A starter in the central defense from Roxborough, Tobago, Sheppard owns a 3.95 grade-point average as a pharmacy major. Earlier this month, he was also named to the Atlantic Sun all-conference first team and the Academic All-District 3 first team for the second-consecutive season.

The only Camel to start all 19 games this year, Sheppard led Campbell to the best team goals-against average (1.18) in the Atlantic Sun Conference. He played in 73 career games with 66 starts. Sheppard helped hold Campbell opponents to one, or fewer, goals in 13 contests during the 2006 season. He served as the team captain for the Fighting Camels, who amassed an 11-2-2 record in A-Sun regular season games over the past two years. Campbell finished the 2006 campaign with a 10-7-2 overall record and a 4-1-2 mark in Atlantic Sun play.

In 2005, Sheppard was named third-team All-South Region by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, A-Sun Co-Defensive Player of the Year, first-team all-conference, all-conference tournament, as well as to the Academic All-District 3 first team by CoSIDA.

A President's List student and academic scholarship recipient, Sheppard has played with the Trinidad and Tobago U-17 and U-23 teams. He has won Campbell's Eric Brodin Award for Academic Excellence in each of the last two years. He is a three-time A-Sun All-Academic Team member.

Last June, Sheppard was one of 352 student athletes nationwide selected from 1,319 nominations to attend the 10th annual NCAA Leadership Conference in Lake Bueno Vista, Fla.

Sheppard's selection marks the 14th time that Campbell student-athletes have earned Academic All-America® honors from CoSIDA since 1988. Sheppard is the first Campbell men's soccer player to earn the honor in the 44-year history of the program. Last spring, Michael Priest was selected as a first-team Academic All-American in baseball. CU athletes have gained Academic All-District 3 recognition in each of the last 13 years.

CoSIDA's 1800 members in the United States and Canada nominate players for ESPN The Magazine / Academic All-America® recognition. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average and be a starter or key reserve on his or her team.

CoSIDA members vote on the all-district teams, then a national panel selects the Academic All-America squads. District 3 includes all NCAA Division I schools in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® University Division Men's Soccer Team

Selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)

Campbell University Academic All-Americans (CoSIDA)