Shepherd Rams
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| University | Shepherd University |
| Conference | Mountain East Conference |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | B.J. Pumroy |
| Location | Shepherdstown, WV |
| Varsity teams | 12 |
| Football stadium | Ram Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Butcher Center |
| Baseball stadium | Fairfax Field |
| Soccer stadium | Shepherd Soccer Complex |
| Nickname | Rams |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Website | shepherdrams |
The Shepherd Rams are the athletic teams that represent Shepherd University (formerly Shepherd College), located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Rams compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all 12 varsity sports. Shepherd has been a member of the Mountain East since it split away from the now-defunct West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2013.
Men's sports
Women's sports
The current head coach is Matt McCarty, a 2010 graduate of Shepherd. McCarty was named as the interim head baseball coach in September 2012 and was elevated to head baseball coach in July 2013. He won the MEC and Atlantic Region Baseball Coach of the Year in 2014.
The Ram baseball team has won the Championship in 1983, 1984, 2004, 2009, 2012, and 2016.
The current head coach is Monte Cater, a 1971 graduate of Millikin University. Cater was appointed the program's 12th head coach on February 9, 1987 and served as Shepherd's director of athletics from 1993–2004. Shepherd's all-time winningest football coach, Cater boasts a 235-92–1 (.716) record in 30 seasons as head coach of the Rams, and an overall record of 265–116–2 (.692) in 36 years as a head coach. He has been named the WVIAC/MEC Coach Of The Year 11 times and, as of the end of the 2016 regular season, he is the winningest active head coach in NCAA Division II.
In 1983, Shepherd reached the post-season for the first time in school history, losing to Carson-Newman 42–21 in the first round of the NAIA playoffs.
The Rams again advanced to the playoffs in 1986 and again they lost to Carson-Newman 30–10 in the first round.
In 1991, they advanced and this time they lost to Central State 34–22 in the first round.
Finally in 1992, the Rams earned their first ever post-season win by beating Carson-Newman 6–3. In the next round, however, they lost to Gardner-Webb 22–7.
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