Hall of Fame
Shelly Vickery, a three-year (2000-2002) member of the Wayne State women's cross country team, has been selected for induction into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
As a senior, she led WSU to its best national finish ever (9th) by placing 12th in a time of 22:23.9 in the national championship meet to earn All-America honors (see photo to immediate right), the first in WSU women's cross country history. She was also selected as WSU's Female Student-Athlete of the Year for 2002-03.
Vickery earned All-Region accolades after finishing fifth at the 2002 regional meet. She had a stellar senior campaign, finishing second at the GLIAC championships (to earn First Team All-GLIAC honors), Michigan Intercollegiates and Louisville Classic, and fourth at the Detroit Invitational to earn team MVP accolades for the second straight season. Her GLIAC and national championship meet finishes were WSU bests at the time.
In 2001, she became the first female runner to earn First Team All-Region honors after placing 13th in the regional meet. Vickery was a Second Team All-GLIAC honoree with her eighth-place finish at the conference meet.
As a sophomore in 2000, Vickery had two top-six finishes and narrowly missed all-league honors with a 16th-place finish at the conference meet. She was selected WSU's Rookie of the Year after placing 25th at the NCAA Regional meet.
After earning an associates degree from Oakland Community College, Vickery earned both bachelor's and master's degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from WSU in 2003 and 2005, respectively. She previously worked as a pediatric speech-language pathologist at Children's Hospital of Michigan and is currently working for Plymouth Canton Community Schools in a special education preschool program.
Shelly resides in Wixom with her husband Brent Siegel.
