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Shelby (Petersen) Mayer (class of 1994) is one of the greatest players in Coyote women’s basketball history. Originally of Graettinger, Iowa, Mayer was a first-team All-American in 1993. Named Academic All-NCC in 1992-93 and All-NCC in 1992-93, Mayer averaged 13.9 points during a career that spanned 107 games and included four school records. She had five career 30-point games, which ranks second all-time at USD. She had a career-high of 35 points against Morningside on March 5, 1994. She also had 33 points twice (St. Cloud State, March 7, 1992; Minnesota State, Mankato, Jan. 9, 1993).
In 1992-93, Mayer won the NCC title in three-point field goal shooting (47-of-114, 41.2 percent), which included league games only. Mayer ranks fourth in career points at USD with 1,487. She ranks fifth at USD in career assists with 380 and 10th in steals with 157.
Mayer is USD’s all-time leader in three-point field goals with 271, which is 91 more than the next closest player on the list. She has the best all-time mark of 89 three-pointers in a season in 1991-92 and has the sixth-best total of 71 in 1992-93.
Mayer’s 508 points in 1992-93 ranks fifth all-time on the Coyotes' single season points chart. Mayer is second in the NCC record book for made three-pointers in league play at 174. Mayer's 461 three-point attempts is also second all-time in the NCC.
Twice named the NCC Player of the Week, Mayer's 57 three-pointers in 1991-92 is a sophomore record. In her career, she hit 271 of 702 three-point field goals for 38.6 percent. Mayer owns the career record at USD for free-throw shooting, making 278-of-345 for 80.6 percent. She also owns the school mark for free throws in a season by converting 113-of-135 for 83.7 percent in 1992-93.
Mayer earned a B.S. degree in recreation in 1994 from USD. She is now living in Vermillion, S.D., with her husband, Steve, and two children.
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