MileStat.com All-Decade Team Selection - Shakia Forbes

A state title in Virginia eluded Shakia Forbes often with her first state crown coming in her final high school state championship as a senior, but the 2007 grad of Bethel High School left with two national titles to showcase a great but short high school career in the state. Forbes transferred in the middle of her high school career to the Hampton city school, but outside of Francena McCorory has been one of the most decorated female athletes at Bethel this past decade. She won two national titles in the long jump in her senior year with a victory at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships and her personal best high school mark of 20'2.25" came at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2007. Showing her committment to excellence in her sport, Forbes had skipped her high school graduation in order to compete at Nike Outdoor Nationals.

The 2007 Penn Relays champion Forbes (pictured right by John Herzog) has excelled in college at Seton Hall as her 2008 freshmen season was a banner year ...