Lincoln– Husker basketball players Shavon Shields and Andrew White III were among the 58 Husker student-athletes who received degrees during graduation ceremonies at Pinnacle Bank Arena this weekend.
Shields finished his career as one of the most decorated student-athletes in program history. He was selected as the 2016 Nebraska Male Student-Athlete of the Year and Nebraska’s 2016 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient and was also a member of the 2016 Allstate NABC Good Works Team for his work in the community. A two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. Shields finished his career fifth in career points with 1,630 and ranked among school leaders in field goals made (562, eighth) and attempted (1236, sixth), free throws made (429, fourth) and attempted (565, fourth) and starts (112, second).