Records Watch:
Enters her senior season ranked in two categories in the Auburn career record book:
- 8th in Kills Per Game (3.29)
- 2nd in Digs Per Game (3.03)
- Is 92 attacks away from the top 10
- Is 49 digs away from the top 10
2006:
Started in all 31 matches during the season
Her 487 kills rank in a tie for fifth all-time at Auburn in single-season kills
Set the Auburn single-season records for attacks with 1,316 and digs with 430
Ranks sixth all-time in single-season digs per game with 3.47
Her 25 kills vs. Virginia Tech set a new career-best and rank tied for 28th all-time at Auburn in single-game kills
Named to the Mizuno/Auburn Challenge and SMU Invitational All-Tournament Team
Selected as tournament MVP of the South Alabama Jaguar Challenge
Led the team in kills (487), kills per game (3.93), attacks (1316), digs (430) and digs per game (3.47)
Out of 31 matches, tallied a double-double in 20 of them and finished off the season with 11 straight double-doubles
Also set personal-bests in attacks (66 vs. Tennessee), blocks (6 vs. Kentucky), digs (23 vs. Samford and at LSU) and aces (5 vs. Clemson and Southeastern Louisiana)
Named SEC VB Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Selected as a third-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and first-team Academic All-District
Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors
2005:
Started in all 24 matches
Ranked second on the team in attack percentage (.147), kills (248), digs (264) and aces (20)
Set season-highs in kills (21) and attacks (58) against Birmingham Southern
Had a season-bests in three other categories with 22 digs against Furman, four blocks against Northern Arizona and five aces against Clemson
Posted six double-doubles with four coming against SEC opponents, including #6 Florida
Had highest attack percentage of the season with .526 at Ole Miss (12 kills, 2 errors on 19 attempts)
Named to Mizuno/Auburn Challenge All-Tournament Team
Earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors
2004:
Started her first nine matches before a leg injury forced her to sit out nine matches in the middle of the season; returned for the LSU match
Posted 160 kills on 421 attacks for a .190 attack percentage
Put up 14 kills and 12 doubles against Iowa State for the first double-double of her career; followed up four days later with her second and final double-double of the season against Mercer
Her 2.62 KPG ranked second on the team
Named to the Mizuno/Auburn Challenge All-Tournament Team
Had 20 kills on 42 attacks against Xavier, setting season-highs in both categories
Had a season-high 17 digs vs. Mississippi State
Put up four blocks on three occasions (Iowa State, Mississippi State and UAB), a season-high
High School:
Played for Libby Hoffman at Bob Jones H.S.
Team captain her senior year
2002 First-Team All-State
All-Area selection in 2002 and 2003
Three-time Athens Optimist Volleyball Tournament All-Tournament selection
Selected to the Alabama/Tennessee Challenge and Austin Invitational All-Tournament Teams
Also lettered in basketball and track, earning All-Area honors in both
Played club volleyball for Brent Wistner and North Alabama Spiker Association
Chose Auburn over Samford and Birmingham Southern
Personal:
Full name is Rachel Frances Shanks
Born October 28, 1985
Daughter of Cindy and Stanley Shanks
Has a younger sister, Sara, who transfers to Auburn to play volleyball this season after attending Tennessee Tech last year