Hall of Fame
Palmer was a star volleyball player for Shepherd from 1980-83. A standout setter, Palmer was a two-twime WVIAC All-Conference selection, and a three-year captain for the Rams. She helped guide shepherd to the regular season WVIAC Championship in 1982. That season she led the conference wit ha 94.0 attacking percentage. She was also fourth in serve percentage (95.2) and eighth in assists with a 5.1 average. The consummate student-athlete, Palmer was named McMurran Scholar, Shepherd's highest academic honor. She also received Academic All-American honors and was selected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Tim Leber, Middletown H.S. (MD) said, "She put her heart and soul into representing the college with class and pride during her four years as a student-athlete, and continues to be an affective ambassador for Shepherd." Palmer's husband, Mark Palmer '85, a former Ram basketball standout, was inducted into the Shepherd Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. Barbara currently teaches 3rd grade at McGaheysville Elementary School in Rockingham County, Virginia.
