Alana Beard

Categories: Class of 2025
  • Kodak All-American, AP All-American, and Women’s Basketball News Service All-American at Duke in 2002,2003 and 2004
  • ACC Female Athlete of the Year 2003, and 2004
  • ESPN.com National Player of the Year 2003, 2004
  • 2004 John R. Wooden Award-Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year, State Farm Wade Trophy-National Player of the Year, United States, Associated Press-National Player of the Year, and USBWA-National Player of the Year
  • 2004 WNBA 2nd overall pick by the Washington Mystics
  • 3x WNBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007)
  • WNBA Champion (2016)
  • 2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
  • Played internationally in Poland, South Korea, Israel, and Spain from 2005-2016
  • FIBA Americas Championship – USA Women’s U 18 Gold medal
  • Founded the Alana Beard Foundation in 2014, a nonprofit organization working with AAU Basketball to provide resources to young women to achieve success on and off the court.
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