Anton Shepp Season 2024-25

Honors & Awards

• Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan. 17, 2024)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2024)
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024, 2025)
• First-Team All-WAC (2023)

2024-25: Senior
In his second season with the Huskers, Anton Shepp concluded his collegiate tennis career with an impressive senior year. The psychology major competed consistently at No. 2 singles, while sometimes playing in the top spot. Taking on 10 ranked opponents, Shepp garnered upset victories over #104 Dzianis Zharyn (Washington) and #86 Emon van Loben Sels (UCLA). His spring singles performance was also highlighted by Big Ten wins against Penn State, Indiana, Wisconsin and USC. On the doubles side, Shepp partnered with Henry Bilicic and Lars Johann in the spring, going 10-9. Shepp and Johann notched a top-10 doubles victory over #9 Poulsen/Miladinovic against Baylor in non-conference play, and the pair was consistently in the ITA national rankings for the remainder of the season.

Shepp concluded the senior season going 15-14 in singles and 13-13 in doubles. The Husker closed his collegiate career with 60 singles victories and 59 doubles wins.

Off the court, Shepp was named to his second Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

2023-24: Junior
In his first year with the Big Red, Anton Shepp found success on the court. Consistently playing No. 1 doubles, and No. 1 or No. 2 singles, the junior was named Big Ten Player of the Week (Jan. 17, 2024), and was ranked nationally in singles by ITA several times. The UT-Arlington transfer reached 45 career singles wins and 46 career doubles wins, and put up two ranked wins in singles, #51 Enzo Aguiard and #99 Kenta Miyoshi, both in straight sets. Shepp’s victory over Illinois’ Miyoshi helped push the Big Red to defeat #26 Illinois in the Big Ten Quarterfinals, advancing to the semifinals for the first time in program history. Shepp tallied 17 singles wins and 18 doubles wins in his junior season. Shepp frequently paired with senior Nic Wiedenhorn, and the duo claimed two ranked doubles wins, against #31 Burton/Vandecasteele and #35 Lutschaunig/Boulais. Shepp and Wiedenhorn were ranked nationally at No. 74 on May 2 by ITA. The pair also reached the semifinals in the ITA Regional Championships in the fall.

Off the court, Shepp was named to the 2024 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

Before Nebraska
Originally from Hamilton, New Zealand, Anton Shepp spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at the University of Texas-Arlington, recording 28 singles wins and 29 doubles victories. Shepp helped lead the team to the 2023 NCAA Tournament and clinched the conference championship win during singles play. Additionally, he was a First-Team All-WAC in both doubles and singles. 

Prior to college, Shepp competed for Next Generation Auckland, was named the Junior Sportsman of the Year and had a ITA ranking of 198. 

Personal
The son of Ethan and Barbara Shepp, Anton has one sibling, Shontelle, and is majoring in Psychology.

Shepp on Nebraska
"I chose Nebraska to attend a professional environment where I could excel my tennis level and breakthrough into the professional circuit."

Singles

Year	Spring	Big Ten	Fall	Total
2021-22*	6-8	--	1-5	7-13
2022-23*	16-7	--	5-5	21-12
2023-24	15-11	3-6	2-2	17-13
2024-25	11-10	6-5	4-4	15-14
Totals	48-36	9-11	12-16	60-52

Doubles

Year	Spring	Big Ten	Fall	Total
2021-22*	8-7	--	2-4	10-11
2022-23*	13-9	--	5-3	18-12
2023-24	13-9	5-2	5-5	18-14
2024-25	10-9	3-5	3-4	13-13
Totals	44-34	8-7	15-16	59-50

*Indicates UT-Arlington