Tuesday, November
20, 2001
SHEPPARD
SIGNS WITH BLUE HOSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
CLINTON,
SC — Anna Sheppard has signed a national
letter of intent to play women’s basketball at Presbyterian
College announced today by 13th-year head coach Beth
Couture.
Sheppard, a 6-0 forward
averaged 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds last season while
playing at the Wesleyan School in Norcross, GA for head coach Jan
Azar. She helped lead the Lady Wolves to the Georgia High
School Association (GHSA) Class A state championship game last
season were they finished runner-up in the state. In addition,
Wesleyan won the 2000-01 Region 8A championship.
Individually, Sheppard has
excelled in the classroom, earning NFCA All-American Scholar
Athlete honors and was named the Gwinnett County Tip-Off
Scholar Athlete. This year she has been nominated for the
Wendy’s Heisman award given annually to the top athletes in
the state.
“Anna will be a great
addition to our program,”
said Couture. “She is a very versatile post player who
possesses three-point range. Anytime you can get a
student-athlete of Anna’s caliber it is a big plus for your
program, especially one from such a great high school
program.”
Sheppard becomes the second
signee for the Blue Hose this fall. Earlier this month, Rebecca Wessinger out of Laurens, SC signed with Presbyterian
College.
Presbyterian,
led by 13th-year
head coach Beth Couture
who owns a 237-108 career record in 12 seasons, is coming
off this past season’s 22-8 campaign and a runner-up finish
in the South Atlantic Conference regular season. Presbyterian
finished the season ranked #23 in the USA
Today/WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25.
The season the Blue Hose
are off to a 2-0 start after winning the Armstrong Atlantic
State University Tip-Off Classic over the past weekend.