LCSC men’s basketball adds 6-7 forward Shepard

05-07-08

LEWISTON, Idaho – Greg Shepard, a 6-foot-7 forward from Sunset High School in Portland, Ore., has signed a letter-of-intent to play for the Lewis-Clark State College men’s basketball team next season, the Warrior coaching staff has announced. 

Shepard, who weighs 200 pounds, averaged roughly 12 points and seven rebounds a game last season for Sunset, which wound up finishing third in the Oregon State Tournament with a 25-5 record. Shepard helped Sunset win the Metro League title outright, marking the first time that someone other than Jesuit High won the title outright in nearly a decade. 

Shepard earned second-team all-Metro League honors and was named his team’s Most Inspirational Player. 

He played his three previous seasons at Westview High, also in Portland, where his team finished fifth at state both his sophomore and junior seasons. Shepard started as a sophomore, but was injured his junior season. At state both seasons, his team played against Kevin Love, who was a standout freshman at UCLA this past season. 

Shepard, who also plays for an AAU team, participated in football his freshman year. 

He said he feels his knowledge of the game is perhaps his strength, and that he is also an unselfish player who has a fairly good all-around game. 

Shepard said he chose LCSC because of how well he got along with the coaching staff and team during a recruiting visit. 

“The coaching staff made me feel welcome,” Shepard said. “They are great people, it’s a great campus, and my future teammates are really cool. They really made me feel welcome.” 

Shepard said he plans to major in Business Administration at LCSC.

LCSC is coming off a 22-10 season and won both the Frontier Conference regular season and tournament titles for the second straight season, the first time it has been accomplished since LCSC joined the league in 1999. The Warriors lose six seniors from the squad, including conference MVP Mike Gordy.