UNA 2025: Appeared in 29 games with 22 starts for the Lions ... Batted .210 with 17 hits and 15 RBI's ... Slugged .383 and had an on base percentage of .333 ... Hit for four home runs and plated seven runs ... Hit the walk-off double to secure the win against Belmont, 5-4, at the historic Rickwood Field.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2023-24: Played in 54 games and made 52 starts… Made 31 starts in right field, 18 at first base and three as the designated hitter… Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team… Batted .217 and slugged .429 with 41 hits, 11 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 26 RBIs… Recorded 30 runs scored, 14 walks, 81 total bases and a .287 on-base percentage… Reached base safely in eight straight contests at one point… Recorded eight multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances… Committed seven errors in 219 chances for a .968 fielding percentage… Credited with eight assists and 204 putouts… Batted .194 and slugged .378 with 19 hits, six doubles, four home runs and eight RBIs over 28 games played in Horizon League action… Played in 43 games and made 32 starts in right field… Batted .226 and slugged .492 with nine doubles, eight home runs and 21 RBIs… Recorded 26 runs scored, seven walks, 61 total bases, a .299 on-base percentage and one stolen base in one attempt… Put together a six-game hitting streak from May 12 to May 19… Reached base safely in eight straight contests at one point… Recorded nine multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI performances… Committed three errors in 79 chances for a .962 fielding percentage… Credited with two assists and 74 putouts… Batted .301 and slugged .658 with eight doubles, six home runs and 17 RBIs over 23 games played and 19 starts in Horizon League play.
KELLOGG CC 2021-22: Spent two seasons at Kellogg Community College under Coach Eric Laskovy… Played in two games as a freshman in 2021… Batted .347 and slugged .620 with 16 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 50 RBIs over 46 games played as a sophomore in 2022… Recorded 34 runs scored, 20 walks, a .425 on-base percentage, 93 total bases and eight stolen bases… Named MCCAA Honorable Mention All-Western Conference.
OAKLAND 2020: Did not see action in any games as a freshman in 2020.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Belleville high school in Belleville, Mich., under head coach Matt Davenport ... Pitcher and shortstop for the Tigers ... Led the Tigers to a 2018 Conference Championship ... Holds the single game strikeout record (16) ... Lettered in basketball and cross country.
PERSONAL: Birthday is August 9 ... Full name is Richard Josiah Sherwood ... Son of Richard and Genine Sherwood ... has one sibling ... Sister, Katelyn, lettered in basketball at Wayne State University. BATS RIGHT, THROWS RIGHT.
STATS AT NORTH ALABAMA
Year Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HP SO SB
2025 .210 29-22 81 7 17 2 0 4 15 12 3 33 0-0
Career .210 29-22 81 7 17 2 0 4 15 12 3 33 0-0
