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Mary Shepherd

9 Mary Shepherd

  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hillsborough, Calif.
  • High School:
    St. Ignatius College Prep
  • Position:
    Libero/Defensive Specialist
  • Major:
    Communication
m 29
k/s 0.01
h % .500
a/s 0.41
b/s 0.00
sa/s 0.24
d/s 1.95

SENIOR (2016): WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention … played in 29 matches and 103 sets with seven starts … finished the season with 201 digs, 42 assists and 25 aces … had 14 digs and a pair of aces vs. West Virginia (Sept. 10) … recorded a season-high 16 digs and two assists vs. Pacific (Sept. 27) … matched a season-high with three aces alongside 11 digs and four assists vs. Pepperdine (Oct. 15) … had a season-high five assists and added nine digs at Pepperdine (Nov. 10) … tallied five digs in the final match of her Bronco career vs. Saint Mary’s (Nov. 22).

JUNIOR (2015): WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention … played in all 31 matches and 113 of the team’s 114 sets … had 196 digs, 48 assists and 16 aces …  began the season with a service ace and five digs vs. Weber State (Aug. 28) … added nine digs vs. Rutgers (Aug. 29) … had 11 digs, two assists and two service aces Sept. 5 vs. Cal State Fullerton … posted 11 digs and two assists at UTSA (Sept. 10) … tallied four assists and nine digs at Sacramento State (Sept. 19) … had four assists and two digs vs. No. 10 BYU (Sept. 26) … matched a season-high with 11 digs and had three assists vs. Portland (Oct. 1) … had two aces and six digs at LMU (Oct. 17) … set a new season high with 13 digs at Portland (Oct. 31) … had 11 digs in the NCAA Tournament First Round match vs. Michigan (Dec. 4).

SOPHOMORE (2014): Played in all 32 matches … earned 18 aces … recorded 52 digs … had 4 digs vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Aug. 29) … picked up 6 digs vs. Lafayette (Aug. 30) … at Harvard (Sept. 5) had 4 digs … earned 2 aces with 3 digs vs. Delaware (Sept. 6) … earned 2 digs vs. Penn (Sept. 12) … had 2 aces vs. No. 20 Duke (Sept. 13) … picked up 3 aces at UCSB (Sept. 19) … picked up 3 digs vs. NIU (Sept. 20) … had 2 digs at Cal Poly (Sept. 20) … had 3 digs at San Francisco (Sept. 26) … at No. 10 BYU (Oct. 4) had 2 aces and 2 digs … at Pepperdine (Oct. 16) earned 1 ace and 4 digs ... had 2 aces vs. No. 24 USD (Nov. 1) ... tallied 2 digs against Gonzaga (Nov. 6) … picked up 1 service ace, 1 assist and 1 dig in 3-0 win against Portland (Nov. 8) … recorded 3 digs vs. USF (Nov. 20) … had 2 digs in 3-0 shutout win vs. Saint Mary’s (Nov. 24) … collected 1 dig at No. 13 Oregon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Dec. 5).

FRESHMAN (2013): Played 86 sets with 29 assists, 18 service aces, 169 digs and averaged 1.97 dpg … had 13 aces, 160 digs and averaged 2.39 dpg in WCC play … had four digs vs. Kansas State (Sept. 12) … picked up eight digs at LMU (Sept. 21) … had four assists, four sa and 12 digs vs. Portland (Oct. 3) … vs. Gonzaga (Oct. 5) had four assists and 18 digs … had six digs at San Diego (Oct. 12) … collected 18 digs at BYU (Oct. 10) … vs. Pacific (Oct. 17) had a season-high five assists and 16 digs … had 11 digs and three assists vs. Saint Mary’s (Oct. 19) … at San Francisco (Oct. 25) had 12 digs … picked up six digs at Gonzaga (Oct. 31) … at Portland (Nov. 2) had nine digs … collected a season-high 19 digs vs. San Diego (Nov. 7) … picked up 15 digs and four assists vs. BYU (Nov. 9).

PRIOR TO SCU (HIGH SCHOOL): Played volleyball for four years at St. Ignatius College Preparatory (San Francisco) ...  team finished in second place in 2011 in the CIF Central Coach Section Division III and were the 2009 Carmichael Invitational Champions (JV) ... sophomore year she was awarded the JV Coaches' Award for leadership ... a California Scholarship Federation lifetime member ... received National Charity League Award for six years of community service in San Mateo County.

CLUB VOLLEYBALL: Played club volleyball for coaches Jennifer Agresti and Chloe Goldman.  Team finished in 1st place in Northern California Power League years 16, 17, 18 and qualified for Junior Nationals Tournament-Open Division years 16, 17, 18 ... won bronze medal in Open division of Junior Nationals in 17’s year ... finished in seventh place in Open division of Junior Nationals in 18’s year.  Played for club "Payes Performance" in San Carlos, CA for 14, 15, 16, 17 years and for "Encore" in Redwood City, CA in 18’s year.

PERSONAL: Parents are Kent and Jennifer Shepherd ... Dad received degrees from Northwestern and UCLA, and mom from Willamette University ... older sister Rosie attends Notre Dame and older brother Jack is at Marquette ... Mom swam in college ... cousin Danielle Shepherd plays volleyball as DS/Libero at Penn and was Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in both 2012 and '13 ... cousin Tori Shepherd plays volleyball as DS/Libero at Yale ... cousin Audrey Carson plays rugby at Harvard ... cousin Lindsey Jenkins-Stark played water polo for UC San Diego ... cousin Sandra Shepherd played soccer at Amherst College ... cousin Justin Shepherd played baseball at Lafayette ... cousin Nick Shepherd played football at Claremont-McKenna ... hobbies include performing arts, scrapbooking, watching the San Francisco Giants, listening to music, spending time with family, friends and dog Kimora ... major is Communications.

Recent Games
Nov 4 San Francisco W, 3-0
Nov 10 at Pepperdine L, 3-1
Nov 12 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1
Nov 17 No. 11 San Diego L, 3-0
Nov 19 No. 10 BYU L, 3-1
Nov 22 Saint Mary's W, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 17
Sets 103 57
Kills 1 1
Kills per set 0.01 0.02
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 2 2
Hitting Percentage .500 .500
Assists 42 29
Assists per set 0.41 0.51
Service Aces 25 12
Service Errors 20 12
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.21
Receptions 338 196
Reception Errors 24 15
Digs 201 107
Digs per set 1.95 1.88
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 26.0 13.0
Points per set 0.3 0.2
Matches started 7 2
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. UC Irvine W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 1 3 0 13 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Aug 27 at No. 7 USC W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 14 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 27 vs. Marquette W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 2 12 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 at No. 21 Louisville W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 3 vs. Auburn W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 1 2 1 13 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 3 vs. Stony Brook W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 9 vs. Grand Canyon W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 10 vs. West Virginia W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 10 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 at California W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 20 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 16 vs. Arizona State L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 16 at Boise State L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 4 2 0 10 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 17 vs. UC Davis L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 22 at No. 13 BYU L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 at No. 7 San Diego L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 27 Pacific L, 3-2 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 2 20 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 29 at Gonzaga L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 13 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 1 at Portland W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 3 2 0 14 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 7 at San Francisco W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0 1 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 13 Loyola Marymount L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 15 Pepperdine W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 0 - 4 3 1 11 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 20 at Pacific L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 22 at Saint Mary's L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 27 Portland L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 1 2 22 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 Gonzaga W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 San Francisco W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 10 at Pepperdine L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 5 2 1 12 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Nov 12 at Loyola Marymount W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 3 0 1 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 17 No. 11 San Diego L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 19 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 19 No. 10 BYU L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 22 Saint Mary's W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 27 86 1 0.01 1 4 .000 29 0.34 18 0.21 284 14 169 1.97 0 0 0 0.00 19.0 0.2
2014-15 32 111 0 0.00 0 0 - 6 0.05 18 0.16 11 1 52 0.47 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.2
2015-16 31 113 0 0.00 0 2 .000 48 0.42 16 0.14 339 21 196 1.73 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.1
2016-17 29 103 1 0.01 0 2 .500 42 0.41 25 0.24 338 24 201 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
Total 119 413 2 0.00 1 8 .125 125 0.30 77 0.19 972 60 618 1.50 0 0 0 0.00 79.0 0.2
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 29 103 1 0.01 0 2 .500 42 0.41 25 0.24 338 24 201 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 26.0 0.3
Conference 17 57 1 0.02 0 2 .500 29 0.51 12 0.21 196 15 107 1.88 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 29 1 0.03 0 1 1.000 14 0.48 6 0.21 112 6 63 2.17 0 0 0 0.00 7.0 0.2
Away 13 44 0 0.00 0 1 .000 23 0.52 10 0.23 138 13 84 1.91 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.2
Neutral 8 30 0 0.00 0 0 - 5 0.17 9 0.30 88 5 54 1.80 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 0.3
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Wins 15 55 0 0.00 0 1 .000 25 0.45 16 0.29 184 9 107 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.3
Losses 14 48 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 17 0.35 9 0.19 154 15 94 1.96 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.2
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August 3 11 0 0.00 0 0 - 5 0.45 3 0.27 39 3 29 2.64 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 0.3
September 13 49 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 11 0.22 12 0.24 147 12 100 2.04 0 0 0 0.00 13.0 0.3
October 7 22 0 0.00 0 0 - 13 0.59 6 0.27 73 7 35 1.59 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3
November 6 21 0 0.00 0 1 .000 13 0.62 4 0.19 79 2 37 1.76 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.2
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    UC Irvine vs. Santa Clara @ Galen Center
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    UC Irvine vs. Santa Clara @ Galen Center
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    UC Irvine vs. Santa Clara @ Galen Center
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    Loyola Marymount vs. Santa Clara
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    Brigham Young vs. Santa Clara
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    Brigham Young vs. Santa Clara
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    Brigham Young vs. Santa Clara