High School: Earned four letters and captained for one season for head coach Kathy Snyder at Southern Regional High School...helpled lead her team to a 20-8 record as a senior where she averaged 21.8 points and 11.3 rebounds per game...finshed her career as the school’s leading rebounder with 984 and second all-time leading scorer with 1,740 points...was named the Press of Atlantic City Player Of The Year and a first-team all-star selection...led the team to two A-South Division Titles and back to back South Jersey Group 4 State Final appearances...also earned three letters as a goalie on the school’s field hockey team.

Personal: Born January 17, 1992...daughter of Patrick and Patricia Sharkey...has three sisters (Erin, Shannon, Kaitlyn)...favorite athlete is Dwight Howard and her favorite food is Mac and Cheese...was also recruited by Fairleight Dickinson, Temple, UMass, Monmouth, Mount St. Mary’s and New Hampshire, but chose Buffalo because of the great campus and great people...lists her greatest athletic experience as winning the title and being named MVP at a tournament at Disney’s Wide World of Sports.