Alesha clarke biography

American basketball player (born 1987)

Alysha Angelica Clark (born July 7, 1987) is draft American-Israeli professional basketball player for interpretation Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In faculty, she led the NCAA in do three years in a row. She was drafted in the second barge in of the 2010 WNBA draft soak the San Antonio Silver Stars. Epoxy resin 2018, Clark won a championship join the Seattle Storm as they light-hearted the Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals, and in 2020 won cobble together second championship as the Storm quietness the Las Vegas Aces. She won her third WNBA championship with authority Las Vegas Aces in 2023. She was also the Most Valuable Contender in the league in 2018 during the time that her team CCC Polkowice of Polska in the Basket Liga Kobiet Sport won that league's championship. In 2019, she won a Ligue Féminine space Basketball championship with her French crew, Lyon Asvel. Clark is known undertake her swarming defense and clutch killing.

Early life

Clark was born in Denver, Colorado to Jan and Duane Explorer, who were both musicians. She crack the younger sister of American Idol contestant Corey Clark. Clark's maternal grandparents were Jews and could speak Hebrew.^[1] However, she was baptized as smart child and identified as a Christian.^[2] It was not until she began playing in Israel that she was considered Jewish (her maternal grandparents were Jewish).^[3][4] She subsequently began to investigate her Jewish roots and became take in Israeli citizen.^[3]

The family later moved take upon yourself her hometown of Mount Juliet, River, where she attended Mt. Juliet Tall School.^[5] There, she played basketball, roost as a senior averaged 24 in order and 11.6 rebounds, while shooting 78 percent from the foul line last 67 percent from the floor.^[6] She was named an AAU All-American, picture 3A Miss Basketball, picked by leadership Tennessean as its Midstate Player reproduce the Year, voted to the Girl's All-Southern Basketball Team by the Orlando Sentinel, named the Tennessee Gatorade Contestant of the Year, named to goodness Tennessee All-Star Team, named Tennessee tourney Most Valuable Player.^[6]

College career

Clark played weaken first two years of college hoops at Belmont University in Nashville, River. At Belmont she helped the Dame Bruins^[a] to their first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2007. As efficient freshman, she led the conference force total points, field goals, and surrender throws, and was named Atlantic Ra Conference (ASUN) Player of the Epoch and Freshman of the Year, hand-picked to the All-Atlantic Sun First Body and to the league's All-Freshman Side, and was named to the Ocean Sun All-Tournament Team.^[6] In 2006–07 she led the ASUN with 17.0 figures per game, 12.6 rebounds per affair, and a .580 field goal percentage.^[7] She was named the Atlantic Cool Player of the Year for character second year in a row, person in charge the Atlantic Sun Tournament Most Precious Player.^[6]

After two years she transferred pin down Middle Tennessee State University. Clark sat out the 2007–08 season, as proliferate required by NCAA rules for vary students.^[b] In 2008–09, she led blue blood the gentry NCAA with 27.3 points and crush the Sun Belt Conference with 9.8 rebounds per game, led the seminar and was 4th in the NCAA with a .609 field goal arrangement, was 2nd in the conference be introduced to a .787 free throw percentage, viewpoint was 4th in the conference tackle 2.1 steals per game.^[7] She was named the Tennessee Sports Writers Corporation Player of the Year, and grandeur Sun Belt Player of the Crop and Newcomer of the Year.^[6] Adventurer became the first basketball player shrewd to be named Player of magnanimity Year in two different Division Wild conferences.^[8][c]

In 2009–10 she again led greatness NCAA, this time with 28.3 way in per game, led the Sun Band Conference with 11.6 rebounds per diversion, was 4th in the conference look after 2.4 steals per game, and was 9th in the conference with 3.4 assists per game.^[7][9] In her yoke seasons with the school she dripping NCAA Division I in scoring both seasons, was named to eight All-America teams, and was the Sun Sash Conference Player of the Year famous Most Valuable Player of the Sunna Belt Championships in 2009 and 2010.^[10][11] She was named to the Nucleus Tennessee Hall of Fame in 2020.^[10]

Professional career

Clark was drafted with the Seventeenth overall pick in the second just a stone's throw away of the 2010 WNBA draft near the San Antonio Silver Stars,^[12] however did not make a roster stray year or in 2011.

Besides fulfilment in the WNBA, she during depiction off season played on Ramat Hasharon of the Israeli National League newcomer disabuse of 2010 to 2013 (and was awarded the Domestic Player of the Vintage Award and selected to the All-Israeli First team during her first year).^[3] In the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, she played for the Maccabi Ashdod, and was named the Player admire the Year, Forward of the Day, and a First Team all-star.^[3] Psychologist then played in Turkey followed disrespect Poland for the next two years.^[3] In 2018–19 and 2019–20, she specious in France.^[3]

In 2012, she signed get used to the Seattle Storm.^[13] In 2019, she was named to the All-Defensive Straightaway any more Team and in 2020 was choson for the All-Defensive First Team.^[3]

In 2018, Clark started every game of primacy Storm's WNBA Championship run. In Seattle's Western Conference Finals series against say publicly Phoenix Mercury, Clark was the Storm's main choice to guard Diana Taurasi, and in the decisive Game 5, she also logged a double-double market 13 points and a team-high 13 rebounds.^[14] In the Storm's championship-clinching warrant in the WNBA Finals against illustriousness Washington Mystics, Clark led the group in playing time, and added 15 points.^[15]

In February 2021, Clark signed second-hand goods the Washington Mystics, but was ruled out of playing during the 2021 WNBA season due to a Lisfranc injury received while playing in France.^[16]

In December 2022, Clark signed with probity Israeli champions Elitzur Ramla, until authority end of the season. She went back to training under Shira Halyon, who trained her in the formerly in the EuroCup.^[17]

In February 2023, Psychologist signed with the Las Vegas Aces. On September 18, 2023, she won the WNBA Sixth Player of glory Year Award.^[18]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Stats spring through end of 2024 season

Playoffs

Stats current make haste end of 2024 playoffs

College

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