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Jersey Number 14
Mjracle Sheppard
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kent, Wash.
- High School:
- Montverde Academy
- Pronunciation:
- Miracle
Bio
CAREER HONORS
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30, 2024)
2024 SEC Community Service Team
2024 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 | FRESHMAN
Sheppard was one of four players and the only freshman to appear in all 35 games with one start … Averaged 5.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 17.8 minutes per game … Selected to the 2024 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll … Only freshman in the conference to be named to the 2024 SEC Community Service Team … Earned SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30) honors after totaling 12 points, six steals, five assists, four rebounds on 6-9 from the field in 27 minutes against No. 9/9 LSU (Jan. 29) … Ranked second among SEC freshman with 48 steals and third with 72 assists … Her 48 steals were second on the team; she recorded three-plus steals in six games and led the team in steals in eight games … Led the team in assists in six games, blocks in two and minutes in one … Finished with 10-plus points in three games … Played 20-plus minutes in 12 games, including a career-high 27 minutes in consecutive outings against No. 9/9 LSU (Jan. 29) and at Kentucky (Feb. 4) … Finished with a career-high seven steals – six in the first half, in addition to eight points, career-high nine assists and five rebounds in 26 minutes against Kennesaw State (Dec. 11) … The seven steals against Kennesaw State tied the seventh-most in a single game in program history … Made her first collegiate start against Jacksonville State (Nov. 12), finishing with a career-high 14 points, four assists and two steals.
HIGH SCHOOL
From Kent, Wash., Sheppard prepped at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla. after starting at Eastside Catholic in Sammamish, Wash … Rated a four-star recruit, 86th-overall ranked prospect, second-ranked player in Washington and eighth-ranked in Florida by espnW HoopGurlz … Earned a 2022 MaxPreps National Championship with Montverde Academy … First high-school signee for Sam Purcell after becoming a head coach.
PERSONAL
Pronounced miracle, the unique spelling of Sheppard’s first name with a J instead of an I is because of her three-day difficult birth that led to her mom to label her a "miracle birth" and commemorate her arrival with the name and change in spelling … Sponsors a little-league basketball team back home in Washington.
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30, 2024)
2024 SEC Community Service Team
2024 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 | FRESHMAN
Sheppard was one of four players and the only freshman to appear in all 35 games with one start … Averaged 5.0 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 17.8 minutes per game … Selected to the 2024 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll … Only freshman in the conference to be named to the 2024 SEC Community Service Team … Earned SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Jan. 30) honors after totaling 12 points, six steals, five assists, four rebounds on 6-9 from the field in 27 minutes against No. 9/9 LSU (Jan. 29) … Ranked second among SEC freshman with 48 steals and third with 72 assists … Her 48 steals were second on the team; she recorded three-plus steals in six games and led the team in steals in eight games … Led the team in assists in six games, blocks in two and minutes in one … Finished with 10-plus points in three games … Played 20-plus minutes in 12 games, including a career-high 27 minutes in consecutive outings against No. 9/9 LSU (Jan. 29) and at Kentucky (Feb. 4) … Finished with a career-high seven steals – six in the first half, in addition to eight points, career-high nine assists and five rebounds in 26 minutes against Kennesaw State (Dec. 11) … The seven steals against Kennesaw State tied the seventh-most in a single game in program history … Made her first collegiate start against Jacksonville State (Nov. 12), finishing with a career-high 14 points, four assists and two steals.
HIGH SCHOOL
From Kent, Wash., Sheppard prepped at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla. after starting at Eastside Catholic in Sammamish, Wash … Rated a four-star recruit, 86th-overall ranked prospect, second-ranked player in Washington and eighth-ranked in Florida by espnW HoopGurlz … Earned a 2022 MaxPreps National Championship with Montverde Academy … First high-school signee for Sam Purcell after becoming a head coach.
PERSONAL
Pronounced miracle, the unique spelling of Sheppard’s first name with a J instead of an I is because of her three-day difficult birth that led to her mom to label her a "miracle birth" and commemorate her arrival with the name and change in spelling … Sponsors a little-league basketball team back home in Washington.
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