Prior to Ohio State
- Attended West Virginia for one semester before transferring to Ohio State for the spring semester in 2022
High School
- Four-year letterwinner at Newark, where she led the Wildcats to a runner-up finish in the 2021 OHSAA Division I Championships
- Led Newark to the state semifinals in 2020 before the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Four-star recruit in the class of 2021, including being rated as the 23rd overall guard and 59th overall player in the class
- 2020 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association Division I All-Ohio First Team
- Daughter of J.R. Shumate, who served as the head girls basketball coach at Newark for 18 years, prior to stepping away in the summer of 2021