Hall of Fame
Brenda Walters Tanker graduated from QU in 2001 with a biological sciences degree, and she was a key player on the women’s volleyball team.
Brenda left QU as the university’s all-time assists leader with 5,107 assists over her four-year career, an assist record that still stands.
Brenda broke her own assist record with 1,615 assists her senior season, the most for any Lady Hawk in a single season.
Brenda also set the record for most assists in one game her junior year with 80 assists, and she re-set that mark her senior year with 90 assists.
Brenda’s accolades on the volleyball court were mirrored by her academic success. Brenda was named to the Verizon Academic All-American Team, District V. She was named as Academic All-Conference and Academic All-American, and Brenda was selected as a member of Who’s Who Among Students at American Universities and Colleges.
After graduating from QU, Brenda went to pharmacy school and earned a master’s degree in PharmD from Purdue in 2004.
