Career Honors:
- 2023 All-Patriot League Second Team (SP)
- 2023 Academic All-Patriot League
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 Academic All-Patriot League
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 Preseason All-Patriot League
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Career Highs:
Innings Pitched: 6.2 IP, vs. Marist (3/11/22)
Strikeouts: 8, three times, MR: vs. Lafayette (3/30/24)
Longest Outing w/1 Hit: 5.0 IP, at Army (4/27/24)
Longest Outing w/o Walk: 6.1 IP, at Army (4/3/23)
2024 (Senior)
-Posted a 5.53 ERA in 13 appearances, earning 12 starts and finishing with a 3-5 record
- Tossed 53.2 innings, tallying one complete game
- Paced the team and finished sixth in the Patriot League with 60 strikeouts
- Led league starters with a .200 batting average against
- Led the league with 10.06 strikeouts per nine innings and 6.37 hits per nine innings
- Earned opening-day start on Feb. 16, holding Elon to two runs over five innings while striking out six
- Tossed first complete game on March 16, going six innings at Bucknell and tallying five strikeouts
- Matched season high with six innings against Lafayette on March 30, earning the winning decision and striking out a season-high eight batters
- Went five shutouts innings at Army on April 27, holding the Black Knights to one hit while punching out five batters
- Posted a five-inning, six-strikeout start in the Patriot League semifinals against Holy Cross, limiting the Crusaders to one run on two hits
- Selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team
- Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- Named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team
2023 (Junior)
- Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team as a starting pitcher
- Started 12 games with a 5-4 record on the mound, posting a 3.83 ERA that ranked seventh in the Patriot League and a 1.24 WHIP that was third-best in the league
- Logged the second-most innings on the team (56.1) and the fifth-best opposing batting average in the league (.242)
- Led Navy and ranked fourth in the Patriot League with 58 strikeouts compared to 19 walks
- Posted six-or-more strikeouts in five of his first eight starts, including back-to-back eight-strikeout outings
- Opened the season with a 4.2-inning start at UNCW (Feb. 18), allowing two unearned runs on five hits
- Limited Air Force to one run on three hits in five innings on Feb. 25, matching a then-career high with six strikeouts and earning his first win of the season while helping Navy clinch the Freedom Classic
- Racked up a then-career-high seven strikeouts in just four innings against Bucknell on March 18
- Collected a career-high eight strikeouts against Lafayette on March 26 in four innings
- Matched that eight-strikeout total in his next start on April 2 at Army, posting a season-long 6.1-inning, one-run outing
- Tossed a one-run, two-hit gem at Lafayette on April 16, striking out seven to earn the winning decision
- Ended the regular season with a scoreless four innings against Elon (May 7), holding the opposition to just three hits while punching out four
- Selected to the Academic All-Patriot League Team for the first time
- Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors
- Named to the 2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2022 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Made a team-high 11 starts on the mound as a member of the Navy weekend rotation
- Posted a 5.51 ERA and a 3-2 record over a career-high 49 innings pitched … Struck out 34 batters while walking just 16, along with allowing a .296 batting average against
- Allowed two earned runs or fewer in six of his 11 starts
- Tallied a career-best six strikeouts against Marist (3/11) over 6.2 innings of work
- Pitched 5.2 shutout innings against Army (4/24) in the final game of the 2022 Star Series, in addition to striking out a pair of batters
- Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2021 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Shirah made one start in his eight appearances as a freshman
- Posted eight strikeouts in 14 innings of work
- Finished the year with an 0-1 record of a 7.07 ERA
- He tossed a season-best three innings on April 25 against Holy Cross where he allowed an unearned run on three hits and also struck out a career-high three hitters
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
High School
- Lettered in each of his four seasons at Fannin County
- Helped guide Fannin County to a record of 26-9 in 2018 en route the AAA Region Championship and state quarterfinals
- Made the state playoffs in each of his four seasons in high school in Class AAA
- Two-time First Team All-Region selection and a 2019 All-State honoree
- Won the Top Scholar Award on the baseball team in 2018, 2019 and 2020
- Named 2019 Defensive Player of the Year
Personal
- Son of Cliff and Julie
- Graduated as high school’s class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society and was the Community Service Chairman
- TEAMS member and national qualifier in 2019
- On the Academic Team that finished first in the region and 15th in the state
- Played baseball with Tennessee Wesleyan’s Chandler Kendall, Reinhardt’s Gabe Buchanan and Blake Rogers and Cleveland State CC’s Hunter Gray
- His brother, Will, played baseball at Georgia Tech
- Named to the Naval Academy's Superintendent's List and Commandant's List four times each.
