Brad Shepherd

4 - Brad Shepherd

Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Columbia, Md.
High School: Oakland Mills
Position: IF
Major: Economics & Sociology
Bats/Throws: R/R

2009: CAC All-Academic Team ... stepped on the diamond for 24 games with 23 starts ... batted .262 (16-61) with five doubles and one triple ... scored 10 runs while driving in nine ... three multiple hit games, including career-high three vs. Mary Washington ... matched career-high three RBI vs. Gallaudet [game 1] ... .982 fielding percentage in 56 chances.

2008: Saw action in 16 games with 11 starts ... notched seven RBI, six hits, five runs scored, three doubles and one home run ... career-high three RBI at Gallaudet [game 2] ... season-high two hits at Randolph-Macon ... .919 fielding percentage in 62 chances.

Oakland Mills HS: 2007 graduate ... three-sport athlete (football, basketball, baseball) ... FOOTBALL: Honorable mention All-Howard County at quarterback as senior ... BASEBALL: Three-time first team All-Howard County at catcher ... second team All-Metro at catcher in 2006 and 2007 ... batted .451 with four home runs as a sophomore ... posted a .545 average with six homers as a junior ... notched a .475 clip with six home runs as a senior ... vice president of National Honor Society ... member of Spanish National Honor Society and Computer Science Team ... earned an academic letter all four years (3.5 GPA or above for all four quarters).

Personal: Bradley Scott Shepherd ... plans to attend law school after graduation ... Dean's List (F '07, F '09) ... member of SMCM 3.0 Club .. born February 16, 1989 in Silver Spring, Md. ... son of Skip and Lorri Shepherd ... his older sister, Dana, played shortstop for UMBC softball.

Why St. Mary's?: "Baseball mostly, but I loved the waterfront and the scenery.  Plus the guys on the team were great and I wanted to be a part of it all."