Caroline Brashier never missed a basketball game, or even a practice, in her four years at Walker.

She was eager to take the Lady Wolverines to the next level before she graduated, and sacrificing practice times wasn't on her agenda.

The lone senior on a young squad, Brashier helped Walker to a 19-7 record this year after leading the team to a 20-9 mark her junior year. She finished as Cobb County's scoring leader with 20.2 points a game, shot 85 percent from the three-throw line and was 42 percent from long range.

Before Brashier's two breakout seasons, Walker was just an above-average team.

"We were fortunate to have her four years," Walker coach Barry Foy said. "She was the most dedicated player I had. She was one that came in early and left late."

Brashier also displayed a similar work ethic for softball in the fall and tennis in the spring. Both teams made the postseason with Brashier's help, with tennis team finishing as the Class A state runner-up.

For her dedication and results she produced in each sport, Brashier is the 2009-10 Marietta Daily Journal/Cobb County Female Athlete of the Year.

Her Walker career may be over, but Brashier still has another four years of basketball in her, heading to Division III LaGrange College next season, but her days of competitive softball and tennis are likely behind her.

"It's weird knowing I won't play softball and tennis again," Brashier said. "I had a lot of fun this year in softball - we made the state tournament for the second year in a row - and in basketball, we did well this year in region, which was surprising. In tennis, we exceeded our expectations, which was fun."

A point guard for the basketball team, Brashier said Foy gave her the freedom to make plays and get other teammates involved, which helped Walker succeed during the regular season. She also has the tools to be a shooting guard and her success shooting the 3 allowed her to score more than 20 points on a regular basis.

Aside from an upset loss to Whitefield Academy in the Region 5A tournament, Foy said Brashier was known for quickly putting losses behind her before moving on to the next game.

Brashier left Walker with 1,627 career points, making her the school's all-time leader. Arguably her most memorable moment of her senior year was getting her 1,600th point in a 49-48 win over Mount Paran Christian on senior night. She reached that plateau on what turned out to be the game-winning free throws with 1.5 seconds left.

Brashier also had a couple of 30-plus point game as well, including 35 in a December game against Providence Christian.

"I was the only senior, and the only one to play basketball outside of school," Brashier said. "Other players adapted to making open shots and hitting them, and that helped out a lot. In a lot of games that we won, we wouldn't have won them if one person didn't have a big game."

In softball, Brashier was one of five seniors on a team that consisted primairly of underclassmen. She pitched and played shortstop her senior year.

Walker only won eight games but fared well enough in the region tournament to qualify for postseason.

Brashier pitched a shutout in Walker's 1-0 win over Holy Innocents' in the Region 5A tournament. And it was Brashier who scored the game's only run from second base when she unintentionally ignored the stop sign from the third-base coach.

In tennis, Brashier assumed the No. 2 singles position in place of the graduated Sydney Grant and held her own. Her biggest win was coming back from a set down to win her state semifinal match against Brookstone, helping Walker advance to the final.

After exuding so much energy in the semifinals win, Walker didn't save enough for the championship against Athens Academy and lost a 3-0 decision.

"The semifinal was exhausting," Brashier said. "Four of five matches lost the first set in the semis. We were on court for three hours before we finally won (and it) was 100 degrees outside. In the finals, I couldn't move."