Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . was named to the 2013 All-MIAA Honorable Mention team . . . has played 22 matches with 15 starts in net for the RiverHawks . . . has recorded a career 10-3-4 mark . . . owns a career 1.04 GAA and a .759 S% . . . has 63 career saves and has allowed 20 goals in 1,726:35 . . . was the winning goalkeeper for Northeastern State in the 2012 NCAA Round of 16, the first victory in NSU’s history in the NCAA Championship.
 
Junior (2014) – Played in two matches and made one start . . . ended the campaign with a 1.33 goals-against average in 135 minutes played . . . also registered a .667 saves percentage after stopping four shots . . . earned a 1-0 record, with the victory coming against Southern Nazarene (Sept. 25).

Sophomore (2013) – Competed in 11 matches and made 10 starts . . . finished the year with a 5-2-3 mark, while tallying four shutouts . . . was named All-MIAA Honorable Mention . . . also registered a 1.09 goals-against average and a .782 saves percentage in 990:05 . . . allowed 12 goals and finished with 43 saves . . . finished with a season-best seven saves against Colorado Mines, Fort Hays State and Midwestern State . . . posted shutouts against William Jewell, Rockhurst, FHSU and Ouachita Baptist.

Freshman (2012) – Participated in nine matches and made four starts in his debut campaign . . . posted a 4-1-1 record . . . allowed six goals and made 16 saves . . . posted a 0.90 goals against average and a .727 saves percentage in 601:30 of action . . . didn’t suffer his first defeat until double overtime of the NCAA Quarterfinals against Saginaw Valley State (Nov. 18) . . . was in net for NSU’s first win in school history in the NCAA Championship, a 6-3 decision over Fort Hays State in the Round of 16 (Nov. 16) . . . helped Northeastern State break the school record for least amount of goals allowed in a single season (20).

High School – Was a two-time second team all-state recipient at Lovejoy HS . . . named first-team all-district and all-region junior year.

Personal – Major is undecided . . . son of Don and Renee Shephard . . . born Feb. 7, 1994.