Alana Beard
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| Full name | Alana Monique Beard | |
| birthday | May 14, 1982 | |
| place of birth |
Shreveport , Louisiana , United States
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| size | 180 cm | |
| position | Guard / Forward | |
| college | Duke University | |
| WNBA Draft | 2004 , 2nd pick , Washington Mystics | |
| Jersey number | 0 | |
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| 2008-2010 |
 Lotos Gdynia
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| 2012-2013 |
Wisła Can-Pack Krakow
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| 2015– |
 Perfumerias Avenida
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| WNBA clubs as active | ||
| 2004-2011 |
Washington Mystics
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| 2012– |
Los Angeles Sparks
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| 1 As of August 8, 2019 | ||
Alana Monique Beard (born May 14, 1982 in Shreveport , Louisiana , United States ) is a professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and in the Spanish league for Perfumerias Avenida .
Career
college
Alana Beard played for the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team at Duke University until 2004 . In honor of her accomplishments for the women's basketball team, her jersey number 20 was banned from Duke University forever.
Women's National Basketball Association
Alana Beard was selected in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics in second place overall. Beard has been a key player in the Mystics since her first WNBA season. In her rookie season in 2004 led to the loss of Chamique Holdsclaw , the Mystics almost alone in the playoffs, however, where the Mystics already in the Conference Semifinals to the Connecticut Sun failed. Her first season Beard already got a playing time of 30.1 minutes per game. During this time she averaged 13.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists. In the 2005 season, her playing time increased to 33.8 minutes per game, thereby already achieving an average of 14.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game. Statistically, it had its best season in 2006 . Although her playing time decreased to 31.3 minutes, she scored 19.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists. With these good performances, Beard was mainly responsible for the fact that the Mystics made it back to the play-offs after two years , where they failed, as they did two years ago, because of the Sun. Also in the 2007 season she brought a relatively good season with 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3 assists. However, she narrowly missed the playoffs with the Mystics this season. Also in 2008 Beard played another good season with the team but again missed the playoffs. In the 2009 season she helped to reach the playoffs, but the Mystics failed there again in the first round. 2010 and 2011 she could not play games in the WNBA due to injury.
Before the 2012 season, she moved to the Los Angeles Sparks team . There, too, she became an important player who was regularly in the starting line-up. In the first season in LA she was able to win a playoff series for the first time in her career with the team. The Sparks then failed because of the Minnesota Lynx team . From 2013 to 2015 she continued to reach the playoffs with the team, but failed in the first round. Even if she no longer achieved the statistical values as in Washington, she is one of the important players on the team. In 2016 she succeeded in winning the WNBA championship with the Sparks. In 2017 she reached the final series again with the Sparks. But this time the Lynx team was able to win the series. The 2018 season ended early for Beard and the Sparks in the playoffs.
Beard was elected to the All-Star team three times in her first four seasons, and even to the starting line-up once.
Europe
During the WNBA season break, Beard played like many WNBA players regularly in Europe. Since 2008 she has been there for teams from Poland and Spain. Since the 2015/16 season she played for the Spanish club Perfumerias Avenida .
National team
Beard was already active in the junior division in the US national teams and was able to win the 2003 World Basketball Championships for young women . At the 2006 World Cup , she won the bronze medal with the US national basketball team .
Web links
- WNBA player profile
- Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
- FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
- FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments
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| SURNAME | Beard, Alana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beard, Alana Monique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shreveport , Louisiana |