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Beard has won two gold medals while playing for USA
Basketball.
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Alana Beard, United States
Position: G; F
Born: May 14, 1982
Height: 5-11 / 1,8
Weight: 160 lbs. / 72,6 kg.
College: Duke '04
Alana Beard began her USA Basketball career in 2000 by leading the USA Basketball
Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team to a gold medal. A year later
she ranked second on the team in scoring and led the U.S. in assists and steals
as the USA Basketball Women's Junior World Championship Team finished with a
6-1 record and a bronze medal at the 2001 FIBA Junior World Championship. Beard
won her second gold medal in 2003 as she averaged a team second best 9.3 points
and recorded a team-high 23 steals in the 2003 FIBA World Championship For Young
Women.
Beard was selected second overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2004 draft
after averaging 19.7 points and 5.4 rebounds during her senior season at Duke
University. The two-time WNBA All-Star has averaged 15.4 points and 4.4 rebounds
throughout her three-year WNBA career. During the 2006 season, Beard averaged
career-high's in scoring (19.2 ppg), rebounding (4.7 rpg) and assists (3.1 apg).
National Team
Statistics
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44/38
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11.4 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
2.75 |
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WNBA
Statistics
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2006
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32/32
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19.2 |
4.7 |
3.1 |
1.84 |
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15.4
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4.4 |
2.9
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1.80
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