Alana Beard
- 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
- 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
- WNBA All-Star 2005,2006,2007
- 2016 WNBA Los Angeles Sparks National Champion
- 2017 and 2018 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
- Played internationally in Poland, South Korea, Isreal, and Spain from 2005-2016
- FIBA Americas Championship- USA Women’s U 18 Gold medal
- In 2014, the Alana Beard Foundation, a nonprofit organization working with AAU Basketball to provide resources to young women to achieve success on and off the court. Six teams are in Maryland, the Alana Beard’s Future and one in Shreveport, Louisiana, her hometown, called the Southern Mystics