About Ameryst
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the New York Liberty in the Second Round of the 2016 WNBA Draft, 24th overall selection
2016: Appeared in 1 game… Made her WNBA debut in the season opener against Washington (5/14).
PRO OVERSEAS: Played the 2016-17 season with Al Qazares in Spain, averaging 16.1 ppg and 2.6 apg.
COLLEGE: Three-time First-Team All-Big Ten…Honorable Mention AP All-American in 2016…All-Big Ten Freshman Team…National Player of the Week…Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week…Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week…Finished fourth in Ohio State women’s basketball history with 2,165-career points… Seventh in program history with 455 assists… As a senior in the 2015-16 season, named First team All-Big Ten for the third-straight season after ranking 11th in the league in scoring (18.3 ppg)…Scored 604 points, her third-straight season with 600 or more points… Recorded her 2,000th-career point in the win at Iowa (2/11/16)… As a Junior in the 2014-15 season, finshed with 694 points, the sixth-most in a single-season in school history and ranked 26th in the country averaging 19.8 ppg… First Team All-Big Ten for the second-straight season… As a Sophomore in the 2013-14 season First-Team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and the media… As a Freshman in the 2012-13 season named Big Ten All-Freshman team.
Personal: Daughter of Dana Alston and Leslie… Her mother Leslie was on McKinley’s Class AAA state runner-up team in 1984…Her older brother, Christian also played basketball as well…Her father coached her from middle school through high school Two-time Associated Press Ohio Ms. Basketball…Two-time first-team All-Ohio selection…Three-time Canton Repository Player of the Year…Two-time Federal League Player of the Year…2012 McDonald’s All-American nominee… Helped McKinley to three Federal League championships, four Round of 16 appearances, two state tournaments, a 2010 State Championship and one state poll championship…2011 USA Basketball U-17 World Championship and Youth Olympic team finalist…A four-star prospect by ESPN Hoopgurlz
