Carroll College Athletics

Powell County High standout Shelly Mitchell cracked Carroll Women’s basketball’s starting lineup halfway through her freshman season on the Hilltop in 1977, and remained there for the next 3 and a half seasons. The 5’5” guard concluded her career as the school’s no. 2 all-time scorer with 850 points, averaging 10.9 points per game. She was the Lady Saints first three-time All-Conference selection, making second team from 1978-80.

Her junior year, Mitchell averaged 13.1 points per game. During an early 1978-79 season five-game stretch, she fired in highs of 25, 26 and 24 points. Mitchell became CC’s single-season scoring leader as a senior, tallying 308 points, while pacing the squad in average (10.9 ppg), assists (53) and steals (46). The 1980 Hilltoppers went 19-9 and 9-3 in league play, winning the program’s very first Frontier Conference championship.