David L. Sheppard is the most prolific runner in Blue Hen track and field history, winning more conference titles than any athlete in any sport at Delaware. A native of New Castle, DE (William Penn HS) and a 1990 University of Delaware honors graduate with a degree in accounting, Sheppard specialized in the sprint and middle distance events and was nearly unbeatable, capturing 14 East Coast Conference individual and relay titles, including nine outdoors and five indoors in 1986-90. A team captain for head coach Jim Fischer, Sheppard was named the ECC championship meet Outstanding Performer an unprecedented three times and set seven school records, including still standing marks in the 400 meters both indoors (47.98) and outdoors (47.02). A member of the state's Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame (2001), he earned CoSIDA District II All-Academic honors as a senior in 1990 and twice was named the ECC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for his sport. He also earned All-East honors for IC4A Top 10 finishes four times during his career, placing fifth in the 400 meters and sixth in the 200 meters at the 1990 outdoor meet and placing seventh in the 400 meters in 1989 and ninth in the 400 meters in 1990 indoors He now resides in Suwanee, GA and is the owner of Techsoll, a computer software consulting firm. He and his wife, Susan, have two children.
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