Husky Talk is back with a fun loving, bubbly, Maria Shaker who is a former UConn Volleyball star. She has a wonderful personality and an incredible journey that has led her to tremendous success.

Maria played volleyball at an early age and fell in love with the sport. She credits her parents for putting her in every sport in all the different seasons until she found her calling.

Maria went to camps, played on travel teams and was recruited heavily. However, she didn’t take an official visit to UConn until May of her senior year in high school and committed shortly after. Maria knew she wanted to be on the east coast, especially New England, after growing up in Cleveland, Ohio.

She was on the court as a freshman and played a significant role in the Volleyball team winning the Big East championship in 1998. Maria started the rest of the way as a center, who is like the quarterback in volleyball. She has amazing leadership, setting up plays, making sure the girls were in the right position and was voted to the All Big East team .

Maria is extremely intelligent and wanted to get into medicine. She majored in Molecular Biology and received her masters at Case Western University before going to medical school at Wright State. She has been an OBGYN and Gynecologist for the last 10 years . Maria also is in charge of training the residents, which isn’t surprising because she still has strong leadership qualities.

Maria was a pleasure to interview and I plan on meeting her on October 5th when the 1998 Volleyball team is honored and UConn Football plays home against Temple

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