Kristen Sheppard

Position:
S
Class:
Senior
High School:
Baylor
Hometown:
Texarkana, TX

2002: All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team . . . Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, Oct. 28 . . . 16 double-doubles were the most on the team and second most in the Sun Belt . . . Recorded a school-record 1,511 assists, giving her 2,793 for her two-year career at North Texas and making her just the third player in school history to surpass 2,000 for a career. Her 1,511 total assists and 11.99 assists per game were both second most in the Sun Belt . . . Finished the season with 318 digs, the second most on the team . . . Season-high 70 assists against Louisiana Tech were the fifth most in school history for a single match . . . Posted 60 or more assists five times . . . Recorded career-best 21 digs against New Mexico State . . . 16 matches with five or more kills . . . 16 matches with double-figure digs.

2001: Named the Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year . . . Named to the Baylor Classic All-Tournament Team . . . Playing in her first year with North Texas, the 5-9 setter recorded a team-best 1242 assists . . . That total is the second most in school history for a single season, places her fifth on the all-time assists list at North Texas and was the fourth most in the Sun Belt Conference (10.34 apg average ranked eighth in the conference) . . . Recorded a career-high 73 assists (second most in school history for a single match - just one shy of tying the record) vs. South Alabama on Oct. 28 . . . Posted 60 or more assists three times, 50-plus assists eight times and 40-plus assists in 20 matches . . . Tallied 17 double-double's . . . Had the third most digs on the team with 279 (10th most for a single season in school history) . . . Piled up a career highs for digs (18) and kills (10) against TAM-Corpus Christi in the Mean Green's first match of the season . . . Narrowly missed a triple- double against four teams (vs. TAMCC w/ 10 kills, eight assists, and 18 digs; vs. Weber St. w/ nine kills, 58 assists and 10 digs; vs. Rhode Island w/ eight kills, 49 assists and 15 digs; vs. Arkansas St. w/ eight kills, 47 assists and 15 digs) . . . With 38 service aces, tied for the second most on the team . . . 61 total blocks placed her fourth on the team in the stat.

Baylor: Redshirted 2000 season . . . Started 11 times and played in 13 matches as a true freshman in 1999 . . . Recorded career highs in assists (73) and digs (12) vs. UT-San Antonio on Sept. 10, 1999 . . . 1999 stats included 19 kills, 512 assists, eight service aces and 12 block assists . . . Stands 10th all-time at Baylor with 512 assists.

High School: Played at Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas, under the direction of head coach and mother Debbie Sheppard . . . Earned District 15-4A MVP honors in 1997 and 1998, while being named to all-state both years . . . Texarkana Gazette All-Area selection in 1996 and 1997, and area MVP in 1998 . . . Named the district's Most Valuable Setter in 1996 . . . Named to the Academic All-District Team in 1996, 1997 and 1998 . . . Graduated magna cum laude . . . Placed on the 1998 Academic All-Texas team . . . Posted a career .529 attack percentage.

Personal: Born Jan. 31, 1981 . . . Daughter of Roger and Debbie Sheppard.