Lincoln - Nebraska freshman Jessica Shepard continued her early season hardware haul on Monday when she was named College Sports Madness Big Ten Women's Basketball Player of the Week, while adding her second straight Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Week award.
Shepard, a 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., produced a pair of 20-point performances last week, while adding a pair of double-doubles in two Nebraska victories.
She opened the week with 27 points on 13-of-16 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds, an assist, a block and two steals in just 21 minutes against North Florida on Nov.