Hokie ClubFollowing the Las Vegas Aces' series-clinching 78-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday evening, Sept. 18, you can add "WNBA champion" to former Virginia Tech women's basketball player Aisha Sheppard's already-impressive resume.
The Aces defeated the Sun in four games to win the 2022 WNBA title, its first in franchise history.
I am a WNBA champion…this won't sink in for a minute. God is GREAT. #THEROOK
— Aisha Sheppard (@____blessed2) September 19, 2022
Virginia Tech's highest-ever draft selection, Sheppard was taken with the 23rd overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft back in April. She played in 23 of the Aces's 36 regular season games, averaging 7.6 minutes and 1.5 points per game and backing up perhaps the most dynamic back court in the league. The Aces three starting guards, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, have all won Olympic gold medals.
Sheppard, the program's all-time leader in games played and points scored, became the first Virginia Tech student-athlete to be named All-ACC three times. She was also named to the ACC All-Tournament Team in Greensboro in 2022 and was a two-time ACC All-Academic Team selection.
The Alexandria, Virginia native broke her own single-season 3-point mark and the ACC's career 3FG record in 2021-22 with 96 triples made.
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 Tech. Sheppard earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2021 and was also recognized as the Skelton Award for Academic Excellence in Athletics in 2021.
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