TCU’s Conner Shepherd, a member of the 2020 Flying Chanclas de San Antonio, celebrates a home run during the 2021 college season.Conner Shepperd spent parts of 2020 playing in relatively brief seasons for TCU and the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio.
The 6-foot-1 infielder from California started in all 15 games for the Horned Frogs in the covid-shortened 2020 college season.
He headed to San Antonio for the summer 2020 Texas Collegiate League season. Shepherd had four hits and five RBIs in the Flying Chanclas’ first six games of the season. He was later sidelined by an injury after taking a pitch off his hand.
Shepherd earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors at TCU in 2019 – the last full college season.
This season the left-handed hitter is third among the Horned Frogs in batting at .316 with one home run, one triple and three doubles with seven RBIs in 14 games. His home run came in San Antonio at Roadrunner Field against UTSA.
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Conner Shepherd playing third base for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio at Wolff Stadium during the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season.
Former Boerne Champion star Luke Boyers played right field, had a hit and scored a run for TCU against UTSA at Roadrunner Field on March 10, 2021. TCU freshman Luke Boyers got to play close to home last week.
The outfielder from Champion High School in Boerne was in right field when TCU played on the road on Wednesday against UTSA at Roadrunner Field.
Boyers started 15 games so far this season and had at least one hit in 13 of those games. The 5-foot-11 switch-hitter is batting .352 and has walked six times.
At Champion, Boyers earned San Antonio Express News All-Area team honors. He holds Champion school record for career triples (21), RBIs (83), walks (66) and stolen bases (72).
Conner Shepherd hit TCU’s only home run, a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning of a 6-3 victory over UTSA on Wednesday.Lefty-hitting Conner Shepherd drilled TCU’s only home run on a night that felt like it was made for right-handed batters to go deep.
Shepherd’s opposite-field blast down the left-field line in the fourth inning was part of a nine-hit attack by the Horned Frogs in a 6-3 victory over UTSA at Roadrunner Field on Wednesday.
UTSA got home runs by right-handed batters Nick Thornquist and Kyle Bergeron, but had only one other hit in the game. The wind was steadily blowing straight out to left field all night.
TCU is No. 11 in the NCAA rankings and No. 9 by Baseball America.
Shepherd, a senior from California, played for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio during the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season. He started at third base for TCU on Wednesday. He is hitting .294 and Wednesday’s homer was his first of the season.
TCU’s Luke Boyers, a freshman from Boerne Champion High School, walked and scored in the first inning. The Frogs grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first with two hits and a UTSA error. TCU led the rest of the way.
TCU’s Luke Boyers scores in the top of the first inning against UTSA on Wednesday.UTSA’s Kyle Bergeron celebrates with coach Pat Hallmark after hitting a fifth inning home run against TCU on Wednesday.UTSA’s Nick Thornquist celebrates in the dugout after hitting a sixth-inning home run against TCU on Wednesday.
UTSA’s Jonathan Tapia tags out a UT-Arlington runner trying to steal second base on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Roadrunner Field.Jonathan Tapia is a junior at UTSA and has started six of seven games so far this season, hitting .350 and seeing action mostly at second base but also in the outfield.
Tapia played his high school ball not far from UTSA at O’Connor. He played in 44 games as a UTSA freshman in 2018 and 51 games as a sophomore in 2019. He also saw action in 15 of 17 UTSA games in 2020 in the covid-shortened season.
Tapia played in the 2020 Texas Collegiate League, starting the season in Victoria and moving to the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio later in the summer.
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Jonathan Tapia from UTSA and O’Connor High School made his debut with the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio against Texas USA on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020.
UTSA’s Ian Bailey playing against UT-Arlington on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Roadrunner Field.UTSA outfielder Ian Bailey is a grad student who returned to San Antonio after playing at Grambling. He is from Stevens High School.
Bailey has 13 hits and 10 RBIs and has scored nine runs through the Roadrunners’ first two series of the season. He hit home runs in back-to-back road games games against Sam Houston in UTSA’s opening series.
Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday’s seven-inning first game.UTSA exploded for 18 hits including home runs by Chris Shull and Dylan Rock to beat UT-Arlington 16-1 on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series at Roadrunner Field.
Reece Easterling pitched the first six innings for UTSA to earn his first win of the season. He allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts and one walk.
Shull and Rock both homered in the six inning. Joshua Lamb had three hits and four RBIs. Jonathan Tapia had three hits and scored twice.
UTSA won three of the four games over the weekend to run its season record to 5-2.
UTSA’s Dylan Rock (left) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run.UTSA’s Chris Shull (center) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run against UT-Arlington on Sunday at Roadrunner Field.
Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday’s seven-inning first game.UTSA pitchers had a strong day Saturday as the Roadrunner split a doubleheader with UT-Arlington at Roadrunner Field.
UTSA’s Shane Daughety pitched a shutout and Dylan Rock, Ian Bailey and Austin Ochoa had key at-bats as the Roadrunners beat UT-Arlington 3-0 in 7 innings in the first game.
UTSA pitcher Luke Malone allowed one run in the top of the first and held UT-Arlington scoreless for the next six innings after that.UTSA pounded out 16 hits on the way to beating UT-Arlington 14-1 Friday in the Roadrunners’ first home game of the season.
UTSA starting pitcher Luke Malone went seven innings and allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks to get the win.
Roadrunners leadoff batter Griffin Paxton led the offense with three hits, three RBIs and two runs.
UTSA won both of its back-to-back Conference USA games against Southern Miss on Friday and Saturday at the Convocation Center.
After the UTSA men’s basketball team lost five of its first six conference games, Roadrunners coach Steve Henson made the change to a bigger lineup on Friday, inserting Adrian Rodriguez into the starting five.
The Roadrunners responded by beating Southern Miss 70-64. Jhivvan Jackson led UTSA with 25 points, Keaton Wallace had 18, Jacob Germany had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, Eric Parrish had 8 points and Jordan Ivy-Curry had 8.
UTSA finished the sweep with a 78-72 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday. Jackson led UTSA with 24 points. Ivy-Curry had 14 points off the bench. Germany had 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks and Wallace had 12 points.
Jhivvan Jackson recorded 18 points and 4 assists in UTSA’s home-court victory over Sul Ross on Dec. 4, 2020.Jhivvan Jackson is UTSA’s career scoring leader and also holds Roadrunners career records for scoring average, field goals and 3-pointers made.
The 6-foot senior guard from Puerto Rico leads UTSA in scoring this season with 16.3 points per game.
Barring something unexpected, Jackson has nine home games remaining in his UTSA career. UTSA plays North Texas in a Conference USA back-to-back at home at the Convocation Center tonight and tomorrow – Friday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m.
