2025 Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
2024 20th Round MLB Draft Pick (590th Overall, Washington Nationals)
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2024 Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team
2024 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Watch List
2024 Preseason All-American Second Team (PG)
2024 Preseason All-SEC First Team
2024 Preseason Second Team All-American (PG)
2023 Freshman All-American - Collegiate Baseball News (2023)
2023 First Team Freshman All-American - D1Baseball.com (2023)
2023 Second Team Freshman All-American - Baseball America (2023)
2023 Second Team Freshman All-American - NCBWA (2023)
2023 Freshman All-SEC Team (2023)
2023 SEC Freshman of the Week (March 6)
2023 National Player of the Week - College Baseball Newspaper (March 6)
2023 Position Player of the Week - SEC Extra (March 6)
2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025 (Junior):
- Started the first 45 games of the season at shortstop before suffering a season-ending injury
- Reached base safely in 44 of 45 games played
- Opened the campaign with a 26-game on-base streak
- Hit .377/.458/.606 with a 1.064 OPS across 175 at bats
- Totaled seven home runs, 19 doubles, 40 runs, 35 RBI and six stolen bases
- Finished second on the team with 23 multi-hit games despite seeing limited action
- Committed just two errors in 124 chances at shortstop for a .984 fielding percentage, performing as one of the top defenders at the position in the country
- Also turned 20 double plays in addition to 74 assists
- Ranked fourth on the roster with 11 multi-RBI performances
- More than cut his strikeout rate in half from the previous season, reducing 14.6% to 11.8% in 2025 after whiffing at a 26.4% clip as a sophomore
- Homered and drove in three runs in the win over Air Force on Feb. 15
- Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs scored vs. Dayton on Feb. 22
- Was 2-for-4 with one double, two runs and one walk against Miami on March 2
- Drove in a season-high four runs while going 2-for-4 with one double in the victory over Harvard on March 7
- Batted 2-for-3 with one homer, three RBI and two walks in the win at Florida State on March 11
- Posted a 3-for-4 night with two RBI, two runs scored and one walk in the victory over Jacksonville on March 18
- Went 3-for-4 with three doubles, a season-high four runs, two RBI and one walk vs. Florida A&M on March 19
- Drilled a three-run homer in the first inning against Georgia on March 21
- Homered and was 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs in the win at Ole Miss on March 28
- Finished 2-for-5 with one homer against Vanderbilt on April 6
- Registered four-straight, two-hit games from April 6 vs. Vanderbilt through April 12 vs. Missouri
- Churned out a 3-for-4 game featuring one double, two runs, one RBI and one walk in the game one win at Mississippi State on April 18
- Slugged his 50th-career home run against North Florida on April 1
2024 (Sophomore):
- Started all 66 games for the Gators at shortstop
- Slashed .254/.374/.551 with a .925 OPS (second on team) across 256 at bats
- Tallied 65 hits, 20 homers, one triple, 14 doubles, 60 runs, 56 RBI and 35 walks
- Totaled at least 20 home runs for the second-straight season
- Made just six errors the entire season at shortstop across 234 defensive chances, finishing with a .974 fielding percentage, 163 assists and 26 double plays
- Led the Gators with six stolen bases in eight attempts
- Ranked second on the team in OBP, slugging, OPS, hits, homers, doubles, runs, RBI and walks
- Collected two hits including a home run and double while going 2-for-4 in his Gators debut against St John’s in the season opener on Feb. 16
- Went 2-for-4 with one homer, three RBI and one run in the win over Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 28
- Blasted two home runs, drove in four and scored twice in a 2-for-5 day as the Gators clinched the series vs. Miami on March 3
- Delivered another two-homer game highlighted by a walk-off, three-run bomb in the 10th inning while going 3-for-6 with a season-high five RBI and two runs in the win over Saint Mary’s on March 8
- Posted three hits featuring a homer and double, finishing 3-for-5 with three runs and one RBI in the series-opening victory against Texas A&M on March 15
- Recorded his third multi-homer game of the season, going 3-for-5 with two homers, four RBI and two runs scored in the series-clinching win at LSU on March 24
- Notched his fourth multi-homer game of the year with two homers, five RBI (tied for season high) and three runs en route to a 3-for-6 day at Missouri on April 7
- Smoked two doubles and went 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBI and two steals in the victory vs. South Carolina on April 14
- Cranked a pair of long balls for his team-leading fifth multi-home game of the campaign while going 2-for-5 with four RBI, two runs scored and two walks (one intentional) vs. Kentucky on May 10
- Went 1-for-2 with four runs scored, three walks and one double in the series-clinching win at Georgia on May 18
- Homered in back-to-back wins at the Stillwater Super Regional against Nebraska and Oklahoma State on June 2, finishing 3-for-4 with four RBI in game one and 1-for-3 with three RBI in the nightcap
- Knocked in three runs while going 2-for-7 with a stolen base as the Gators defeated Clemson on June 9 to advance to the College World Series
- Turned in a 2-for-4 performance featuring one double, two runs, one RBI, one walk and one stolen base in the victory over Kentucky at the College World Series on June 19
- Finished tied-for-second on the team in multi-hit games (19) and tied-for-fourth with 13 multi-RBI contests
ALABAMA:
- Named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
- Garnered first team Freshman All-America honors from D1Baseball.com
- Tabbed a second team freshman All-American by both Baseball America and the NCBWA
- Earned a spot on the Freshman All-SEC Team
- Selected as a Midseason First Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game USA
- Set the Alabama freshman single-season home run record with 25, a total that tied for the third-most in Crimson Tide single-season history
- Tied Charlie Condon of Georgia for the SEC single-season freshman home run record
- Led the Crimson Tide while tying for second in the SEC and seventh nationally in homers
- Finished tops on UA in slugging percentage at .729 to rank sixth in the conference
- Batted .300 (61-203) with 10 doubles and one triple to go with the 25 home runs
- Also contributed 51 RBI and 49 runs scored while adding 33 walks and 10 hit-by-pitch
- Set the Alabama freshman single-season home run record with his 16th homer of the season while adding a double, one run and a team-high four RBI against Samford on April 25
- Led the Tide hitters with a monster series against UIC, batting .462 (6-13) with five home runs - including two grand slams - to go with a team-high 11 RBI and five runs scored
- His efforts against the Flames, combined with a midweek against Jacksonville State, earned him SEC Freshman of the Week recognition while also being named SEC Extra's Player of the Week and one of CBN's National Players of the Week on March 6
- Started all three games of the Richmond series at third base for his first collegiate action, totaling one hit, two RBI, three runs scored, two walks and two HBPs
- Recorded six two-homer games (March 3-4 vs. UIC, March 7 at Samford, April 22 at Missouri, May 12 at Texas A&M, June 11 vs. Wake Forest)
- Hit a home run in four straight games from March 3-7, including grand slams in back-to-back contests from March 4-5
- Got aboard in 19 straight games from April 11-May 19
- Reached base safely in the first 12 games of his collegiate career
- Put together a season-best 10-game hitting streak from Feb. 19-March 7, batting .441 (15-34) with a double, nine home runs, 19 RBI, 13 runs scored, five walks and a hit-by-pitch over that stretch
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BLOOMINGDALE HS:
- The No. 2 shortstop and No. 13 player overall from the talent-rich state of Florida according to Prep Baseball Report
- Also tabbed the nation's No. 76 recruit and 21st-ranked prospect at his position by PBR
- Listed as the No. 83 player on Perfect Game's 'Top 500 Incoming Freshmen' list for 2022-23
- Earned first team all-conference honors as both a junior and senior
- Named first team All-313 Preps following his junior campaign
- Helped Bloomingdale to the Florida Class 6A state title in 2021
- Batted .405 with seven doubles, a triple and five home runs across 27 games as a junior
- Added 24 RBI and 22 runs scored to go with 18 walks and 10 stolen bases in 2021
- Played in eight games during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, batting .440 with nine RBI and seven runs scored
- Posted four doubles and three home runs along with 18 RBI and 11 runs in 25 games as a freshman
- A multi-sport athlete who also competed in swimming at Bloomingdale
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PERSONAL:
- Son of Eric and Bonnie Shelton
- Has two sisters, Kiley and Karley, the former of which plays collegiate softball at Colgate
- Father played baseball collegiately at UNC-Charlotte
- Mother played softball collegiately at UNC-Charlotte where she earned a spot in the New York State Hall of Fame for her efforts on the diamond
- Majoring in finance at the University of Florida
UF SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, 10 times, last at Mississippi State, April 18, 2025
Doubles: 3, vs. Florida A&M, March 19, 2025
Home Runs: 2, five times
Total Bases: 9, two times
RBI: 5, two times
Runs Scored: 4, two times, last vs. Florida A&M, March 19, 2025
Walks: 3, two times
Struck out: 4, at Clemson, June 9, 2024
Sacrifice Flies: 1, four times, last vs. Air Force, February 15, 2025
At bats: 7, at Clemson, June 9, 2024
Stolen bases: 2, two times, last vs. Dayton, February 21, 2025
Putouts: 4, two times, last vs. Florida State, April 8, 2025
Assists: 5, six times, last at Tennessee, March 15, 2025
