- 2020 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
- 2020 RMAC Player of the Week, March 10
- 2020 NFCA National Player of the Week, Feb. 12
- 2020 RMACÂ Player of the Week, Feb. 11
- 2020 RMACÂ Player of the Week, Feb. 4
- 2019 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2019 All-RMAC second team
Career: Ranks third in MSU Denver in career slugging percentage (.725), sixth in on-base percentage (.462), 12th in batting average (.363), tied for 14th in homers (21) and tied for 20th in RBIs (85).
2020: Was on track for one of the best individual seasons in MSU Denver history before the season ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Led NCAA Division II in RBIs (41), ranked second in RBIs per game (1.7), seventh in homers (eight), eighth in sacrifice flies (three), 25th in slugging percentage (.846) and 26th in home runs per game (0.33). ... Led the RMAC in four of those categories (she was second in slugging and third in sacrifice flies) and was also fifth in the league in on-base percentage (.523),sixth in total bases (55), seventh in walks per game (0.63) and ninth in batting average (.415). ... Led the team in homers, RBIs, slugging and OPS (1.369). ... Third in walks (15) and fourth in runs (18). ... Started all 24 games. ... Went 6 for 9 with one homer and 10 RBIs in final weekend of the season, playing two games each against Regis and New Mexico Highlands on March 7-8. ... Named NFCA National Player of the Week on Feb. 12 after leading MSU Denver to a 5-0 record at the Dixie State Courtyard Classic, batting .500 (7-for-14) with two homers and 12 RBIs. She also drew five walks while compiling a .600 on-base percentage and a .929 slugging percentage for an OPS of 1.529. ...Also named RMAC Player of the Week on Feb. 11 for her efforts at the Dixie State tournament, she won the RMAC’s award the first two weeks of the season. ... In the opening weekend, she led all RMAC players with three homers and 11 RBIs while compiling a .467 batting average (7-for-15), a 1.200 slugging percentage and a .556 slugging percentage. She scored five runs, had two doubles and drew three walks while compiling an OPS of 1.756. She was also named the MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week. ... Launched a clutch, game-tying, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning against then-No. 11 Dixie State on Feb. 29, helping the Roadrunners to a 3-2, eight-inning victory. Had a homer and three RBIs the following day against Black Hills State to complete a four-game pod hitting .400 (4-for-10) with two homers and five RBIs. ... Had 16 RBIs in six-game stretch from Feb. 2 through Feb. 8. ... Started the season with a two-homer, five-RBI game in a 15-7 win over Humboldt State (Calif.) in the first game of a Jan. 31 doubleheader.
2019: All-RMAC second team selection. ... Set MSU Denver's freshman record with 13 homers, which also tied for the 10th-highest single-season total in program history. ... Ranked fifth in the RMAC in homers. ... Also led the team in RBIs (44), slugging percentage (.695), on-base percentage among qualifiers (.442), OPS (1.137) and total bases (107). ... Her 107 total bases was one short of the program record for total bases by a freshman, set by Nancy Kogel in 1988. ... Second on the team in batting average, among qualifiers, at .351 and also second in walks (18). ... Ranked 10th in the RMAC in slugging percentage. ... Posted four games with at least four RBIs and had a two-homer game against Chadron State on Feb. 24. ... Played in 54 games, with 53 starts, primarily as designated hitter, though she also played third base and catcher. ... Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak and a concurrent seven-game RBI streak, batting .450 (9-for-20) with three homers and 10 RBIs. Included was five-game run at the RMAC Tournament in which she batted .467 (7-for-15) with two homers and seven RBIs. ... Set the school's freshman home run record with her 11th, in the second game of an April 27 doubleheader with Regis. ... Hit a ninth-inning go-ahead homer at Colorado School of Mines in the second game of an April 20 doubleheader for a 4-3 victory, capping a 6-for-12 series that included two homers and four RBIs. ... Had a 10-game hitting streak, during which she was 14-for-31 (.452) with four homers and 14 RBIs from April 9 until the second game of an April 26 doubleheader. ... Hit a clutch sixth-inning grand slam for the go-ahead runs in a come-from-behind, 8-5 win over Black Hills State on April 6. ... Clubbed homers against West Texas A&M (March 12) and Colorado Mesa (March 17), while going 6-for-18 (.333) in back-to-back series against nationally-ranked opponents. ... In her first RMAC series against Chadron State, went 7-for-11 (.636) with three doubles, two homers and five RBIs. ... Went 2-for-2 with two homers and four RBIs, and also reached base twice after being hit by pitches, in the second game of a Feb. 24 tripleheader with Chadron State, a 7-6 victory.
High School: Attended Fountain Valley High School…Capped off high school career batting .413 with 31 hits, 11 doubles, seven homers and 30 RBIs during her senior season of 2018 with the Barons…Hit .276 as a junior in 2017...Coached by Rick Aldrich...Varsity player all four years…Listed on the Principal's Honor Roll all four years.
Personal: Born Delaney Sue Sheppard. ... Birthday is Jan. 4. ... Daughter of Matthew and Denise…Has two sisters, Mackenzie and JacLynn…Twin sister JacLynn (JJ) plays first base for MSU Denver.
