GENERAL: Brings veteran leadership to the infield... hits for power and average... solid defensively.
2010: Started 47 of 48 appearances...finished third on the team with 52 RBI and 16 doubles... recorded 56 hits, scored 28 runs and blasted six home runs... hit .326 with a .523 slugging percentage and .408 on-base percentage... led Manhattan with 16 multi-RBI games and had 17 multi-hit games... tied a career-high with four RBI in a win over Iona (5/14)... hit .329 with 23 RBI, seven doubles and three home runs, playing in all 24 MAAC games... named MAAC Player of the Week on March 2 after batting .500 with four RBI and three doubles in three starts at #10 Miami... posted a .995 fielding percentage... Preseason All-MAAC selection.
2009: All-MAAC Second Team selection... started all 53 games at first base... hit .349 on the year and .382 in MAAC games... launched seven home runs, including a solo blast in a MAAC Tournament victory over Rider (5/21)... finished with 13 doubles, two triples and 47 RBI... led team with a .987 fielding percentage... posted a .531 slugging percentage and .418 on-base percentage... registered 24 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI contests... set career-highs with four RBI in victory over BYU (2/21) and three 4-hit performances against Siena (3/27, 3/38) and Albany (4/29)... tallied an eight game hit streak during the regular-season... scored 47 runs and stole one base... had 111 total bases... walked 13 times... played summer ball with the Amsterdam Mohawks of the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) and helped guide the squad to the 2009 Championship... hit .300 and recorded over 50-hits, 30-runs and 30-RBI for Amsterdam... went 4-for-8 and scored two runs in the championship series sweep of Hornell Dodgers.
2008: Started 35 of 44 appearances... recorded 33 hits, including three doubles and two home runs... drove in 24 RBI and recorded a .996 fielding percentage... registered eight multi-hit and six multi-RBI games... made collegiate debut in a start at Charlotte (2/23)... first career-hit was a two-run home run at Charlotte (2/24)... went 2-for-4 with a season-high four RBI at South Alabama (3/1)... was 3-for-5 from the plate, including a home run and drove in three RBI vs. Albany (3/12)... bat 3-for-5 with two RBI at Rider (3/21)... was perfect 3-for-3 from the plate at Rider (3/21) in second game of doubleheader... was 2-for-4 with two RBI at Canisius (4/26).
BEFORE MANHATTAN: Named First Team All-Dade County and Second Team All-State as a senior at Gulliver Prep... led team to Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) State Championship game and was selected to play in the Miami Dade All-Star Game... posted a .350 batting average with five home runs and 27 RBI as a junior... led Dade County in RBI as a sophomore... rated as the 144th best prospect for the class of 2007 and 49th best prospect in the state of Florida by Baseball America... selected to Gulliver Prep Honor Roll.
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance... the son of Alan and Loretta Sheffield... chose Manhattan over Wake Forest, TCU, and College of Charleston.
