2009: CAC All-Academic Team ... played in four games, going 1-for-1 with two RBI and one run scored at Gallaudet as the DH.

2008: CAC All-Academic Team ...  stepped on the field for 11 games with two starts ... averaged .308 (4-13) at the plate with two doubles ... career-highs of five runs scored, four RBI, three hits and two doubles at Gallaudet [second game] ... a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 17 tries.  

2007: Saw action in 15 games with three starts ... batted .160 (4-25) with four RBI and two runs scored ... career-high two RBI vs. Gettysburg [second game] ... .973 fielding percentage with just one error in 37 chances.

Francis Scott Key HS: 2006 graduate ... two-sport athlete (soccer, baseball) ... received Eagles Award in soccer ... won the Latin, English, and Physical Education Awards as a senior ... member of SGA Executive Board.

Personal: Samuel Louis Sheppard ... hopes to become a teacher ... Dean's List twice ... SAAC representative ... born August 11, 1988 in Baltimore, Md. ... son of Alan and Lisa Sheppard ... his father played football and lacrosse at Frostburg State as well as lacrosse at Salisbury ... has a younger sister named Lillie.

Why St. Mary's?: "The water."