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Jersey Number 8
Zach Shipley
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 178
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Shelbyville, Ky.
- High School:
- Shelby County HS
2016
2015
2014
2013
High School
Personal
- Appeared in all eleven games with four starts
- Had 30 tackles with 17 solo
- Had one interception for five yards against Tennessee State
- Recorded one pass breakup and one quarterback hit
2015
- Moved to defense and played in 11 games.
- Had 12 tackles on the year.
- Totaled career-high four stops against Eastern Illinois.
- Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
- OVC Medal of Honor Recipient.
2014
- Played in all 12 games on the year.
- Had seven catches for 86 yards with a long of 27.
- Had two rushes for 33 yards.
- Became the punter half-way through the season and finishes with 595 yards on 16 punts for an average of 37.2 yards per punt.
- Had a long punt of 56 yards at Eastern Kentucky.
- Placed six punts inside of the 20-yard line.
2013
- Red-shirted during the 2013 season.
High School
- Four-year letterwinner for head coach Todd Shipley at Shelby County High School.
- Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a quarterback after leading the Rockets to the district championship as a senior.
- Garnered second-team all-state honors as a defensive back his junior season.
- Two-time first-team all-district selection as a quarterback and defensive back.
- Earned second team honors his sophomore year.
- State champion in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior.
Personal
- Full name is Zachary Preston Shipley.
- Born Jan 25, 1995
- Son of Todd and Michelle Shipley.
- Has one sister, Kelsi.
- Father played football at Georgetown College.
- Plans to major in health & physical education.
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Casey Brockman
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Danny Alfeldt
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Alexa Becker
Tuesday, January 20
2025 Murray State Hall of Fame Inductee Ivan Roe
Tuesday, January 20
