LaShundra Kershaw Class: Junior Hometown: Lambert, Miss. High School: Palmer HS Event: Sprints Birthdate: 09/25/1987 Experience: HS

Personal Best

100M: 11.69 200M: 24.78 LJ: 17-11

Redshirted Outdoor 2007

Prior to Memphis

Ran track for four years at Madison Shannon Palmer High School ... A two-year team MVP, she won the Class 3-A state championship in both the 100 and 200 meters in 2006 ... Took third at the state finals in the long jump in 2006 ... Also lettered four years in basketball, where she played shooting guard.

Personal

Is the daughter of Bobbie and James Kershaw ... Born Sept. 25, 1987 in Clarksdale, Miss. ... Plans to major in education ... Came to Memphis because she felt that she could achieve a lot here ... Her goal is to become a high school English teacher.