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Jessica Shepard (born September 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Shepard began her college career at Nebraska, playing there for two seasons before transferring to Notre Dame to complete her career.

Jessica Shepard

No. 10 – Minnesota Lynx
Position	Forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1996-09-11) September 11, 1996 (age 26) Fremont, Nebraska
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High school	Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska)
College	Nebraska (2015–2017) Notre Dame (2017–2019)
WNBA draft	2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–present	Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2018) Third-team All-American – AP (2019) 2× First-team All-ACC (2018, 2019) First-team All-Big Ten (2016) Second-team All-Big Ten (2017) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2016) Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2016)

Family and early years

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

WNBA

Minnesota Lynx (2019–present)

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.[2]

Shepard missed the 2020 season as she continued to recovery from her ACL injury that she sustained in 2019. [3]

WNBA career statistics

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 high	°	League leader

Regular season

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
Career	2 years, 1 team	28	0	12.3	.370	.105	.750	3.8	2.1	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.6

Nebraska and Notre Dame statistics

Source[4]

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 high	°	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

External links

• WNBA Player Profile

На других языках

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- [en] Jessica Shepard

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[ru] Шепард, Джессика

Джессика Шепард (англ. Jessica Shepard; род. 11 сентября 1996 года во Фримонте, Небраска, США) — американская профессиональная баскетболистка, которая выступает за команду женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации «Миннесота Линкс», которой и была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 2019 года во втором раунде под общим шестнадцатым номером. Играет на позиции тяжёлого форварда.

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