Mcgwire Shepherd's Cornhole Biography

Trey Burchfield

I am ACL Pro Trey Burchfield from the Mid-East Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League.

Derek Fateiger

I am ACL Pro Derek Fateiger from the Carolina Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. When I was in high school me and my step dad heard about a cornhole league close by. We thought we were good and it sounded fun. Turns out we weren't very good. Me being competitive pushed me to get better and here we are 10 years later.

Maya Cupp

I am ACL Pro Maya Cupp from the Great Lakes Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the ACL. Summer 2016 when my husband and pro partner, Donald Cupp, built our cornhole boards, we start playing in our backyards with corn filled bags just for fun. In 2017, a friend invited us to a big cornhole tournament and we played in a social division. We did not win and everybody was good (we did not know cornhole been existing here 12 years ago and its a big thing here in Michigan). We then joined in a social cornhole league where we took 3rd. One time while playing cornhole I saw great players playing on ESPN. I was amazed how these player played. I told to my self "oh my God, I am going to play on TV one day". I keep playing as much as I can. I lost a lot but I just kept going and the rest history. To everybody reading this, keep playing be nice to new players encourage them and never give up on yourself. Thank you.

Bob Vonch

I am ACL Pro Bob Vonch from the Mid-South Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League. Started as backyard pitching. I went and watched a pro tournament and got hooked.

Andrew Clark

I am ACL Pro Andrew Clark from the Mountain North Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the American Cornhole League. Cornhole for me began on Camping trips where we would run mini tournaments and I wasn’t sure what I was doing. I quickly picked it up after finishing playing college baseball as I needed something to feed my competitive side of me. After playing competitively for almost 2 years, I decided to get my pro card and test my skills against the best.

Matthew Creekkiller

I am Matthew Creekkiller, ACL Pro from the Southwest Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League. My sister brought her husbands cornhole boards over on my birthday, got hooked and haven’t stopped playing!

Eric Zocklein

I am ACL Pro Eric Zocklein from the Mid-South Conference and this is my story of how I became a professional cornhole player for the ACL.

Like many, I started in the backyard with friends. I was beating them in horseshoes so they pulled out the game cornhole. I enjoyed the game so much that I bought my own set and practiced a lot until I started beating them at that also.

Matthew Sorrells

I am Matthew Sorrells aka Short Shorts ACL Pro from the Southeast Conference and this is my story of how and when I started playing cornhole and worked my way up to an ACL Pro. When I was fourteen years old I picked up a cornhole bag for the first time. I was at Redneck Riviera. A place where people drive boats to hangout and play cornhole. To nobody’s surprise I was beaten badly by Nick Ramsey and Chuck Martin, two local legends. I became motivated to improve my game and purchased my first set of cornhole boards. This led to practice, practice, and you guessed it more practice. Here I am four years later an ACL pro and serious competitor in every tournament I attend. I could not be more thankful for this opportunity.