For the last two seasons as a seventh and eighth grader, Skylar Waller has given Calloway County girls basketball and girls golf a youthful lift — playing well beyond her years on the grass and hardwood.
Those talents have gone elsewhere for her high school career.
Confirmed by YourSportsEdge.com on Friday morning, Waller has enrolled at Marshall County High School as an incoming freshman, where she’s already begun attending classes.
Dealing with an undisclosed injury she’s nursing back to health, Waller’s departure comes at the exact time her mother, Valerie, officially announced her resignation as Calloway County Lady Lakers basketball coach to take a teaching job within the Marshall County school system.
Also, transfers between eighth and ninth grade are not governed by Kentucky High School Athletic Association protocols, meaning Waller will be immediately eligible once she returns to health.
Over the last two seasons, Waller has done nothing but improve on the basketball court and golf course.
During the 2019-20 campaign, she averaged 8.0 points and 3.7 rebounds while making 29 3-pointers and 59-of-93 free throws. During the 2020-21 season, she blossomed — averaging 18.9 points and 7.7 rebounds while making 27 3-pointers and a First Region leading 181 free throws (out of 234 attempts).
Waller also fired a 78 in the 2020 First Region Championships at the Calvert City Country Club, which qualified her for the 2020 KHSAA State Tournament at Bowling Green Country Club.
It’s unclear just how much Waller will participate in sports her freshman season at Marshall County, but there’s no question she’d be a part of two great teams if she does. Girls golf coach and girls basketball coach Aaron Beth has a defending state squadron on the links behind Trinity Beth, Savannah Howell, Megan Hertter and Katie Roberts, and he has the defending state runner-up team with forward Halle Langhi, forward Jada Driver, guard Neely Northcott and guard Mia Teague among the top returners.
