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NAME:
Robert Shepherd
SCHOOL:
Mason
SPORT(S): Wrestling
GRADUATING YEAR: 2010
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: Winning Ohio state
championship and being accepted to Princeton
BIRTHDATE: 5-8-91
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5’7”-150 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Mason
PARENTS: Robert & Christina
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: Grandfather Ron
Corradini
FUTURE GOAL: Become NCAA wrestling champ
and be an astronaut
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: One of Cincinnati’s top wrestlers is Mason
team captain Robert Shepherd, GMC Wrestler of the Year who is the reigning
Southwest Ohio district champ and Ohio Div. I state champ in the 135 lb.
class. He is wrestling in the 140 lb. class in this, his senior year. Robert
is only the 3rd wrestling state champ in Mason school history. He finished
his sophomore year 38-5 and followed up last year with a 35-3 record. In his
great career, he has a school-record 127 Ws and counting. An interesting
note: Robert's first wrestling coach was his grandfather, Ron Corradini, who
is in the SWOWCA Hall of Fame. Robert has earned many honors, including
being named 1st team all-Ohio and 1st team all-city his junior year. Active
in community service, Robert is a great student (4.3 GPA), and was also
named to the Ohio All-Academic team. Robert will wrestle at Princeton
University next year. His most-like-to-meet is Neil Armstrong.
COACH’S QUOTE -- “Robert's goal setting, determination,
work ethic and ability to focus both in the classroom and on the wrestling mat
makes him an outstanding student athlete.” – Craig Murnan,
Wrestling Coach
To view last year's MVPs, go
here.
To view the 2007-2008 MVPs, go
here.
To view the 2006-2007 MVPs, go
here.
To view the 2005-2006 MVPs, go
here.
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