CAREER STATISTICS
CAREER: A change-of-pace right-handed pitcher who appeared in 30 career games, including one start as a freshman … Played a key relief role for the Bulldogs, coming in for extended relief or for one critical out during a game ... A master of forcing the ground ball in key situations and exceled when keeping the ball low in the strike zone ... Also served as a pinch runner.
2014: A bullpen option who nearly tripled her production from her 2013 season and became a viable reliever ... Appeared in 12 games and did not record a decision, but threw 15.1 innings and was a part of three shutouts ... Fanned three and walked five ... Helped close the door in victories, posting a 2.10 ERA and two strikeouts in 6.2 innings thrown during MSU wins ... Got off to a strong start with a 2.33 ERA in February ... Equaled 2013 innings total with two frames tossed against Northern Kentucky (Feb. 8) ... Allowed just two hits and struck out one versus the Norse ... Tossed one inning against Central Arkansas (Feb. 19) and retired the first three batters she faced before yielding a walk and hit during her second inning in the circle ... Entered first Southeastern Conference contest in game one of doubleheader at No. 15 Georgia (March 15) since April 1, 2012, against Alabama ... Threw the third inning at Memphis (March 18) and retired all three batters faced ... Recorded first SEC strikeout since 2011, fanning No. 21 Auburn’s Tiffany Howard looking with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth inning in series opener (March 21) ... Threw a perfect fifth inning against Southeastern Louisiana (March 25) ... Tossed two frames at No. 4 Tennessee (April 19), limiting the Lady Vols to one run and only two hits ... Recorded one out in games two and three against Arkansas (April 26-27) ... Kept Mississippi State in game two at No. 25 LSU (May 2) with a career-high four-and-two-thirds innings of relief.
2013: Tallied two appearances in the circle and totaled two innings pitched ... Posted a 3.50 earned-run average and struck out two batters ... Made season debut at the College of Charleston (March 14) in the second game of the doubleheader and tossed one inning, allowing one run on one hit and one walk while fanning one ... Recorded last appearance versus Middle Tennessee State (April 22), and allowed one hit and struck out one ... MSU won both games in which she appeared.
2012: Appeared in eight games, including a scoreless inning to preserve a shutout against Louisiana Tech (March 2) ... Posted a 5.73 earned-run average in 3.2 innings, down from her freshman year ERA of 6.42 ... Scored a run as a pinch runner in the season-opening win at South Alabama (Feb. 9) ... Made a relief appearance in a 6-3 win at Samford (Feb. 14) ... Closed out the win at Jackson State (Feb. 29) with a career-high-tying two strikeouts in an inning of scoreless relief ... Pitched an inning in the second win versus Columbia (March 3) during the Bulldog Classic ... Recorded an out in the second game of a doubleheader versus No. 3 Florida (March 7) ... Tallied one out in a scoreless appearance against No. 11 Tennessee in the series opener (March 23) ... Registered an appearance against No. 2 Alabama in the final game of the series (April 1) ... Appeared as a pinch runner in the Senior Day doubleheader sweep versus Tennessee Tech (April 28).
2011: Saw first collegiate action in the Bulldog Round-Robin championship game against Southern Illinois (Feb. 20), striking out one and not allowing a run in an inning of work ... Worked two innings of relief in game two against South Carolina (March 9), giving up a run and three hits while striking out two ... Tossed a season-high 3.1 innings against Florida State (March 12) en route to first collegiate victory ... Drew first start of career in the second game at Florida (March 16).
PRE-COLLEGE: Standout pitcher for Jennifer Brown at Vestavia Hills High School ... Led the Lady Rebels to three state tournament appearances ... Eclipsed the 100-career win mark as a senior, leading VHHS to a fifth-straight area championship and the regional tournament ... Ranked in the top 20 in state history with 105 victories and 827 innings pitched ... Vestavia Hills’ 2010 Female Athlete of the Year ... The Birmingham News’ Top Pitcher for the South and Hoover areas entering 2010 ... Won 31 games as a sophomore, earning 6A All-State honors from the Alabama Sportswriters Association ... An Alabama All-State Tournament honoree after guiding the 2008 Lady Rebels to a third-place finish at the state tournament ... Multiple-time MVP of the area tournament and an All-Metro Team selection ... Named Over the Mountain All-Area four times ... Went 27-4 with 178 strikeouts and a 0.94 earned-run average in 2007 to guide VHHS to a state sixth-most 64 wins, a fifth-place state finish and top-25 national ranking ... The 2007 squad also won 35-straight games, tied at the time for fourth in Alabama annals ... Pitched Vestavia Hills to area and regional championships and a runner-up finish at the state tournament in her inaugural varsity season ... Played travel softball for her father’s Skyhawks Elite team with former Bulldog Jessica Cooley ... Helped the Skyhawks to an ASA National Tournament appearance, an NSA championship and a second-place finish in the Florida World Series ... Paced the 2008 Skyhawks to a second-place finish at the state tournament after the team took seventh at the Colorado Fireworks tournament ... Also hurled the team to an appearance at the USSSA National Tournament.
PERSONAL: Born Shana Marie Sherrod on Oct. 23, 1991, in Homewood, Ala. ... Daughter of Blake and Cindy Sherrod ... Has four siblings: Matthew, Nikki, Quint and Cristen ... Majored in elementary education ... Enjoys playing Call of Duty with former teammate Jessica Cooley.
