The 6-foot-3, 175-pound senior was the state’s top finisher at the Nike XC Town Twilight Invitational this past season, where he took third overall, and the Cabell Midland XC Festival, where he placed second. Sheets was one of only Kentucky prep boys to qualify for the national NXN Final by way of his fourth-place finish at NXN Southeast, which earned him First Team All-Region recognition. He crossed the line second at the Class 2A state meet last fall, helping the Colonels to the team title. Also the 2022-23 Gatorade Kentucky Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, he clocked the state’s fastest 5K in 2024 and ranked No. 90 in the national Dyestat 100.
Sheets has maintained a weighted 4.41 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run at the University of Virginia this fall.
The student body president at his school, Sheets is a member of the Marian Sodality Club, the Drug Free Club, the Colonels for Christ Club, the Srodowisko Club and the Spirit Club. He has volunteered locally on behalf of the BeConcerned Canned Food Drive, Family Promise of NKY, the DCCH Foster Program, the Steinford Toy Drive and Western Kentucky Tornado Relief. An active member of his St. Thomas Parish community, he has also donated his time to the St. Agnes School.
