- "I made VWC my No. 1 choice because of the track team and the good writing program"
- Selected Virginia Wesleyan over Howard University
Career Highs
Outdoor
100M: 12.66 – (Norfolk State University Relays – April 13, 2013)
200M: 26.61 – (Aggie Invitational – April 11, 2015)
Indoor
60M: 7.90 – (ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships – March 2, 2014)
Statistics
Track & Field | Cross Country
Junior (2014-15): Set a best in the 200M at the Aggie Invitational on April 11.
Sophomore (2013-14): Won a 60M preliminary heat at the ODAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a career-best 7.90 seconds… Finished 3rd in the finals… Placed 2nd in the 60M at the Columbia Final Qualifier.
First-Year (2012-13): Set a best in the 100M, running the sprint in a time of 12.66 seconds to come in 12th place.
Academic Accomplishments: Posted a 4.00 GPA Winter 2013… Member of Phi Sigma Sigma… Writer for the Marlin Chronicle… Member of the Black Student Union.
Before VWC: Clocked a season best time of 13.8 in the 100 meter dash… Posted a season best time of 29.27 in the 200… Posted a time of 71.22 in the 400.
Personal: Daughter of Desiree Mills-Hicks… Mom attended Norfolk State University… Has two sisters, Asia, a student at Morehouse University, and Tamia, and three brothers, Mike, Keyshawn and Hausan.
Get to Know Shakira
- Enjoys listening to rhythm and blues and spending vacation time in Barbados
- A fan of America sprinter Justin Gatlin, basketball's Boston Celtics and singer Rhianna
- Favorites include the book "Women of Brewster Place" and the movie "The Breakfast Club"
- Self-description in 10 words or less: "funny, encouraging, understanding"
- My favorite aspect of being an athlete is: "feeling stronger than most people because I do things that not everyone can do"
- The part of my game I've improved the most is: "my speed and leg strength"
- My personal athletic goal at VWC is: "to improve my times"
- If I could spend one day with a famous person from any time period it would be: "Maya Angelou, because her poetry inspires me"
- If I could participate in a reality show it would be: "The Amazing Race, because it looks like fun"
- If I could possess one superpower it would be: "flying, because although I love to run, I'm very lazy"
- People might be surprised to know: "I've been to 13 different schools before college"
- It's the year 2025 and: "I'm in Harlem, New York and I'm writing a column for the newspaper"
- The most important advice I've received is: "there is always someone better than you and there's always someone even better than them. No one is perfect"
