2012 Soccer Roster
Roster
Shelby Jordan
- Position:
- D
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School/Previous School:
- Univ. School of Jackson
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Tenn.
2014 (JUNIOR)
Started in 15 of the 17 games she appeared in … Ranked third on the team with 1230 minutes played … Played seven complete games, including 106 minutes in an extra-time win over Southern Miss (Aug. 31) … Tallied one goal and one assist for three points on the season … Took a total of 18 shots with eight of them having been on goal … Recorded her lone goal and assist of the season against Arkansas State (Sept. 5) in a 5-0 win … Her goal was the second of the game on a breakaway in the 18th minute … Her assist came in the 64th minute on a pass into the box for a 4-0 lead.
2013 (SOPHOMORE)
Earned a second-straight SEC Academic Honor Roll selection ... Started all 18 games on defense, compiling a team-high 1,611 minutes ... Went the full time in 15 of the team’s games ... Posted one assist on the year, setting up Elisabeth Sullivan’s fourth-minute goal at LSU ... Fired nine shots, putting six on frame ... Posted one assist on the year.
2012 (FRESHMAN)
Started all 20 of State's games, logging a team second-most 1,705 minutes on the back line ... Excelled in the classroom as well, earning SEC First-Year Honor Roll accolades ... Finished her rookie season with a pair of assists for two points ... Put all but one of her shots on frame for an .857 on-goal percentage ... Key member in MSU's defense that went six matches without allowing a goal ... Claimed her first assist on Sasha Vrany's winner vs. SE Louisiana ... Assisted Elisabeth Sullivan's goal against Arkansas.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Three-star recruit from Top Drawer Soccer who began her stellar career as an eighth grader for coach Chris Leonardi at University School of Jackson ... Captained her team to two consecutive state championships her junior and senior seasons, the first state titles ever for the program ... Selected ESPNHS All-State for Tennessee following her final prep season ... Also tabbed USJ's Female Athlete of the Year by the Jackson-Madison County Sports Hall of Fame for the 2011-12 year ... Played forward and defender to begin her career, punching in 19 goals and dishing out five assists her eighth grade season ... Accumulated 38 points (14 goals and 10 assists) her freshman year before increasing those numbers her sophomore year to 59 points (23 goals and 13 assists) ... Moved to the center back position her junior and senior seasons, anchoring a 2011 defense that allowed only 10 goals in 22 games ... Earned back-to-back all-state honors from both the Tennessee High School Coaches Association and Tennessee Sports Writers Association in 2011 and 2010 ... Named all-district and all-region each year of her prep career ... Selected the district co-MVP in 2010 and regional MVP in 2011 ... Also starred in track for USJ ... Named all-state in both track and cross country in 2009 ... Ran the anchor leg of the Lady Bruins' state champion 3,200-meter relay team, pulling her team from third to first ... Won the sectional title in the 1,600-meter run and finished runner-up in the 3200 meters in 2009 ... Was a Wendy's High School Heisman Award winner for USJ in 2011 ... Played for Germantown Soccer Club's Fury from 2004-09 and Collierville Soccer Association's Lobos her final club seasons ... Won the Premier League championship and advanced to the USYS Southern Region quarterfinals with the Lobos in 2011 ... Advanced to the Tennessee state finals with her club squads in 2008, 2010 and 2011 ... Helped the Lobos to the 2011 Disney Showcase title and the CASL championship ... A four-year member of the Tennessee State ODP Team ... Selected to the U.S. Youth Soccer Region III pool in 2011 and 2010 ... Invited to the ODP National Camp in February, 2011.
ACADEMIC
Has been named to the SEC All-Academic Honor roll each semester at Mississippi State…Earned a 4.0 GPA in spring 2015… Member of the university’s President’s List.
PERSONAL
Born Shelby Elizabeth Jordan in Jackson, Tenn., on Jan. 13, 1994 ... The daughter of David and Carilyn Jordan ... Has one brother, Stephen ... Majoring in kinesiology.
