University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2026: Started 14 games … Worked 66 innings and had 46 strikeouts … Went 4-3 on the year with a 4.36 ERA … Second-team all-PBC selection … NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 5 … NCBWA Region Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 3 … PBC Pitcher of the Week and Freshman of the Week on Feb. 2 … Tossed a no-hitter, striking out five while walking just one in the 10-0 victory over Mars Hill … Tallied three strikeouts against E&H … Tallied five strikeouts in four innings in the victory over the Knights … Struck out three in 3.1 innings in the victory over MGSU … Worked 6.2 innings and had six strikeouts to get the win over CSU … Pitched seven innings and had four strikeouts against GSW … Threw 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts in the victory over USCB … Tossed two scoreless innings in the victory over Claflin … Threw five innings and had two strikeouts at Lander … Worked 2.2 frames and had a strikeout in the victory over the Jaguars … Went 2.2 innings and had two strikeouts at GCSU … Worked four shutout innings and had three strikeouts in the victory over UNG … Went five innings and had four strikeouts against CSU in the PBC Tournament. 

High School: Attended Trion H.S. … Two-time first-team all-region selection … Garnered all-state honors as a senior … Region Player of the Year his senior campaign … Region Pitcher of the Year his junior season … Sported a 1.3 ERA in 54 innings pitched with 101 strikeouts as a senior … Accounted for 75 strikeouts in 48 innings of work with a 1.5 ERA his junior campaign.

Personal: Ben Shepherd was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. … Son of Alan Shepherd … Has two older sisters, Whitney and Lindsey, who played softball collegiately … Majoring in sport and exercise science.