long jump April 20 at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships … Recorded a time of 13.33 in the 100-meter dash March 24 at Western Carolina … Crossed the 200-meter finish line in 27.59 March 31 at the Winthrop Invitational … Teamed with Meagan Bailey, Brittany Walls and Ashley Edmond in the 400-meter relay March 31 at the Winthrop Invitational to post a time of 51.37.
2011-12 Indoor: Set a school record in the long jump with a mark of 16-02.25 (4.94-meters) Feb. 11 at Clemson’s Tiger Paw Invitational … Posted a time of 8.00 in the 55-meter Jan. 19 at the Appalachian State Invite … Recorded a time of 8.37 in the 60-meter Feb. 17 at the A-Sun Indoor Championships … Registered a time of 28.63 in the 200-meter Feb. 18 at the A-Sun Indoor Championships.
High School: Earned two letters in basketball and four letters in track at Bluffton High School … Posted a mark of 17-2 in the long jump … Named MVP for track during her senior year … A three-time All-Region Champion in the long jump … Earned her basketball team’s best defense award … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Nov. 13, 1992 … Daughter of Daniel and Laune Stokes … Majoring in nursing … has two older brothers, Daniel and Cedric and one older sister, Shirley … Enjoys handing out with friends, shopping and dancing … Her brother was on the track and field team at Coastal Carolina … Lists chicken alfredo as her favorite food … Claims “Enough” is her favorite movie and “Bad Girls Club” is her favorite TV show … Names Morris Chesnut as her favorite actor and Trey Songs as her favorite musical artist … Says fall is her favorite season … Most admires her mother, who has passed away … Her dream job is to become a nurse … Her favorite quote is, “Do what you have to do now, so you can do what you want to do later.”
