Alysha Clark

Alysha Angelica Clark (born July 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. In 2018, Clark won a championship with the Storm as they swept the Washington Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals. She was also League M.V.P. in 2018 when her team CCC Polkowice (Basketball) of Poland in the Basket Liga Kobiet Basketball won that Leagues Championship. In 2019, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel.

Alysha Clark
Clark at Madison Square Garden in 2015
No. 32 – Seattle Storm
PositionSmall forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1987-07-07) July 7, 1987
Denver, Colorado
NationalityAmerican / Israeli
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High schoolMount Juliet
(Mount Juliet, Tennessee)
College
WNBA draft2010 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2012–presentSeattle Storm
2010–2011HaPoel Rishon LeZion
2011–2013A.S. Ramat HaSharon
2014–2016Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
2016–2017Adana ASKİ SK
2017–2018CCC Polkowice
2018–presentASVEL Basket
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Early life

Clark was born in Denver, Colorado to Jan and Duane Clark, who were both musicians. She is the younger sister of American Idol contestant Corey Clark. She is Jewish, and one of her mother's parents is Jewish.[1]

Clark in 2018

The family later moved to her hometown of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, where she attended Mt. Juliet High School.[2] At Mt. Juliet she was named Midstate Player of the Year by the Tennessean and Class AAA Miss Basketball as a senior. She averaged 24 points and 11.6 rebounds, shooting 67 percent from the floor and 78 percent from the free throw line as a senior.

College career

Before Clark attended Middle Tennessee State University, she played two years at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Belmont she helped the Lady Bruins to their first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2007. After two years she transferred to Middle Tennessee. Clark sat out the 2007–08 season, as required by NCAA rules for transfer students. In 2008-09 she averaged a national best and school-record 27.5 points per game. The following year she averaged 28.3 points per game to lead the nation among Division I schools.[3] At Middle Tennessee she earned Sun Belt Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010.[4]

College statistics

Source[5]

Legend
  GP Games 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
2005-06 Belmont 30 599 54.3 22.7 74.5 10.9 1.3 1.7 0.5 20.0
2006-07 Belmont 30 510 58.0 36.4 74.4 12.7 1.9 2.2 0.5 17.0
2007–08 Middle Tennessee redshirt/transfer
2008-09 Middle Tennessee 34 935 60.7 41.4 79.0 9.8 2.1 2.1 0.6 27.5
2009-10 Middle Tennessee 29 821 61.4 32.1 77.7 11.6 3.4 2.4 0.7 28.3
Career 123 2865 59.0 33.3 76.6 11.2 2.2 2.1 0.6 23.3

Professional career

Alysha is a 3x World Champion with 3 different Professional Basketball Leagues around the world. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars.[6] In 2018, Clark won a championship with the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as they swept the Washington Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals. That same year, she was also League M.V.P. when her team CCC Polkowice of Poland in the Basket Liga Kobiet Basketball won that Leagues Championship. In 2019, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Basketball / Profile / Welcome to the club - Haaretz - Israel News". Haaretz.com. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. "MJHS Alumni Clark drafted in the WNBA". Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  3. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Records Through 2013-14" (PDF). NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  4. "Alysha Clark's amazing journey". nashvillecitypaper.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  5. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  6. "Clark Shooting for Silver Stardom". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  7. "Storm removes Breanna Stewart from roster, WNBA hires her as ambassador in unprecedented move". Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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