Matthew Sheldon

| YHS | c/o 2025 | 6’1 230 | Football RB/LB |All-Conference | All-State |

[Matthew Sheldon @Msheldon29]

Senior Season
South Dakota 11AA
All-American
Elite 45
All-Conference
All-State
Academic All-State

Defensive stats
56.5 tackles 1.5 sacks
287 Career tackles #2 in YHS History
2 int 1 Def TD

Offensive stats
57 carries 365 yards 5TD

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[Gavin Johnson @GavinJohnson_22]

Excited to continue my academic and athletic career at Mount Marty University! I want to thank God, my family, coaches, and teammates for believing in me on this journey!
#MountUp #Godfirst

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🏅ALL STATE AWARDS🏅

Congratulations to @Msheldon29 and @mark_kathol on their 1st Team All-State selection, Tate Beste and Beck Ryken on their 2nd Team All-State selection, and @feez_07 and @GavinJohnson_22 on their All-State honorable mention!!

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🏅ALL STATE NOMINATIONS🏅

Congratulations to Tate Beste, Beck Ryken, Gavin Johnson (@GavinJohnson_22), Easton Feser (@feez_07), Mark Kathol (@mark_kathol), and Matthew Sheldon (@Msheldon29) on their fantastic seasons and All-State nominations!! Way to go boys!!

[James D. Cimburek @JCimburek]

.@YBABaseball Mark Kathol and Matthew Sheldon, and a few other area athletes, will play in the South Dakota American Legion All-Star baseball games, which are set for Monday in Brandon.

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[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

Post 12 ends their historic season with a 30-13 record, a state runner up trophy, a central plains regional birth for the first time in program history, and a central plains regional win!

Way to go boys; you make Yankton and YBA proud!!⚾️⚾️⚾️

[Gavin Johnson @GavinJohnson_22]

Yankton Post 12 vs West Fargo
Central Plains Regional
- Base hit
@UBAuncommitted
@BUncommitted

[Gavin Johnson @GavinJohnson_22]

Yankton Post 12 vs Elkhorn North
Central Plains Regional
2-3, RBI
@BUncommitted
@UBAuncommitted
@PBDakotas

[Central Plains Regional Championship @CentralPlains25]

FINAL - @YBABaseball 7, Elkhorn North 2

Here’s what @Msheldon29 had to say after going 4-for-4 with a home run in the elimination-game victory on the #RoadToShelby

#ALWS25 ⚾️

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨CENTRAL PLAINS REGIONAL WIN🚨

Post 12 takes down Elkhorn North 7-2! Fan of the game is bus driver Michele!!

@Msheldon29 4-4, HR, 2B, RBI
@GavinJohnson_22 2-3, RBI
Tate Beste 2-3, 2RBI
@mark_kathol gets the win!!

This win puts Post 12 in the top 48 teams in the nation!!

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

📍FARGO BOUND📍

Post 12 made it to Fargo around 1:30 today and they are getting ready for the opening round game of the Central Plains Regional tomorrow night at 7pm. We also picked up a hitchhiker on the way (Coach Krier).

Special thanks to Valley Bus for the ride! Let’s go!!

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🥈RUNNERS UP🥈

Yankton Post 12 Legion takes runner up at the state tournament and qualifies for the Central Plains Regional Tournament in Fargo! This is YBA/Post 12s first birth in the Central Plains Regional!! Legion will face Fargo Post 400 on Wednesday at 7pm! Go POST 12!!⚾️

[Gavin Johnson @GavinJohnson_22]

State baseball Yankton vs Renner
- Runner caught stealing at 2nd
@PBDakotas
@BUncommitted
@UBAuncommitted

[Gavin Johnson @GavinJohnson_22]

State baseball Yankton vs Pierre
- Runner caught stealing at 2nd
@PBDakotas
@UBAuncommitted
@BUncommitted

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨STATE BOUND🚨

Post 12 Legion punches their ticket to the state tournament in Watertown defeating Sturgis 12-0! Way to go boys!!⚾️⚾️⚾️

@SamGokie 2-4
@Msheldon29 3-4, 2 2B, 6RBI
@SerckEvan 2-4
Beck Ryken (W) 5.0IP, H, 3Ks

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨POST 12 SWEEP🚨

#3 Post 12 sweeps #5 Renner 9-8, 6-5!

Game 1:
@feez_07 3-4, 2B, 3RBI
@GavinJohnson_22 2-3, 2RBI
Boston Frick (W) 6.1IP, 3ER, 8Ks

Game 2:
@SerckEvan 2-3, RBI
@GavinJohnson_22 1-3, 2B, RBI
@kael_garry (W) 5IP, 2H, 6Ks

Way to go Post 12!!⚾️⚾️⚾️

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨WALKOFF WINNER🚨

@GavinJohnson_22 walks us off and your #4 Post 12 defeats #3 Sioux Falls East 4-3 in 11 innings!!

@Msheldon29 2-3
@feez_07 2-6, 2RBI
@mark_kathol 8IP, ER, 3Ks
Tate Beste (W) 3IP, 3H, K

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨POST 12 SWEEP🚨

Post 12 sweeps Aberdeen 9-4 and 7-4.

Game 1: @Msheldon29, Owen Wishon, @feez_07, Tate Beste, and @SerckEvan with 2 hits; @mark_kathol gets the W on the bump!

Game 2: Beck Ryken, @GavinJohnson_22, and @feez_07 with 2 hits; Boston Frick gets the W on the bump!

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

✨KYLE MUELLER SCHOLARSHIP✨

Along with the Lewis and Clark Classic in Memory of Kyle Mueller, the Kyle Mueller scholarship is awarded to a senior who mirrors who Kyle was on and off the field. Congratulations to the 2025 Kyle Mueller Scholarship recipient, Matthew Sheldon!!

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨🚨LEWIS AND CLARK CLASSIC CHAMPS🚨🚨

Post 12 explodes for 13 runs on 14 hits to defeat Sioux Falls East 13-5 and capture the Lewis and Clark Classic in Memory of Kyle Mueller Championship! A great weekend of baseball!!

Way to go Post 12!⚾️⚾️⚾️

[Yankton Baseball @YBABaseball]

🚨POST 12 SWEEP🚨

Post 12 takes down Hartington and Ashland today 13-1, 6-2.

Game 1:
@Msheldon29 2-2, 2B
Owen Wishon 1-3, 2RBI; 4IP, 2H, 9Ks (win)
@feez_07 1-2, HR, 3RBI

Game 2
@Msheldon29 2-4, RBI
@GavinJohnson_22 1-4, 2RBI
Trey Sager 1-3, 2B
Boston Frick 5.2IP, 5H, 2Ks