Shane Battier is a former Duke University standout basketball player.

Battier was the 1997 Mr. Basketball in Michigan. Battier went on to attend Duke University where he led the Blue Devils to two Final Fours, in 1999 and 2001. The Blue Devils lost to the Connecticut Huskies in the 1999 finals, but came back to win the national championship by defeating the Arizona Wildcats two years later. In 2001, Battier swept the major National Player of the Year awards, and subsequently had his jersey number 31 retired by the Blue Devils. 

Battier was a key member of the 2011-2012 NBA Champion Miami Heat.