2005 Baseball Roster
Roster
Shelby Ford
- Position:
- INF
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Fort Worth, Texas
- High School:
- Southwest HS
Career Honors
• 2005 Ben Wallace Award Watch List
• 2005 Third-team Preseason All-American (NCBWA)
• 2004 Freshman All-American (CB & BA)
• 2004 Second-team All C-USA
• 2004 C-USA All-Freshman Team
• 2004 NCAA Austin All-Regional Team
• 2004 SW Diamond Classic All-Tournament Team
2004 Summer League:
Played for the Coppell Copperheads... appeared in only 13 games for the Copperheads, starting 12... earned a spot on the Texas Collegiate League all-star team... batted .375 in the wood-bat league.
2004 (Freshman):
Earned Freshman all-American honors from Baseball America and Louisville Slugger... named to the Conference USA all-Freshmen Team... was also selected as a second Frogs... start- ed 47 games at third, 14 at short and two as the designated hitter... finished the season with a .301 batting average... led the Frogs and ranked fifth in C-USA with 16 home runs... finished second on the team with 56 RBI... second on the team with 66 runs scored and 18 hit-by-pitch... had 23 multi-hit games and 12 multiple-RBI games... hit safely in 46 of 64 contests... reached base in 60 games, including the first 28 of the season... stole six bases in eight attempts... third on the team with 28 bases on balls... was lights out with a runner on third and less than two outs, hitting .667 (10-15) in that situation... hit .299 in Conference USA action... tied for the team lead with 31 RBIs in C-USA games... had hit streaks of eight (twice) and nine games... collected first collegiate hit against Dallas Baptist on Feb. 5... first career home run was a three-run shot against the Patriots on Feb. 7... had an outstanding Southwest Diamond Classic, hitting .583 (7-for-12) with eight runs scored, earning all-Tournament team honors... hit the game-winning home run against Texas Tech on Feb. 27... drove in a career-high six runs with two home runs against the Red Raiders on Feb. 29... drove in four runs with his second-multiple home run game on March 8 against Houston... scored a career-high four runs against Memphis on March 20... had back-to-back three-RBI games against Southern Miss (April 4) and Cincinnati (April 9)... saw season-long nine-game hit streak during which he hit .419 (13-31) come to an end on April 3... hit the game-winning home run against USF in extra innings on April 17... had third multi-home run game against Louisville on April 30... had seven hits and drove in five runs in the Conference USA Tournament... named to the NCAA Austin Regional Tournament team as he hit .384 (5-13) in three games... 10 of his 16 home runs came with runners on... team was 8-5 when he hit a home run.
Southwest High School:
As a freshman at Southwest Christian School he earned Freshman of the Year honors... also named Fort Worth Star-Telegram Freshman of the Year... was an all-district shortstop each of his four years of high school... earned all-state honorable mention as a freshman... named first-team all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior... named Co-District MVP as a sophomore... named Newcomer of the Year as a junior at Southwest High School... named offensive MVP his junior and senior year... named first-team all- Metroplex as a senior... played in the THSBCA all-star game as a senior... named to the all-Tarrant County first team... owns high school records for hits, doubles, triples, RBI, runs scored, hit by pitches and home runs.
Personal:
Full name is Shelby Michael Ford... he is the only son of Paula and Mike Ford... born December 15, 1984... major is undecided.
