Utah Valley University Athletics

JUNIOR (2022)
Led Utah Valley to a WAC regular season championship and a first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament ... played in 22 matches and made 21 starts in a record-breaking season ...was named WAC Defensive Player of the Year and earned First Team All-WAC and WAC All-Tournament team accolades ... also earned United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region Second Team honors ... anchored the Wolverine defense to six shutouts, including five shutout wins ... earned her third straight First Team All-WAC honor ... anchored the Utah Valley defense to six shutouts this season, including two shutouts in the final week of regular season play that helped the Wolverines secure the 2022 WAC regular season championship ... helped on set pieces with one goal and a pair of assists ... was impressive in the classroom, earning a spot on the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Team ... holds a 3.76 GPA and is working on her MBA at UVU.

SOPHOMORE (2021)
Earned First Team All-WAC honors for a second straight season ... also earned United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Pacific Region team honors ... played and started 21 matches ... anchored the Wolverine defense to 11 shutouts, including 10 shutout victories ... helped the defense to a 1.23 goals against average and a .131 shot percentage ... also helped offensively with five points, including one goal and two assists ... scored the game-winning goal in her season debut against Northern Arizona (Aug. 23) ... also tallied an assist in a 3-0 shutout win over Boise State (Sept. 10) ... recorded an assist in UVU's 6-1 WAC Tournament quarterfinal win over Sam Houston (Nov. 3) ... logged 1677 minutes on the pitch.

COVID SOPHOMORE (2020)
Played and started each of UVU's 22 matches in a record-breaking and historic season ... named WAC Defensive Player of the Year ... named First Team All-WAC ... earned Academic All-WAC honors ... named one of TopDrawerSoccer.com's Top-100 players ... named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region team ... led Utah Valley to its first-ever WAC regular season championship, a WAC Tournament title, and the team's third appearance at the NCAA Tournament ... anchored the UVU defense to 11 shutouts, including nine in WAC play ... led the UVU defense to a 1-0 shutout over No. 25 Memphis in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, marking Utah Valley's first-ever NCAA Tournament win in any sport ... despite her defensive role, Shepherd ranked second on the team with five goals, including one game winner ... tallied 15 shots, including nine on frame.

FRESHMAN (2019)
Played in and started all 21 games for UVU ... scored three goals and tallied two assists for eight points ... fired nine shots, including six on frame ... scored her first collegiate goal in a 3-2 win over North Dakota State ... recorded a brace with a pair of goals against CSU Bakersfield (Oct. 6) ... earned Second Team All-WAC honors and was named to the All-WAC Freshman Team ... named to Academic All-WAC team.

REDSHIRT (2016)
Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL
Played two seasons of soccer at American Fork High School ... the multi-sport athlete played soccer for the Cavemen in 2013 and 2014, but was sidelined by injury the past two seasons ... earned All-Region honors and was named the AFHS MVP during her sophomore season in 2013 ... also played basketball for AFHS, earning multiple All-State and All-Region honors ... also played basketball at AFHS ... studying exercise science at Utah Valley.

PERSONAL
Born February 6, 1998 ... parents are Jared and Julie Shepherd ... has three sisters (Jaylee, Jamie, Josie) and one brother (Jared) ... enjoys playing sports, playing the piano and singing ... studying to become a physical therapist.