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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 seasons 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 ... Is tied for eighth on school’s career saves list with five and has 18-3 career record. 
 
2025: Put together a12-3 record with two saves, finishing with a 2.15 earned run average and 68 strikeouts 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 earned run average 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