The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame announced 12 new inductees for the class of 2023 on Monday. Sara Lungren Walkup, who played for the Shockers volleyball team from 2005-2007, was one of the 12.
Standing at 6-foot-4 from Caldwell, Kansas, Walkup was an outside hitter for the team. After redshirting her first year, she played 29 matches and 79 games with a hit average of .276, as well as 162 kills, 16 assists, 21 service aces, 50 digs and 61 total blocks throughout the season. That year, she was named to the All-Valley freshman team where she finished 10th in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) in hitting percentage.