Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley ...
Senior (2023): Started 46 games, splitting time between catcher and DP … led team in walks with 20 … posted third-highest on-base percentage at .362 … hit two home runs, both against SUU … drove in six RBIs across both games of doubleheader against NM State … drove in three runs against UC Davis … had the second-most multi-RBI games on the team with seven … threw out 7 base stealers in 17 attempts and posted a 1.000 fielding percentage … had 7 multi-hit games ... had walk-off hit to beat Idaho State.

Junior (2022): Started 48 games in her first season at Utah Valley, starting 19 games at catcher and 29 games at DP ... hit seven home runs and 45 RBIs ... led the team in walks with 28, second-most in a single season in program history ... ranked among the top five on the team in batting average, OPS, runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBIs, and slugging percentage ... had 12 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games ... drove in nine runs across the final two games of a three-game series with Utah Tech on April 21-22 ... led all starters with a .991 fielding percentage, with one error in 115 chances.

Before Utah Valley ...
Played at Southern Utah University in 2021 and set program records with a .433 average and .788 slugging percentage ... hit 10 home runs with 33 RBIs ... in a three-game series against UVU in St. George, went 5-for-6 with two home runs, a double and seven RBIs ... spent first two seasons at Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho ... named the 2019 Scenic West Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a third team All-American after batting .469 with 15 home runs, 17 doubles and 50 RBIs ... also walked 44 times and struck out just 19 times ... during the shortened 2020 season batted .413 with eight home runs and 28 batted in ... prepped at West High School in Salt Lake City and batted .462 with four home runs as a senior in 2018 ... played club for the Firecrackers.

Personal ...
Born in Orange County, California ... parents are Monique Sweet and Cale Shepherd ... her dad played baseball at Utah Valley in 1994 and was also on former head softball coach Todd Fairbourne's staff as an assistant coach in 2012.