Andrew Shepard is entering his sixth year as the play-by-play broadcaster for the MACU men's and women's soccer teams in 2025.
Shepard's voice has been an iconic one over the past five seasons for the men's soccer team, providing the play-by-play for MACU's four-straight SAC regular season titles from 2021-24 as well as the SAC Tournament title games in 2020-21, 2021, and 2023. Shepard provided the play-by-play for the first round games of MACU's first ever NAIA Tournament Opening Round on Nov. 17, 2022. Shepard was also the voice for the MACU women's soccer team that captured its first ever SAC Championship during the 2024 campaign.
Shepard’s stint started back in 2006 as a statistician for the 2007 NCCAA Division II National Championship men’s basketball team and PA announcer for the JV men’s & women’s basketball teams. Shepard took over as the PA Announcer for the varsity programs in 2007 and has been actively involved in MACU Athletics until this current day. Shepard’s PA Announcer duties over the last 20 seasons have covered men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, baseball and softball.
Shepard has been the PA Announcer for the many National Championship, SAC Championship and NCCAA Regional Championship teams since 2007. In 2020, Shepard was named the play-by-play announcer for the men’s and women’s soccer teams. In his first season in that role, Shepard had the opportunity to be on the call for the SAC Men's Soccer Championship, which resulted in a MACU winning its second tournament title.
Outside of MACU Athletics, Shepard has been a PA Announcer and Play-by-Play for various athletics at Oklahoma City University and PA Announcer for University of Oklahoma baseball, softball, soccer and volleyball. In 2023, Shepard also performed the PA duties for the OU men's basketball Crimson & Cream Scrimmage as well as the women's basketball's exhibition game against West Texas A&M. He was an MiLB Pitch F/x Operator with SportsMedia Technology for five years (’16-’20) and TrackMan Operator with TrackMan one year (’21) all for the Oklahoma City Dodgers, Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
During the 2023-24 season, Shepard became the PA announcer for the Oklahoma Baptist University men's and women's basketball teams.
Shepard’s experience includes his job as a spotter over the last 10 seasons for NCAA Football radio Play-by-Plays. Some names include: Brian Hanni (Kansas), Tony Caridi (West Virginia), Art Hains (Missouri State), J.D. Byars (South Alabama) and Kevin Eschenfelder (Houston). In June 2021, Shepard accepted an offer as Spotter for Toby Rowland, Voice of the Sooners and the University of Oklahoma Football Radio Crew.
While working seasonally for MACU Athletics the last 20 years, his full-time career has primarily been in non-profit fundraising. He currently works as a development officer for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.
Shepard grew up in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and graduated from Mid-America Christian University in 2010, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Specialized Ministries. He was the first four-year starter for the MACU men's golf program from 2006-2010. Shepard and his wife Emilee reside in Norman, Oklahoma with their daughter, Abigail.
