Shaun Joplin

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Weight:
209
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Sylvania, Ohio
High School:
Southview

* Member of the BGSU Football Team for five seasons (2009-13)

2013-14: Joined the men's basketball team in January 2014 ... Made one appearance on the year, playing in the road contest at Miami.

2012: Played in all 13 games, starting 12 ... Finished the season with 40 receptions for 639 yards and four touchdowns ... Had seven receptions for 117 yards in a win against Idaho ... Added five more receptions for 61 yards at Toledo ... Recorded three receptions for 71 yards in a win against Rhode Island ... Caught a touchdown in back-to-back weeks at Massachussetts and agaist Eastern Michigan ... Had five receptions for 74 yards and a touchdown against Kent State ... Followed that up by recording three receptions for 77 yards in a win versus Buffalo ... Recorded a touchdown in four of the team’s final five games.

2011: Played in all 12 games ... Finished the year with 21 catches for 292 yards and one touchdown ... Had two catches for 37 yards and the game-winning touchdown versus Temple ... Had a season-high four catches for 33 yards versus Wyoming ... Had three catches for 61 yards in a win at Buffalo.

2010: Played in two games ... Caught one pass for 11 yards versus Kent State.

2009: Redshirt.

High School: Is a 2009 graduate of Sylvania Southview High School ... Earned First-Team All-State honors as a senior, leading his team to a 15-0 record and a State Championship title ... Earned All-State honors in the high jump while competing for the track & field team ... Team captain ... Coached by Jim Mayze ... Also lettered in basketball.

Personal: Full name -- Shaun Christopher Joplin ... Born June 25, 1991 ... Son of Stanley and LaDonna Joplin ... Has one brother ... His father was the head men’s basketball coach at Toledo for 12 years (1996-2008) ... Majoring in Liberal Studies.