Hall of Honor
The Purple Eagles' former No. 1 singles and doubles player finished with the program's second-best singles (75-16) and doubles (68-18) records, and went undefeated in her MAAC career with a 30-0 record in regular-season singles matches.
She helped Niagara to two regular-season Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles and the program's only two MAAC Tournament titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2005.Â
As a senior during the 2004-05 season, Al-Shikarchy was named the MAAC Player of the Year, the MAAC Most Outstanding Performer and the MAAC Female Student-Athlete of the Year, while earning first-team All-MAAC honors at No.1 singles and second-team All-MAAC selection at No. 1 doubles. She was 23-6 overall, 19-4 in dual matches and undefeated in conference play (7-0). In doubles, Al-Shikarchy was 21-6 overall, 16-5 in dual matches and 6-1 in the MAAC.
A three-time member of the MAAC All-Academic Team, Al-Shikarchy was honored in 2005 as an ESPN The Magazine Women's At-Large Academic Third Team All-American with a 3.92 grade-point average in political science. The Fonthill, Ontario, native was also honored in 2005 as Niagara's Female Student-Athlete of the Year and was a two-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Academic All-American.
