Alison Bales

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Alison Bales
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Personal information
Born (1985-04-04) April 4, 1985 (age 39)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school Beavercreek (Beavercreek, Ohio)
College Duke (2003–2007)
WNBA draft 2007: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2007–2012
Position Center
Number33
Career history
2007–2008 Indiana Fever
2008
2010–2011
Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference

Alison Marie Bales (born April 4, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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High school

At the age of five, her family moved from Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was born, to the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek, Ohio; she played high school basketball for Beavercreek High School. Bales was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored three points. [1]

College

After her senior year, she committed to Duke University to play for the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. At 6' 7" she played center for Duke, and later became the all-time shot block leader at Duke and 3rd all-time in NCAA history. In the 2006 NCAA women's tournament, Bales set a Women's Tournament record by blocking 30 shots in six games (Duke lost to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Maryland in the championship game). This would stand as a record until it was broken by Baylor's Brittney Griner in 2010. Bales graduated from Duke with a double major in cultural anthropology and biology.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2007 Indiana 1709.957.10.087.52.60.10.20.80.43.2
2008 Indiana 1409.038.940.077.81.60.10.41.00.22.6
Atlanta 17922.940.533.367.76.00.60.91.70.64.8
2009 Did not play (waived)
2010 Atlanta 34315.643.341.779.63.80.80.71.10.73.9
2011 Atlanta 341520.248.635.375.04.71.20.41.60.55.0
Career5 years, 2 teams1162716.445.837.876.13.90.70.51.30.54.1

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2007 Indiana 404.30.00.00.00.50.30.00.00.30.0
2010 Atlanta 707.362.50.00.01.70.40.31.00.31.4
2011 Atlanta 8016.038.542.950.05.00.90.30.81.33.0
Career5 years, 2 teams19010.339.537.516.72.80.60.20.70.71.8

College

Source [2]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003-04 Duke 24 78 55.8 - 69.0 2.8 0.5 0.3 1.2 3.3
2004-05 Duke 36276 48.0 100.067.0 6.6 1.9 0.5 3.7 7.7
2005-06 Duke  35 318 52.6- 78.66.7 1.1 1.23.4 9.1
2006-07 Duke 34 40346.4 50.0 74.2 7.82.01.1 4.411.9
Career Duke 129 1075 49.1 66.7 73.4 6.2 1.5 0.8 3.4 8.3

WNBA career

On her birthday, Bales was drafted No. 9 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2007 WNBA draft. After a season and a half with Indiana, Bales was traded to the Atlanta Dream for Kristen Mann on July 4, 2008. She would complete the season with Atlanta, and then be traded to the Phoenix Mercury on January 21, 2009 for the 18th pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. [3] Bales was waived by the Phoenix Mercury on June 4, 2009. After another season overseas, Bales was picked back up by the Atlanta Dream.

Over the course of her WNBA career, Bales averaged 3.8 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game.

On April 10, 2012, Bales announced her retirement to attend medical school.

Overseas career

Bales also played for the Dynamo Moscow professional basketball club in Russia during the winter of 2007–2008. She is currently playing in the offseason for L Union Jainaut Basket Saint Amon in France.

She played for Turkey's Samsun during the 2008–09 off-season. [4]

Post basketball career

After retiring from her basketball career, she attended Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University starting in May 2013. After graduating and obtaining her MD, she attended the General Surgery Residency program at Indiana University, and completed a surgical fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery. [5]

Notes

  1. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  2. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. "DREAM: Dream Trades Alison Bales to Phoenix for Second Round Pick". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. "Alison Bales, MD". Wright State Physicians. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

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