Averie Sheppard
	Class: Junior Hometown: Florham Park, N.J. High School: Hanover Park Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints/Hurdles

2011-12: Indoor: Took fifth in the 60 meter hurdles at the Fordham Season Opener in 9.3 seconds (12/2)... Tied for second in the 60 meter hurdles (9.4) at the Christmas Classic (12/9)... Was fourth in the 60 meter hurdles (9.60) and second in the 60 meter dash (8.24) at the Rutgers Invitational (1/7)... Placed tenth in the 400 meter dash at the Yale Invitational in 59.49 seconds (1/14)... Tied for eighth in the 400 meter dash (58.47) at the Metropolitan Championships (1/27)... Finished 26th in the 400 meter dash at the Valentine's Day Classic in 58.08 seconds (2/10)... Helped the 4x400 relay team break the school record at the Millrose Games, posting a time of 3:49.05 (2/11)... Competed in the 400 meters (59.38), 60 meter hurdles (9.55), and the 4x400 relay (5th place) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/18)... Member of the 4x400 relay team at the ECAC Championship that placed 23rd in 3:53.38 (3/4). Outdoor: Placed seventh in the 100 meter hurdles (15.48) and tenth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:06.96) at the UVa Team Swashbuckle (3/24)... Member of the 4x200 (1:42.85) and 4x400 (3:47.59) relay teams that broke school records at the Colonial Relays, while also taking 14th in the 100 meter hurdles (15.33) (4/7)... Took sixth in the 100 meter hurdles (15.20) at the Metropolitan Championship, while also helping the 4x400 and 4x100 relays to a third and fifth place finish, respectively (4/14)... Member of the 4x400 relay team that broke the school record for the second time, clocking in at 3:46.38 to finish fourth overall at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21)... Member of the 4x400 relay that finished 36th at the Penn Relays, as well as the sprint medley relay that placed 25th in the championship division (4/28)... Helped the Rams score in both the 4x100 (8th) and 4x400 (3rd) relays, which included a school record time of 3:43.53 in the 4x400 relay (5/6)... Member of the 4x400 relay team that finished 15th at the ECAC Championship in 3:47.42 (5/13).

2010-11: Indoor: Finished second in the 400 meters (1:01.6) and in the 60 meter hurdles (9.3) at the Fordham Season Opener (12/3)... Placed seventh in the 400 meters (1:00.33), third in the 60 meter hurdles (9.47), and fourth in the 4x400 relay (4:01.66) at the Metropolitan Coaches Invitational (1/7)... Helped the 4x400 relay team take third in 3:59.22 at the Yale Invitational (1/15)... Had a sixth place finish in the 4x400 relay at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 3:55.06 (2/19)... Placed 16th in the 400 meters at the Armory Collegiate Challenge in 59.39 seconds (2/25). Outdoor: Member of the 4x100 relay that broke the school record at Penn Relays in 48.74 seconds (4/28)... Member of the school record 4x400 relay set at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 3:47.81, which qualified for the ECAC Championship (5/8)....Placed third in the 100 meter hurdles (15.74), sixth in the 400 meter hurdles (1:13.45), and first as a member of the 4x100 relay (49.29) at the Battleground Relays (3/18)... Was fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (15.29) and 10th in the 400 meter hurdles (1:08.85) at the Rutgers Invitational (4/9)... Placed eighth in the 100 meter hurdles (15.48) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/16)... Placed 40th as a part of the Rams' 4x400 relay team at Penn Relays in 3:51.63 (4/28)... Was fifth in the 100 meter hurdles at the Yale Springtime Invitational in 15.53 seconds, and 10th in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:10.12 (5/1)... Took 12th in the 100 meter hurdles at the Atlantic 10 Championship in 15.46 seconds (5/8).

Before Fordham: Three-sport athlete at Hanover Park High School, participating in cross country, track, and soccer... Two-year captain and two-time MVP for the track team... Earned All-County honors four times, as well as All-Area and All-Conference accolades... County Champion in the 200 and 400 meters and the 100 and 400 hurdles... Was also a Conference and State Sectional Champion at Hanover Park... Member of the National Honor Society and the high honor roll.

Major: Psychology.