Chris Shepherd

Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Northwood
Hometown:
Northwood, Ohio

2000: Missed nearly the entire season due to injury ... played in just three games over three separate matches.

1999: Played in 18 matches, making one start ... played in a total of 29 games ... shared the team's Coaches Award ... her 17 digs included three on two separate occasions ... had two aces, both against Eastern Michigan ... had three kills on the year, including two at Ball State in the MAC Tournament semifinal.

1998: Played in 30 of BGSU's 32 contests, starting six ... saw action in 94 games...had 161 digs on the year, including six double-digit efforts ... had a high of 16 digs in her collegiate debut, vs. Toledo ... normally a defensive specialist, lined up at outside hitter in that UT match, and had a season-best four kills ... had two service aces on five different occasions.

High School: Won four letters at Northwood High School ('98) ... an All-Ohio First-Teamer as a senior ... also named the District 7 Player of the Year and the Suburban Lakes League P-O-Y ... helped the Rangers to a perfect 16-0 league record in 1997 ... that team finished 20-4 overall ... totalled 261 kills, 235 digs and 40 service aces ... named to District 7 and SLL and All-Wood County first teams ... also named to the district and league first teams as a junior ... that year, NHS went 22-3 overall and 14-2 in league action ... earned All-Ohio Third-Team laurels in 1996 ... as a sophomore in 1995, earned all-district honorable mention and was a second-team all-league pick ... also earned four basketball letters for the Rangers ... was a two-time All-SLL Second-Teamer on the hardwood ... captained both the volleyball and the basketball squads as a senior ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Christine Marie Shepherd was born on New Year's Day, 1980 ... daughter of Michael and Kathy Shepherd ... has a brother, David.

Shepherd's Year-by-Year Statistics:

YEAR    MP-MS/ GP  K- E-TA   PCT. AST SA  DIGS BS-BA
1998    30- 6/ 94  6- 8-32  -.063  4  15  163   0-0
1999    18- 1/ 29  3- 2-11   .091  3   2   17   0-0
2000     3- 0/  3  0- 3- 5  -.600  1   0    1   0-0
Career  51- 7/126  9-13-48  -.083  8  17  181   0-0

Shepherd's Career Highs:

Kills:       4 vs. Toledo 9/1/98
Hitting %:   .111 (4-2-18) vs. Toledo 9/1/98
Assists:     2 vs. North Carolina 9/12/98
Aces:        2, six times (MR: vs. Eastern Michigan 10/27/99)
Digs:        16 vs. Toledo 9/1/98
BS:          None
BA:          1 at Western Michigan 10/17/98
TB:          1 at Western Michigan 10/17/98