Texas State Athletics

Accolades

• 2024 Lou Groza Watch List
• 2023 All-Sun Belt First Team
• 2023 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist

2024 (Redshirt junior)
Lou Groza Award Watch List... Played in all 13 games... Finished the 2024 season with 98 total points, which is sixth in program history… tied his record for most field goals in a single season (15)… finished second on the most field goals attempted in a season list (19)… made the longest field goal in TXST history (60 yards, also an SBC record)… attempted 55 PATs during the season (4^th in program history) and made 53 PATs during the season (4^th in program history)

TXST Career
Holds the record for field goal percentage (88.6) ... ranked fifth all time in PAT kicks attempted (114), PAT kick percentage (97.4), PAT kicks made (111) and field goals made (31) … sits eighth all time in field goals attempted (35) and total points scored.

2023 (Redshirt sophomore)
All-Sun Belt First Team ... Phil Steele All-Sun Belt First Team ... Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... All-Texas Second Team by Dave Campbell's Texas Football ... Played in all 13 games … Set the school record for field goals made in a season with 15 … One of 2 kickers in the country to have a 100 percent field goal percentage … 15-of-15 FG … Longest field goal: 47 yards … 58-of-59 extra-points … 103 points scored, which was second-most in school history and most since David Morrison scored 114 points in 1967 … 19 kickoffs … Took on kickoff duties in the final 2 games of the season … Had 2 field goals made in the first 5 games of the season before making at least one field goal in each of the last 8 games … Season-high for field goals in a game was 3 (vs. Louisiana on Oct. 7 and vs. ULM on Oct. 14) … 6-of-6 on FGs of 20-29 yards … 5-of-5 on FGs of 30-39 yards … 4-of-4 on FGs of 40-49 yards … Had a solo tackle in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs. Rice on Dec. 26 on a kickoff.

2022 (Redshirt freshman)
Played in all 12 games, primarily as the kickoff specialist … 1-for-1 in field goal attempts, with his lone make – a 54-yarder – setting a new school record on Sept. 10 vs. FIU … The 54-yard make occurred with 3:55 left in the second quarter and broke a 10-year-old record held by Will Johnson (Dec. 1, 2012 vs. New Mexico State) … 53 kickoffs with 18 touchbacks … Averaged 57.9 yards per kickoff (3,068 total kickoff yards).

2021 (Freshman)
Redshirt ... Did not play in any games.

PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE
Oklahoma State (2020)
Did not play in any games in the 2020 season ... Made two fields goals in the 2021 Oklahoma State spring game, with a long of 48 yards...transferred to Texas State following spring semester. 

High School
A 2020 graduate of Liberty Hill...played for coach Jefferson Walker...kicked off 23 times as a senior with 10 touchbacks...scored 66 points his final season, going 6-for-8 on field-goal attempts with a long of 45 yards...20 of his 40 kickoffs as a junior resulted in touchbacks...Trained with his brother at Chris Sailer Kicking...was a talented soccer player who earned a role in the starting lineup beginning his sophomore season.

Personal
Born in Plano, Texas...son of Chris and Carol Shipley ... his twin brother, Matthew, kicks for Hawai’i ... older brother, Michael kicked at West Texas A&M.