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- ↑ "Metros sign Rutgers alum Dustin Sheppard; Diop cut", MetroFanatic.com, July 19, 2012. Accessed November 26, 2019. "Sheppard, a native of Belle Mead, NJ who also starred at Hillsborough HS, collected 56 total points (21 goals, 14 assists) over his four-year career at Rutgers, helping to lead the team to the NCAA Sweet 16 this past season."
- ↑ "Metros sign Rutgers alum Dustin Sheppard; Diop cut". MetroFanatic. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
