UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2017-18): Earned all-American status with a fifth place finish at NCAA Championships … All-ECAC selection … Joined team at semester break … Tallied a 15-4 (.789) record, including a 9-1 clip in dual meets … Registered six bonus-point victories, including two pins and four major decisions … Went 15-4 against NCAA Division II competition … Earned two trips to the podium, including a third place finish at the NCAA Midwest Super Regional … Posted a 15-4 major decision over Limestone’s Daquon Wilson (dual meet) in his UNCP debut … Won nine of his 10 regular season matchups, with the only blemish coming via a 13-11 decision to ninth-ranked Shane Ruhnke of Millersville at the Kutztown Duals … Went 3-1 at the NCAA Midwest Super Regional, falling to third-ranked Bret Romanzak of Ashland in the semifinals before rebounding with two wins in the consolation bracket … Won each of his first two matches at the NCAA Championships, before dropping consecutive decisions with second-ranked Christian Smith (California Baptist) and seventh-ranked Blake Perryman (Northern State … Avenged his regular season loss with a second-period pin of Shane Ruhnke in the fifth place match.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Competed in two tournaments … Compiled a 5-3 (.625) record, including a 3-2 mark in the Wolfpack Open.
 
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT NC STATE (2014-15): Compiled a 13-8 (.619) record, including a 2-2 mark in dual meets … Logged a runner-up finish at both the Appalachian State Open and the Wolfpack Open.
 
AS A FRESHMAN AT NC STATE (2013-14): Redshirted … Competed in six tournaments as an unattached wrestler … Compiled a 14-14 (.500) record … Logged a fifth place finish at the King Open.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Northern Durham High School for coach Matt Brown … Tallied a 60-1 (.984) mark on the way to the state championship at 152 pounds … Recorded a 49-2 (.961) as a junior and a runner-up finish in the 152-pound tournament at the 2011-12 state championships … Tallied a fifth place showing at 140 pounds in the 2010-11 state tournament … Finished high school career with a 185-27 (.872) clip … Finished sixth at the 2011 Fargo Cadet Freestyle Nationals at 140 pounds in Greco Roman, and eighth at 145 pounds in Freestyle … Also lettered in football and lacrosse for the Knights.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Katrina and Rodney Shepard II … Has an older sister, Ashley, and a younger brother, Wesley … Graduated from NC State with his bachelor’s degree in business administration … Pursuing his master’s of business administration at UNCP.