Known for her poise at the plate and an unquestioned work ethic in the classroom, former Washington softball player Meredith Knox has a resume capable of raising eyebrows and prompting double takes from any employer.

She was a true example of a model student, balancing a saturated schedule of school, softball and more softball, and the current product of years of hard work.

“She was very disciplined,” said Kim Knox, Meredith’s father. “We also played travel softball almost every weekend for five years. She would do schoolwork in the car on the way to and from tournaments. She’d get home from practice and go right to her room and study. It carried over into college as well.”

On Friday, Knox and former Washington football coach Jerome Tyson will become the newest members of the Washington High School Walk of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place at halftime during the Washington-West Craven game.

“I think it’s a great honor,” Kim Knox said. “It speaks to her as an individual and to her character. It means a lot and is a testament to how hard she worked over the years.”

A seasoned four-sport varsity letterman, who now lives and works in Hereford, England, Knox’s skill was noticed early by the Washington coaching staff, as she made the varsity squad as a freshman third baseman and earned Washington Daily News All-Area first team honors. She only improved her sophomore year, taking home an all-conference and WDN All-Area first team nod.

“She was a coach’s dream,” said Emily Pake, who was the Pam Pack’s head softball coach in 2006, Knox’s senior season. “She had the talent and a positive attitude to go with it. Every practice, she gave 110 percent.”

While softball was always considered her primary sport, she was a four-year varsity starter for the Lady Pack basketball team and a three-year varsity starter for the volleyball squad. As a point guard her junior and senior year, she received all-conference, WDN All-Area first team and team MVP honors. She earned the same accolades her junior and senior year for volleyball as well.

Taking a year off from high school softball, Knox went out for the soccer team as a junior. She not only made varsity, but also was selected as Conference Player of the Year and the WDN Soccer Player of the Year.

Her most impressive single-season campaign came her final year at Washington, as the Pam Pack senior shortstop garnered national attention, taking home all-conference, WDN All-Area first team and All-State honors.

Knox earned the WDN Female Athlete-of-the-Year Award in 2005 and 2006 and is a two-time United States Fastpitch Association World Series Champion (’05, ’06).

Her performance in the classroom mirrored that of her success on the field. A member of the National Honor Society, Knox was Washington’s valedictorian in 2005 with a nearly unprecedented 4.45 GPA.

Anderson University offered the Pam Pack super athlete a softball scholarship, which she accepted. As a freshman infielder in 2006, she led the Lady Trojans in batting average (.416), slugging percentage (.674), on-base percentage (.462) and hits (57) and was first in the conference in runs scored with 47.

She picked up first team all-conference nods her freshman and senior year, as well as earning a prestigious ESPN Academic All-American first team selection in 2010, her senior year.

Knox will go down as one of the most accomplished athletes in school history, her name etched into stone, a tribute to the ideal student-athlete.