Kent Shepard '20 Recruiting Profile

Academically, I’ve enjoyed being challenged in the classroom and I also like being competitive in the classroom.  To receive my college education is very important to me and my family.

Athletically, I have a blazing passion to participate in sports but my first love is baseball.  I’m a pitcher and first basemen.  My father taught me how to pitch.  When I started in little league at age 4-5, my Dad reminds me that I told him that I wanted to pitch.  So, the next year he became a coach for the league and began teaching me how to pitch.  I’m so fortunate that he schooled me in pitching.  I became so skilled that he didn’t need to coach to ensure that I had the opportunity, my ability spoke for itself.  As my mother says, sports are one of the few areas of life that is fair, you can’t get the position based on your family, networks, or your race.  I enjoy sports as a hobby when I have available time and I work hard at making myself the best on my high school’s basketball and baseball teams.  This preparation will help me to better perform athletically as I pursue baseball at the college level.   Being in sports has also developed my leadership and responsibility skills which I use in my everyday life.

Kent Shepard

4301 Bertrand Lane

Beach Park IL  60099

[email protected]

Education

    Zion Benton Township High School

    GPA: 3.75

    SAT: 1150 (w/ essay)        ACT: 23 (w/o essay)

 Academic Highlights

    ●   National Honor Society (May 2017-Current)

    ●   The National Society of High School Scholars 2019

Athletic Highlights

    ●   Varsity Baseball (Freshman-Senior)

    ●   Varsity Basketball (Freshman-Senior)

    ●   NSC Academic Athletic Conference award for Baseball & Basketball

Community Service Highlights & Recognition

    ●  NICASA Teen Court Juror (June 2018-Current)

    ●  Lake County State’s Attorney’s  Office Youth Advisory Board (May 2017-August 2018)

    ●  2019 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)

    ●  2018 NSC Youth Leadership Award

    ●  College of Lake County Educational Talent Search (TRIO) (2016-Current) 

  Work Experience

    ●   Great Wolf Lodge Resort, Gurnee IL

          Lifeguard Patrol (10-20 hours per week)

          May 2018-Current

References

    ●   Mrs. Christine Petersen Piano Teacher

    ●   Mrs. Reimer, German Teacher

    ●   Mr. Bieda, House League Baseball Coach