2012 (Junior)
Made 22 appearances with six starts... Finished season with a 3-3 record... Owned a 5.23 ERA in 62.0 IP with 45 strikeouts and 23 walks... Limited opponents to a .281 batting average... Didn't allow a run in first three appearances of the season -- totaled 12.0 IP over first three outings... Picked up win in relief against Tulane after allowing just one hit and one walk with three punchouts in 5.2 innings... Kept Sam Houston State off of the scoreboard with five shutout innings... Struckout five Bearkat batters and scattered five hits... Picked up second win of season at Tulane with four scoreless innings of relief... First start of the season came at Middle Tennessee and he tossed a complete game shutout... Registered five strikeouts and scattered six hits in the 102-pitch outing... Tossed one scoreless inning in regular season finale at UL-Lafayette.
2011 (Sophomore)
Made 20 appearances on the season with 19 coming out of the bullpen -
both the second most on the team... Sported a 4.83 ERA with 36 strikeouts and
54 innings of work... Held opponents to a .280 batting average... Posted a
2.6 K/BB ratio... Finished the season 2-2 with one save... In Sun Belt games,
made nine relief appearances and posted a 5.40 ERA with 17 strikeouts and seven walks
in 25 innings... In his lone start, went 8.0 innings, struck out six, walked
one and allowed five runs in a victory over Mississippi Valley State... Struck
out five in 4.2 innings against South Alabama after being forced into the game
due to an ejection... Earned a save in his first outing, a 1.2 inning
performance against Texas-San Antonio... Picked up his second win of the
season after allowing one run on five hits in 4.2 innings at McNeese State... Allowed just one hit and no runs in 5.0 innings in his final outing of the
season against UL-Lafayette... Finished the year with a 1.39 WHIP.
Prep
A three-time selection to the all-district and all-Northeast Louisiana baseball
teams... Named all-state as a junior and senior... Went 10-1 on the mound as
a senior and racked up 30 career victories over three seasons... Helped lead
WMHS to the Louisiana State Championship Game as a junior... West Monroe won
the district championship his junior and senior seasons... Also a two-time
all-district quarterback in football... Named academic all-state as a senior... West Monroe won the 2005 Louisiana State Championship (football).
Personal
Full
name is Shelby Esters Aulds IV... Born July 24, 1989, in Monroe, La... Son
of Buddy and Susan Aulds... Has two sisters, Heather and Mallory... Father, Buddy, played baseball at Louisiana Tech... Majoring in accounting.
