Raegan Beers

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Raegan Beers
No. 15Oklahoma Sooners
Position Forward
League SEC
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school Valor Christian
(Highlands Ranch, Colorado)
College Oregon State (2022–2024)
Oklahoma (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards

Raegan Beers is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners of the SEC. She previously played for the Oregon State Beavers.

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High school career

Beers played basketball for Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She missed her junior season with a torn ACL, as her team won the Class 5A state title in her absence. [1] As a senior, she helped Valor Christian return to the Class 5A state title game and was named a McDonald's All-American. [2] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, Beers committed to play college basketball for Oregon State. [3]

College career

As a freshman at Oregon State, Beers averaged 13.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, earning All-Pac-12 honors from the league's coaches and being named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year. [4] In her sophomore season, she was selected to the All-Pac-12 Team. [5]

Beers entered the transfer portal at the end of the 2023–24 season, and committed to Oklahoma on April 29, 2024. [6]

Career statistics

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 TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game
 Bold Career high * Led Division I

College

Raegan Beers NCAA Statistics [7]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022–23 Oregon State 31624.4.560.125.7298.61.00.70.72.213.3
2023–24 Oregon State 313128.0.664*.000.62710.31.61.21.32.417.5
Career623726.2.618.100.6799.41.31.01.02.315.4

Personal life

Beers is a Christian. [8] Beers' father, Ike, is a police sergeant for the city of Lakewood, Colorado. Her older brother, Rocky, has played college football for Air Force and FIU, and her younger brother, Rowdy, also plays football for FIU. [9]

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References

  1. Saunders, Patrick (November 28, 2021). "Colorado's towers of power: Valor's Raegan Beers returns to challenge Grandview's Lauren Betts". The Denver Post . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  2. Fredrickson, Kyle (March 10, 2022). "Raegan Beers lifts Valor Christian girls basketball to 5A state championship game". The Denver Post . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  3. Nemec, Andrew (October 12, 2020). "Raegan Beers, nation's No. 4 post, commits to Oregon State Beavers women's basketball". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
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