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‘krystle’-clear career<br />
Softball, scholastics all add up for Krystle Shina<br />
BY WRIGHT WILSON<br />
When it comes to athletics, academics and<br />
aspirations, Krystle Shina has all the bases<br />
covered.<br />
Shina, a West Bloomfield resident, recently<br />
completed her softball career at Madonna<br />
University, where she ranks in the Crusaders’ alltime<br />
top five for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles,<br />
home runs and RBI. A four-year starter, she<br />
was an all-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference<br />
player and earned all-regional honors as well.<br />
Not only did Shina shine on the diamond, she<br />
was just as bright off the field. She graduated with<br />
honors this spring, earning a Bachelor’s of Science<br />
in accounting, and her grade-point average of 3.67<br />
earned her several scholastic awards. Shina<br />
received the university’s Ray Summers Scholar-<br />
Athlete Award and was selected to the National<br />
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-<br />
American Scholar-Athlete Team.<br />
A member of St. Thomas Catholic Chaldean<br />
Church, she was also one of five college graduates<br />
named “Athletes of the Year” at the Detroit<br />
Catholic League’s Hall of Fame Banquet earlier this<br />
summer. The honor is given to alumni of Catholic<br />
League high schools who have excelled while continuing<br />
their careers at the collegiate level.<br />
Shina graduated from Our Lady of Mercy High<br />
School in Farmington Hills, where she was an<br />
honor roll student, captain of the 2001 softball<br />
squad that won the Catholic League championship,<br />
and helped lead the team to two appearances<br />
in the final four of the state playoffs.<br />
Shina is glad she decided to attend Madonna, an<br />
independent, Catholic liberal arts university in<br />
Livonia founded by the Felician Sisters order in 1947.<br />
“I wanted to pursue softball and I saw that I was able<br />
to go there and play,” she said. “I also wanted to study<br />
business, so things worked out in my favor that way.”<br />
Right off the bat, the first baseman was a key<br />
member of the Crusaders squad. As a freshman,<br />
Shina was the only member of her class to start<br />
every game. In her junior and senior years, she<br />
helped the team qualify for regional playoffs.<br />
“When my class came in, the program started<br />
turning around,” she said. “At least that what the<br />
coaches told us.”<br />
Although excelling in a number of categories<br />
over four seasons, Shina downplayed her individual<br />
accomplishments.<br />
“I just enjoyed the experience,” she said. “I love<br />
the intensity of the game. I’m really competitive<br />
and I was fortunate to be able to play.”<br />
Shina brings the same intensity to her occupational<br />
goals. She aspires to be an accountant, and<br />
plans to apply for graduate school in January, pursuing<br />
a master’s degree and preparing for her certification.<br />
In the meantime, she is working for Professional<br />
Auditing Services of America in Bloomfield Hills.<br />
“I decided I wanted to be an accountant right<br />
when I started college,” Shina explained. “If you<br />
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