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Jessica Shepard

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Jessica Shepard
No. 32 – Athinaikos
PositionForward
LeagueGreek Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1996-09-11) September 11, 1996 (age 28)
Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
College
WNBA draft2019: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–2023Minnesota Lynx
2021–2022Dinamo Sassari
2022–2024Reyer Venezia
2024–presentAthinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 United States Team Competition

Jessica Shepard (born September 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Athinaikos of the Greek Women's Basketball League. Shepard began her college career at Nebraska, playing there for two seasons before transferring to Notre Dame to complete her career. She was drafted 16th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2019 WNBA draft.

Family and early years

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A Fremont, Nebraska native, Shepard is the daughter of Mark and Kim Shepard.[1] She has four sisters and one older brother.[1] Shepard won a state title while attending Lincoln Southeast High School in 2013, and finished her high school career at Fremont.[2]

WNBA

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Minnesota Lynx (2019–present)

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Shepard was selected 16th overall in the 2nd round of the 2019 WNBA Draft. Shepard appeared in 5 games of the 2019 season, and averaged 4.6 ppg. On June 8, 2019, in a game against the Los Angeles Sparks, it was determined Shepard had torn her ACL, effectively ending her rookie season.[3]

Shepard missed the 2020 season as she continued to recovery from her ACL injury that she sustained in 2019.[4]

Shepard was suspended for and subsequently missed the entire 2024 season. This was due to contract commitments with her basketball club in Italy, Umana Reyer Venezia and violating the WNBA collective bargaining agreement which requires players to prioritize the WNBA over other international leagues.[5]

National team career

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On June 19, 2024, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia announced that Shepard had received Slovenian citizenship and became eligible to play for the Slovenia women's national basketball team.[6]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Minnesota 6 0 18.7 .379 .143 .750 5.7 3.5 0.3 0.2 2.5 4.8
2021 Minnesota 22 0 10.5 .364 .083 .750 3.2 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.8 2.0
2022 Minnesota 36 22 26.1 .500 .250 .734 7.4 3.0 0.4 0.3 1.7 8.1
2023 Minnesota 21 17 26.9 .516 .000 .774 7.0 3.1 0.6 0.1 1.4 8.1
Career 4 years, 1 team 85 39 21.8 .482 .178 .749 6.1 2.7 0.4 0.2 1.5 6.3

Nebraska and Notre Dame statistics

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Source[7]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Nebraska 31 574 51.0% 0.0% 58.1% 8.6 1.9 0.6 0.6 18.5
2016–17 Nebraska 29 538 40.8% 31.5% 55.7% 9.8 1.9 0.5 0.2 18.6
2017–18 Notre Dame 38 594 56.5% 0.0% 67.9% 8.1 2.4 0.8 0.7 15.6
2018–19 Notre Dame 38 634 59.4% 0.0% 71.0% 10.3 3.3 1.4 0.5 16.7
Career 136 2340 51.6% 29.5% 62.4% 9.2 2.4 0.9 0.5 17.2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Jessica Shepard". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. ^ writers, Stu Pospisil, Mike Patterson and Nick Rubek / World-Herald staff (3 June 2015). "Notes: Fremont's Jessica Shepard named All-American; more". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2023-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Lynx F Shepard out rest of season with torn ACL". ESPN. Associated Press. June 9, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Hansen, Mitchell (27 May 2020). "Minnesota Lynx Announce Final Roster Moves Ahead of 2020 WNBA Season". zonecoverage.com. Zone Coverage. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Lynx's Jessica Shepard to miss 2024 season". 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Josh Nebo receives Slovenian passport, will join men's team". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  7. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
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