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5 Anani Sheppard
  • Height:
    5'7
  • Hometown:
    Frederick, Maryland
  • Position:
    MH/DS
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • High School:
    Tuscarora High School
  • Major:
    Social Work
  • m
    16
  • k/s
    1.02
  • h %
    -.018
  • a/s
    0.17
  • b/s
    0.19
  • sa/s
    0.36
  • d/s
    2.47
Bio

2024 - FRESHMAN SEASON

Became one of the original members of Wilberforce University's first women's volleyball team.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 16 9
Sets 47 28
Kills 48 33
Kills per set 1.02 1.18
Errors 52 30
Total Attacks 223 146
Total Attacks per set 4.74 5.21
Hitting Percentage -.018 .021
Assists 8 6
Assists per set 0.17 0.21
Service Aces 17 11
Service Errors 34 21
Service Aces per set 0.36 0.39
Receptions 220 106
Reception Errors 36 20
Digs 116 62
Digs per set 2.47 2.21
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 8 8
Block Total 9 8
Blocks per set 0.19 0.29
Block Errors 5 5
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 70.0 48.0
Points per set 1.5 1.7
Matches started 15 9
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Oct 12 Stillman L, 3-0
Oct 15 at Central State L, 3-0
Oct 18 vs. Southern University at New Orleans L, 3-0
Oct 19 at Tougaloo L, 3-0
Oct 19 vs. Dillard L, 3-0
Oct 22 Oakwood L, 3-1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Aug 15 at IU Kokomo L, 3-0 - 3 0 2 3 -.667 0 0.0
Aug 15 vs. Grace (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 0 3 12 -.250 0 1.0
Aug 16 at Indiana Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 1 6 15 -.333 0 1.0
Aug 30 vs. UHSP L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Brescia L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Oakland City L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Bethel (TN) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 1 3 16 -.125 0 1.0
Sep 10 Harris-Stowe State L, 3-0 1 1 1 1 7 .000 0 3.0
Sep 11 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 10 .000 2 3.0
Sep 13 at Stillman L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 9 .000 1 2.5
Sep 17 Central State University L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 12 .250 0 9.0
Sep 19 at Oakwood L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Fisk L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 14 .000 0 5.0
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-1 1 4 10 3 28 .250 4 14.0
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-2 1 5 12 10 42 .048 0 16.5
Sep 27 vs. Philander Smith L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 vs. Wiley L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Shawnee State L, 3-0 1 3 5 5 18 .000 0 5.0
Oct 3 at Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 .250 0 1.0
Oct 11 Fisk L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Stillman L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Central State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 vs. Southern University at New Orleans L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 8 .000 0 2.5
Oct 19 at Tougaloo L, 3-0 1 3 2 5 14 -.214 1 4.5
Oct 19 vs. Dillard L, 3-0 1 1 0 2 11 -.182 0 1.0
Oct 22 Oakwood L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Aug 15 at IU Kokomo L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 15 vs. Grace (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 16 at Indiana Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 30 vs. UHSP L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Brescia L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Oakland City L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Bethel (TN) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 1
Sep 10 Harris-Stowe State L, 3-0 1 1 26 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 11 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 13 at Stillman L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 1 3 1 0
Sep 17 Central State University L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 19 at Oakwood L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Fisk L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-1 1 4 10 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-2 1 5 20 0 5 2 5 0
Sep 27 vs. Philander Smith L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 vs. Wiley L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Shawnee State L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 3 at Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 11 Fisk L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Stillman L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Central State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 vs. Southern University at New Orleans L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 19 at Tougaloo L, 3-0 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 19 vs. Dillard L, 3-0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 Oakwood L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Aug 15 at IU Kokomo L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 3 13 2
Aug 15 vs. Grace (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 8 1 1 20 2
Aug 16 at Indiana Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 7 0 1 12 2
Aug 30 vs. UHSP L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Brescia L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Oakland City L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 vs. Bethel (TN) L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 5 Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 4 24 4
Sep 10 Harris-Stowe State L, 3-0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1
Sep 11 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-0 1 3 7 0 2 36 5
Sep 13 at Stillman L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 3 15 2
Sep 17 Central State University L, 3-0 1 3 15 3 2 16 2
Sep 19 at Oakwood L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Fisk L, 3-0 1 3 5 2 1 18 3
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-1 1 4 17 4 6 27 3
Sep 24 Rust W, 3-2 1 5 0 2 2 0 2
Sep 27 vs. Philander Smith L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 vs. Wiley L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 at Shawnee State L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 2 17 2
Oct 3 at Talladega L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 3 7 1
Oct 11 Fisk L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Stillman L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Central State L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 vs. Southern University at New Orleans L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
Oct 19 at Tougaloo L, 3-0 1 3 6 2 2 15 3
Oct 19 vs. Dillard L, 3-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Oct 22 Oakwood L, 3-1 - - - - - - -
m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2024-25 16 47 48 1.02 52 223 4.74 -.018 8 0.17 70.0 1.5
2025-26 22 68 6 0.09 15 52 0.76 -.173 14 0.21 13.5 0.2
Total 38 115 54 0.47 67 275 2.39 -.047 22 0.19 83.5 0.7

Career Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2024-25 16 47 116 2.47 1 8 9 0.19
2025-26 22 68 139 2.04 0 1 1 0.01
Total 38 115 255 2.22 1 9 10 0.09

Career Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2024-25 16 47 86 17 0.36 34 220 36
2025-26 22 68 82 7 0.10 26 406 50
Total 38 115 168 24 0.21 60 626 86

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event
Total 16 47 48 1.02 52 223 4.74 -.018 8 0.17 70.0 1.5
Conference 9 28 33 1.18 30 146 5.21 .021 6 0.21 48.0 1.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 19 32 1.68 22 115 6.05 .087 6 0.32 46.5 2.4
Away 7 21 14 0.67 23 77 3.67 -.117 2 0.10 19.0 0.9
Neutral 3 7 2 0.29 7 31 4.43 -.161 0 0.00 4.5 0.6
Result
Wins 2 9 22 2.44 13 70 7.78 .129 4 0.44 30.5 3.4
Losses 14 38 26 0.68 39 153 4.03 -.085 4 0.11 39.5 1.0
Month
August 3 9 1 0.11 11 30 3.33 -.333 0 0.00 2.0 0.2
September 8 25 37 1.48 27 138 5.52 .072 7 0.28 54.0 2.2
October 5 13 10 0.77 14 55 4.23 -.073 1 0.08 14.0 1.1

Splits Stats: Offense

m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event
Total 16 47 116 2.47 1 8 9 0.19
Conference 9 28 62 2.21 0 8 8 0.29
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 19 78 4.11 1 5 6 0.32
Away 7 21 29 1.38 0 2 2 0.10
Neutral 3 7 9 1.29 0 1 1 0.14
Result
Wins 2 9 30 3.33 0 5 5 0.56
Losses 14 38 86 2.26 1 3 4 0.11
Month
August 3 9 10 1.11 0 0 0 0.00
September 8 25 86 3.44 1 6 7 0.28
October 5 13 20 1.54 0 2 2 0.15

Splits Stats: Defense

m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event
Total 16 47 86 17 0.36 34 220 36
Conference 9 28 41 11 0.39 21 106 20
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 19 45 11 0.58 18 103 17
Away 7 21 33 4 0.19 15 97 15
Neutral 3 7 8 2 0.29 1 20 4
Result
Wins 2 9 17 6 0.67 8 27 5
Losses 14 38 69 11 0.29 26 193 31
Month
August 3 9 19 1 0.11 5 45 6
September 8 25 54 13 0.52 22 136 22
October 5 13 13 3 0.23 7 39 8

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive