SASSARI. There is the last piece, now coach Antonello Restivo can look with even greater optimism at the season that is about to begin, which will see Dinamo Banco di Sardegna take part in the …
SASSARI. There is the last piece, now coach Antonello Restivo can look with even greater optimism at the season that is about to begin, which will see Dinamo Banco di Sardegna take part in the women’s Serie A and for the first time in European competitions. The biancoblù company has announced the agreement with the American athlete Jessica Shepard. Wing-center, born in 1996, Jessica is a product of Notre Dame, with which she won the NCAA in the 2017-2018 season. Chosen in the 2019 Draft at position number 16 by the Minnesota Lynx is currently engaged with the Minnesota franchise in Wnba.
«We are very happy with the signing of Jessica who completes our roster – comments Restivo -, she is a long mobile, team player, good at passing the ball and reading the game. He makes intensity his main weapon and I’m sure it will go well with our game philosophy ».
“Born in Fremont, Nebraska, on 11 September 1996 – writes Dinamo in a note -, after attending the Fremont Senior high school, with which she won the state title in 2013, she began her collegiate journey with Nebraska Cornhuskers . In 2017 he moved to Notre Dame where he wrote an average of 15.6 points per game, here he won the NCAA women’s title by touching back to back the following season, in which he averaged 16.7 points. At Draft 2019 she was chosen at 16 by the Minnesota Lynx, with whom she began her career as a pro: after a good debut, an injury occurred during the game with Los Angeles Sparks keeps her stationary for a year. Returning to the field last season, she also experienced a brief interlude in Israel: currently engaged with the Minneapolis franchise, she will reach Sardinia on the basis of the Minnesota Lynx journey in the WNBA ».