Graham Sheppard Hometown: Midlothian, Va. High School: Clover Hill Height: 6-4 Position: Volunteer Assistant Coach

2007: Saw action in all 22 matches, playing in 80 games... Led the team in total digs and digs per game... Recorded a receiving percentage of .971... First-Team EIVA All-East... Named to the VaSID Academic All-State Team... 16th in the nation and seventh in the EIVA in digs per game with an average of 2.29... Had a team-high eight digs against Ball State on Jan. 19... Had a match-high nine digs against St. Francis (Pa.) on Jan. 26... Had a team-high six digs against Lees McRae on Jan. 27... Led the team with 10 digs against East Stroudsburg on Jan. 31... Had a team-high 12 digs against No. 7 Penn State on Feb. 10... Registered a match-high 18 digs against Juniata on Feb. 15, tying a career-high... Recorded a match-high 10 digs against Rutgers-Newark at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 24... Led the team with 13 digs against NJIT at The Golden Dome Classic on Feb. 25... Led the team with 12 digs against No. 7 Ohio State on March 4... Tied for the team lead with nine digs against No. 15 Ball State on March 23... Had seven digs against NYU on March 30... Had seven digs against Juniata on March 31... Tied for the team lead with six digs against Rutgers-Newark on April 6... Recorded eight digs against Princeton on April 14... Tied for the team lead with seven digs against East Stroudsburg in the quarterfinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 21... Led the team with 12 digs against St. Francis (Pa.) in the semifinal round of the EIVA Championship Tournament on April 26... Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll during the fall semester.

2006: Appeared in 90 games and in 27 of George Mason's 28 matches during the season... Finished second on the team in digs with 138... Averaged 1.53 digs per game... Recorded a season-high 17 digs in a four-game victory at St. Francis (Pa.) on April 1... The 17 digs were the third-highest single-match total in school history during the rally-scoring era... He also has the second-highest single-match total in school history during the rally-scoring era... Had 12 digs in a four-game win against the University of California, San Diego on March 15... Ranks third all-time at Mason during the rally-scoring era in career digs with 451, trailing leader Brad Kniewel by 134 digs heading into his senior season... Led the team with a receiving percentage of .956, with only 23 receiving errors in 524 attempts... Named First-Team EIVA All-East.

2005: Led the Patriots in digs with 178, pacing the team for the second straight season... The 178 digs are the second-most in a single-season at Mason during the rally-scoring era... Led the team in digs 15 times, more than half of the team's matches... One of three players to appear in all 29 matches and played in 104 of 106 games, second-most on the team... Recorded double-figure digs six times on the season with Mason producing a 4-2 record in those games... Had a season-high 13 digs in EIVA Tournament win over St. Francis University... Ran career total to 313 digs... Halfway through his career, on pace to break the school's career record for digs in the rally-scoring era (585)... Appeared at outside hitter in four games, twice recording six kills... Had six kills and one error on eight attacks at Mount Olive on Feb. 19, 2005... Had six kills and hit .500 against St. Francis in the season's first match.

2004: Played in 83 of 90 games and 24 of 25 matches... The team's starting libero for the final 15 games of the season... Led the team in digs, with 135, and digs per game, with 1.63... Had a career-high 18 digs against Juniata, the second-most in a single-match in the school's rally-scoring era... Had five straight matches with eight or more digs and 10 times had seven or more digs in a match... Had a season-high eight kills against Springfield in the season's sixth match... Finished season third on the team in assists, with 29.

Prep: Graduated from Clover Hill High School in 2003... Played volleyball four years, earning three varsity letters... Earned first team Virginia All-State honors junior year and senior year... His team won the state championships junior year... Also played club volleyball five years.

Personal: Born Feb. 3, 1985... Parents are Shaun and Sue Sheppard... Has one older sister, Lindi (22), who played women's volleyball for two years at NC State before transferring to VCU... He was also recruited by Ball State... Majoring in information technology... Enjoys playing computer games and sailing in his free time.

CAREER STATISTICS
YR	GP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
2004	83	35	31	113	.035	29	3	135	5	9	14
2005	104	20	7	47	.277	23	0	178	0	3	3
2006	90	7	2	20	.250	13	0	138	0	2	2
2007	80	2	0	4	.500	7	0	183	0	0	0
Totals	357	64	40	184	.130	72	3	634	5	14	19
SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS
KILLS: 8, at Springfield, 2/14/04
TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 18, vs. Mount Olive, 3/25/05
HITTING PERCENTAGE: .625 (6K/1E/8A), at Mount Olive, 2/19/05
ASSISTS: 3, four times, last vs. Lees-McRae, 1/14/06
ACES: 1, three times, last vs. Quincy, 2/16/04
DIGS: 18, twice, last at Juniata, 2/15/07
BLOCK SOLOS: 2, vs. Findlay, 2/7/04
BLOCK ASSISTS: 3, vs. Loyola-Chicago, 2/6/04
TOTAL BLOCKS: 4, vs. Findlay, 2/7/04