THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

A West Point, Miss., native, Harry Shelton was a three-year starter on UNA baseball teams from 1984-86 who was drafted and went on to play six seasons of minor league baseball before embarking on a 30-year career as a Major League Baseball scout.

As a player, his 10 triples in the 1986 season still stand as a school record and his 15 career triples ranks second best in school history. His 75 career stolen bases in 86 attempts ranks seventh in school history. His 58 games played in 1985 are tied for a school record. He was also an Iron Man at UNA, as his 162 consecutive games played from 1984-86 set a school record. 

He was 160 of 489 for his career for a .327 batting average with 135 runs scored and 125 runs batted in. He had 23 career doubles, 15 triples and 14 home runs for a .521 career slugging percentage. Shelton also walked 71 times and was hit-by-pitch twice for a career .414 on base percentage. He hit .364 as a sophomore and .345 as a junior.

He was voted first-team All-Gulf South Conference in 1986, was a GSC All-Division selection in 1985 and 1986 and was second-team ABCA All-South Region in 1985. He was selected GSC Player of the Week for April 8, 1986. He helped lead UNA to a 28-24-1 record in 1984, which was the school's first winning season in five years. That record included winning the first Gulf South Conference Baseball Championship in school history and the first-ever NCAA Division II Playoff appearance. The Lions followed with an incredible 46-11-1 record in 1985 that included a second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. Shelton was a key figure in the 1985 UNA team setting an NCAA Division II record with 260 stolen bases in a season.  UNA went 34-16-1 in 1986, giving the Lions a combined 108-51-3 record during his three seasons in the program. 

While at UNA, he was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. 

He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft, becoming just the third Lion-ever at that time to be drafted. He spent four years in the Cubs' organization (1986-89). In 1990 he played for the Miami Miracle in the Florida State League and he played for Salinas in the California League in 1991. 

In 1992, he became a scout for the Baltimore Orioles and served in that role until 2004. He then spent 14 years with the Major League Scouting Bureau. The MLSB is a centralized scouting resource that operates under the auspices of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball. MLSB efforts supplement the independent, proprietary amateur and professional scouting operations of the 30 Major League Baseball clubs. During his time with MLB Scouting he did a lot of international scouting and work to help promote baseball in Europe. 

In 2018, he moved to Katy, Texas and became a scout with the New York Mets. 

He is married to the former Andrea Smith and they have a son and a daughter.