Personal
- Parents are Matt Shafer & Angela Heindel
- Major: Pre-Business
- Father, Matt, played baseball at Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa)
Before BYU
- College of Southern Idaho (2021-23)
- Career stats include: batting .297 in 107 games played (and started), 350 AB, 86 runs on 104 hits with 21 home runs and 103 RBI to go along with 76 PO and .859 FLD%
- Two-time All-Region Third Baseman
- Named to All-Scenic West Athletic Conference First Team (2021)
- Timberline High School
- Three-time Academic All-State selection
- Also recruited by Oregon, Oregon State, Purdue, Illinois State and Utah Valley