Virginia Tech guard Aisha Sheppard was selected with the 23rd overall pick by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2022 WNBA Draft Monday night.
She becomes the sixth Virginia Tech athlete to be selected in the WNBA Draft.
Sheppard, the program's all-time leader in games played and points scored became the first VT athlete to be named All-ACC three times and additionally was named All-Tournament in Greensboro this season and is a two-time All-Academic Team selection.
The Alexandria, Virginia native averaged better than 13 points per game and scored in double figures 22 times with a high of 30 vs. Tennessee in December this past season. She broke the program's scoring record, her own single-season 3-point mark and the ACC's career 3FG record in 2021-22.
She concluded her career in first place all-time in the ACC with 402 3-pointers scored and she owns the top three single-season performances in that category at VT. Sheppard earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2021 and was also recognized as the Skelton Award for Academic Excellence in Athletics in 2021.