Shanna Crossley - Early Life

Early Life

Zolman is the daughter of Kem and Lynnette Zolman, and has one brother, Josh. She was also married to former Tennessee running back Andrew Crossley on October 14, 2006. Shanna played at Wawasee High School in Syracuse, Indiana. In her high school career she scored a record 3,085 points, passing former Purdue Guard Stephanie White-McCarty (2,869) as most in Indiana basketball history. She led the state in scoring each of her 4 years at Wawasee High School, while posting a career scoring average of 33.2 points per game. She holds the national record in three categories: all-time consecutive free throws (70), career free-throw percentage (93.5%), and season free-throw percentage (95.4%). Her career totals for high school include 3,085 points, 730 rebounds, 453 steals and 430 assists in 93 games. Zolman was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored fifteen points. She also participated in the 2002 McDonald's All-American Game, the first ever held for high school girls. Zolman scored 21 points and handed out 5 assists in the game, and she was named co-MVP for her efforts.

Zolman holds the NCAA single season (.957 in 2003–04) and career (.916) free throw percentage records. She broke several Lady Vol (short for "Lady Volunteers", which is the official name of the University of Tennessee womans' inter-varsity sports program) records during her 4 years, including Single Game 3-pointers (7), Single Season 3-Pointers (103), Career 3-Pointers (266), Career 3-Point Percentage (.425), Single Season Free Throw Percentage (.957), and Career Free Throw Percentage (.916). She is the 9th highest scorer in Tennessee Volunteers women's basketball history (1,806). Shanna wore a No. 1 jersey during most of her junior year in honor of her teammate and best friend, Sidney Spencer, who missed the majority of the season after tearing her ACL.