Education
A 6"8 forward, Shepard attended Findlay Preparatory in Nevada.
A 6"8 forward, Shepard attended Findlay Preparatory in Nevada.
He played high school basketball for Findlay Preparatory, where he was highly recruited. Shepard missed three games as a freshman due to a suspension. As a junior at San Diego State, he was named to the Second Team All-Mountain West after averaging 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
As a senior, he led the team to a 32-1 record and Number.
2 ranking by United States of America Today. Findlay ended up winning the ESPNHS National High School Invitational title.
He committed to San Diego State wanting “so bad,” he said, to become the greatest recruit to ever sign with the school. 247Sports.com listed him as the 33rd best recruit in his class.
Shepard was suspended the first three games of his freshman year due to receiving improper recruiting benefits.
He admitted to not being fulling engaged while playing. His best game was an 18-point outing against University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As a freshman, Shepard averaged 5.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists in 20.3 minutes of play. Shepard was again suspended for one game in his sophomore season because he violated team rules.
On December 28, he had a career-high 21 points in an 83-point rout of Saint Katherine College.
As a sophomore, Shepard averaged 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game. He started 34 of the team"s 36 games.
Ben Estes of The Sporting News wrote that "Shepard is able to do nearly everything, and that is especially true on defense, where his aptitude for matching up with almost any opposing player is a big boon to the Aztecs’ swarming, stifling unit"
He led the team with 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Following the season, Shepard decided to turn down a possible selection in the 2015 National Basketball Association Draft and return to school for his senior campaign.
He claimed he needed to work on free throw shooting and finishing around the rim.
“I have a chance to be part of something that can really, really be special, whatever special is,” said Shepard of his decision to come back.
Rivals.com, meanwhile, ranked Shepard as the 21st best player. In the Aztecs’ win over McNeese State on December 21, 2013, he scored seven straight points to ensure a victory. Coming into his junior season, Commander of Order of Leopold Brown of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network commented that "his outside shooting could keep him from being a potential All-American and Mountain West Player of the Year candidate." He was named to the Second Team All-Mountain West as a junior.
Quotations: “I have a chance to be part of something that can really, really be special, whatever special is,”.
