Alicia DeShasier was a two-sport student-athlete at SIUE from 2003-07, having excelled in both softball and track and field. As a member of the Cougar softball team from 2003-06, DeShasier was a first-team All-American, a three-time All-Great Lakes Region choice, a three-time All-Conference selection, and the GLVC’s Player of the Year in 2006. DeShasier spent time at every position on the diamond before finishing her career ranked in the program’s top five in plate appearances (639), hits (230), RBIs (132), home runs (19), doubles (44), walks (79), stolen bases (94) and runs scored (160). Following a successful softball career that included four NCAA Tournament bids and the 2006 Great Lakes Regional Championship, DeShasier joined the SIUE track and field team in 2007. Despite having never competed at the high school or collegiate level previously, she threw the nation’s longest toss in the javelin at 50.23 meters (164-9) heading into the 2007 NCAA Division II Championships. DeShasier graduated in 2007 with a civil engineering degree and has since gone on to become an elite-level international competitor in the javelin.