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2026 Softball Roster

11 Shelby Beard

  • Position Pitcher
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Dickson
  • Hometown Dickson, Okla.

Biography

Junior veteran ready to play major role on the pitching staff this season ... Has gained plenty of big-game experience the past two years and is easily UCO’s most experienced hurler ... Right-hander with good control who is set to be one of the main starters ... Has shown great improvement during her career and will keep getting better ... Owns 18-3 career record with a paltry 1.81 earned run average and ranks eighth on the school’s all-time saves list with five.  
 
2025: Put together a 12-3 record with two saves and a 2.15 ERA ... Struck out 68 and walked just 24 in 71.2 innings ... Pitched in 19 games with 12 starts and threw five complete games ... Tossed six-hit shutout with five strikeouts and no walks in 5-0 win over Southeastern Oklahoma ... Gave up just three hits and one run in key 2-1 victory over league rival Pittsburg State ... Also had complete-game wins over Wayne State, Southern Nazarene and Missouri S&T ... Fanned five-plus batters in seven outings, including career-high 11 against S&T ... Picked up saves against Rogers State and Northwestern Oklahoma. 

2024: Appeared in 24 games with three starts, finishing 6-0 with three saves -- tied for 10th on UCO’s single-season list -- and a paltry 1.38 ERA … Earned all six wins in relief, with five of those coming against MIAA opponents … Picked up both wins in doubleheader sweep of Nebraska-Kearney, allowing just one hit and two unearned runs in 6.1 innings … Threw season-high five innings in no-decision start against Fort Hays State and in winning relief against Northwest Missouri … Struck out four batters and gave up two hits in 3.2 innings to earn win against Missouri Western … Fanned 40 and walked just 16 in 56 innings.

High School: Enjoyed stellar career at Dickson High School, capped by selection to All-State team as a senior … Finished with 0.58 ERA her final season while also batting.540 with 10 home runs and 43 runs batted in to earn District 4A-3 Player of the Year honors. 

Personal: Accounting major … Names the Kansas City Chiefs as her top team … Lists Cody Johnson as her favorite musician … Birthdate is June 13, 2005.


 

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2024Freshman

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2025Sophomore

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2026Junior

    Pitcher
    5'9"
    11