KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After an exceptional first season with Evangel, junior center Heaven Shockley was honored by being named an NAIA All-American, earning third team honors, the highest honor an Evangel Women's Basketball athlete has earned since 2004-05, when NaTasha Neal was named 1st Team and Shaletha Page earned 2nd Team.

Heaven Shockley also earned WBCA All-American honors last week and will await to find out if she earned a CSC Academic All-American honor in mid-April.

Shockley, a Springfield, Mo., native, concluded her junior season by leading the Valor in scoring, averaging 14.7 points per game, while also pulling down 6.8 rebounds per contest. Heaven also recorded the highest block total on the team with 65, earning first team honors in the KCAC, as well as being named the Newcomer of the Year and to the All-Defensive team in the conference. Shockley's 65 blocks currently rank as the 13th most in a single career at Evangel and finished as the sixth most in a single season in 2025-26.

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