Lincoln - Nebraska's Jessica Shepard captured her conference-record ninth Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award on Monday.
The 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., completed the 13th week of the women's basketball season by becoming Nebraska's single-season freshman scoring leader with 466 points. Shepard eclipsed the previous Husker freshman mark held by Debra Powell (461) since 1981-82.
Shepard also became just the fifth Husker freshman in history to amass 200 rebounds in a season. Her 13 rebounds at Indiana on Sunday pushed her season total to 208, moving her into fourth place on the Nebraska freshman list ahead of All-American Jordan Hooper, who had 206 boards in 2010-11.