University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2023:

• Named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award for the second time in his career after also making the list in 2021.
• Earned All-Mountain West honorable mention.
• Converted 14-of-18 field goal attempts (77.8 percent), including 3-of-4 from 50+ yards.
• Kicked two-game winning field goals as time expired vs. New Mexico State and Colorado State, the latter which was a career-long 51-yarder.
• One of four kickers nationally to make multiple game-winning field goals this year
• One of five FBS kickers to make multiple 50-yard field goals in a game this year after connecting on a pair of 50-plus yarders at Nevada.
• Became the first UH player to convert two 50-yard field goals in the same game.
• One of five MW kickers since 1996 to make multiple 50-yard FGs in a game.
• A perfect 9-for-9 on field goal attempts from 40 yards and in.
• Also the team's punter, averaging 39.5 yards per attempt.
• Finished his UH career ranked second in field goal percentage (.767), third in field goals made (56), fourth in points (293) and fourth in total punts (175).

• Appeared in all 13 games starting at both kicker and punter.
• Led the team in scoring (75 points).
• Converted 80 percent of his field goal attempts (16-of-20).
• Was perfect (10-of-10) on attempts inside 30 yards. 
• Tied a career-long with a 49-yard field goal against Utah State.
• Nailed four field goals of 40 yards or longer.
• Made all but one of his 28 PATs.
• Averaged 40.7 yards on 63 punts.
• Tallied nine punts of 50+ yards, including a career-long 63 yarder against Wyoming. 
• Recorded 19 punts inside the 20 yard line. 
• Had an 18-yard rush for a first down on a fake punt against Nevada. 

2021:

• A semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award given to the nation’s best placekicker
• Played in all 13 games, handling both place-kicking and punting duties.
• Led team in points scored with 96. 
• Made 18-of-21 field attempts on the year.
• Converted on all 42 of his extra point attempts.
• Recorded a career-long 49-yard field goal against Utah State.
• Set a career-high with three field goals made versus Colorado State.
• Averaged 41.5 yards on 55 punts for the season.
• Had eight punts of 50-plus yards and 15 that landed inside the 20.
• Earned his first Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week award after averaging 49.3 yards per punt and tallying eight points in UH’s season-finale at Wyoming.
• Booted a career-long 54-yard punt in that win over the Cowboys. 

2020:

• Handled all placekicking and the majority of kickoff duties for UH.
• Finished the year 8-of-14 (57.1%) on field goals.
• Went 6-of-7 on attempts under 40 yards.
• Nailed a season-long 44-yard field goal in win over UNLV.
• Converted all 26 of his PAT attempts.
• Took over kickoff duties in the final seven games of the year.
• Recorded 16 touchbacks on 33 kickoffs.
• Earned academic all-MW honors.

• A 2020 graduate of Liberty Hill High School in Texas.
• Handled both place kicking and punting duties for a squad that won back-to-back district titles and a 2019 regional championship.
• A two-time all-district kicker.
• Ranked the No. 7 kicker nationally by Chris Sailer Kicking.
• Longest field goal in a game was 45 yards.
• Averaged 55.3 yards per kickoff with 31 going for touchbacks.
• Invited to the All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.
• Also earned all-state honors in soccer.
• An academic all-state selection.

• Born in Plano, Texas.
• Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
• Has two brothers.
• Twin brother, Mason, kicks for Texas State.
• Older brother Michael kicked at West Texas A&M.
• Parents are Chris and Carol Shipley of Liberty Hill, Texas.