Lincoln - Jessica Shepard became Nebraska's first Big Ten Freshman of the Year while becoming the first freshman in school history to win first-team all-conference honors when the Big Ten announced its annual award winners on Monday, Feb. 29.
The announcement, which was made live on the Big Ten Network, gave Nebraska its first conference freshman-of-the-year award since Meggan Yedsena was named the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1990-91. One year earlier, Karen Jennings was named the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 1989-90.
Shepard, who was a unanimous selection to the coaches' six-player Big Ten All-Freshman team, led the Huskers in both scoring and rebounding with 19.