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2021 Men's Soccer Roster

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9 Tom Shepherd

  • Position
    Forward
  • Height
    6-2
  • Weight
    172
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Cheshire, England
  • Highschool
    Knutsford Academy

Biography

• 2021 Big West All-Academic Team
• 2019 WAC All-Academic Team 
• 2018 WAC All-Academic Team

2021: Made 14 appearances and 10 starts during his senior campaign...Finished second on the team with four goals and third on the team with 10 shots on goal...Scored in a loss at UC Riverside...Notched two goals, and registered a season-high three SOG, in a 2-1 overtime regular-season win over UC Davis...Scored game's first goal in a Big West Quarterfinal loss to UC Davis...All-Big West Academic Team selection. 

2020: Team did not compete due to COVID-19. 

2019: Appeared in all 19 matches, making 14 starts at forward...Scored a pair of goals and finished third on the team with three assists...Scored Bakersfield's first goal of the season with a header off of a corner kick against Elon on 8/30...Also scored in a 5-2 win at Sacramento State on 9/8...Posted an assist in a 2-1 win over Grand Canyon on 10/6...Collected a pair of helpers in a 4-0 victory over Incarnate Word on 10/25, while posting a season high of four shots attempted...Posted three shots on goal in two games at the WAC Tournament...Played 1,376 minutes to rank seventh on the team in the category...Earned Academic All-WAC honors for the second straight season. 

2018: Played in 16 matches, making 14 starts...scored three goals on the season which tied for third on the team...had three assists on the year which was second on the team...nine points tied for second on the squad...had two assists in career debut against Bethesda on 8/24...scored two goals against Sacramento State on 8/31...led the team with 36 shots...tied for team lead with 15 shots on goal...Academic All-WAC. 

2017: Played for West Virginia University...appeared in 10 matches for the Mountaineers and totaled 213 minutes...started three matches...made career debut against California on August 25...earned first career start and scored first career goal at American University on September 19.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Knutsford Academy in Cheshire, England...won 2014 Adidas Generation Cup in Dallas...represented Wales National Team for U17 and U19 teams...made three appearances in the Football Association Youth Challenge Cup...also played for the Stoke City Football Club Academy.  

PERSONAL: Born on September 17, 1997 in Macclesfield, England...son of Nigel and Sally Shepherd...communications major.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    Forward
    6'1" 174 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Forward
    6'1" 174 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2020Senior

    Forward
    6'2" 172 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2021Senior

    Forward
    6'2" 172 lbs
    9
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