Jevohn Shepherd Explained

Jevohn Shepherd
Height Cm:198
Weight Kg:98
League:CEBL
Team:Ottawa Blackjacks
Position:General manager
Career Position:Small forward
Birth Date:8 April 1986
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario
High School:West Hill Collegiate Institute
(Toronto, Ontario)
College:Michigan (2005–2009)
Nationality:Canadian
Career Number:4, 11, 13, 15, 22
Draft Year:2009
Career Start:2009
Career End:2019
Years1:2009–2010
Years2:2010–2011
Years3:2011
Years4:2011–2012
Team4:ZZ Leiden
Years5:2012–2013
Years6:2013–2014
Team6:Fulgor Omegna
Years7:2014–2015
Years8:2015
Years9:2015–2016
Team9:Victoria Libertas Pesaro
Years10:2016–2017
Team10:Spirou Charleroi
Years11:2017–2018
Team11:Elan Chalon
Years12:2018
Team12:SLUC Nancy
Years13:2018–2019
Team13:Paris
Years14:2019
Team14:Lille Métropole BC
Highlights:

Jevohn Shepherd (born April 8, 1986) is a Canadian basketball executive who is the vice-president of basketball operations and general manager for the Ottawa Blackjacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He is a former professional basketball player, playing the majority of his career overseas. Shepherd played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines, and was a longtime member of the Canadian men's national basketball team. He also serves as a color commentator for the Toronto Raptors on TSN 1050.

High school

Shepherd attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and Don Valley Junior High School in Toronto.[1]

College career

Shepherd played for Michigan in the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA Division I from 2005 to 2009. As a senior, he captained the team to a second-round appearance in the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament,[2] the schools first appearance in the tournament in over a decade.

Professional career

After graduating in 2009, Shepherd signed with the Halifax Rainmen of the Premier Basketball League.[3] He averaged 8.5 points per game in eleven games for the Rainmen.

Following the season, Shepherd signed with German second-tier team Giro-Live Ballers Osnabrück.[4] In March 2011 he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt in Germany where he averaged 4.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 15 games.[5]

On July 22, 2011, Shepherd signed for Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[6]

In August 2014, he signed with Basket Barcellona of the Italian second division.[7]

The next season, Shepherd signed with Italian first division side OpenjobMetis Varese for 2015–16.[8]

On August 11, 2016, Shepherd signed with Spirou Charleroi of the Belgian Basketball League.[9]

International career

Shepherd has represented Canada at various levels of competition. He first played with a Canadian squad at the 2005 and 2007 World University Games, helping the team to a surprise bronze medal in the latter competition.[10] He was called to the senior national team for the first time at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.[11] Shepherd concluded his tenure with the Canadian men's national team at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup.

Post-playing career

On November 23, 2020, Shepherd signed as general manager of the Ottawa BlackJacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL).[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shepherd, Brown Remember Basketball Glory Days With West Hill . Scarborough Mirror . August 12, 2011 .
  2. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/27241 Player Profile
  3. http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=GER&PlayerID=78901 Profile
  4. http://www.sportsvision-service.com/?p=1478 Jevohn Shepherd
  5. http://www.deutsche-bank-skyliners.de/10441.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=554&cHash=121121a235 DEUTSCHE BANK SKYLINERS halten Trio und verpflichten Jevohn Shepherd
  6. http://basketball.ca/en/hm/inside.php?sid=1&id=5239 Jevohn Sheperd Signs With Dutch team
  7. http://www.sportando.com/en/italy/a2-gold/132561/barcellona-lands-jevohn-shepherd.html Barcellona lands Jevohn Shepherd
  8. Web site: OpenjobMetis, Ingaggiato Jevohn Shepherd . . 22 July 2015 . PallacanestroVarese.it . 23 July 2015 . Italian . OpenjobMetis, Jevohn Shepherd is recruited.
  9. News: Jevohn Shepherd signs with Spirou Charleroi. Sportando.com. 11 August 2016. 11 August 2016.
  10. http://www.sportsvision-service.com/?p=1478 Jevohn Shepherd
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20100820023503/http://turkey2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwcm/player/p/eid/4728/pid/53474/rid/sid/4728/tid/257/profile.html Profile
  12. News: Jevohn Shepherd to Return as Ottawa BlackJacks General Manager for the 2022 Season . 28 December 2021 . www.theblackjacks.ca . 20 August 2021 . en.