Tracey Beatty
| Australian Institute of Sport Adelaide Lightning Canberra Capitals | |
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| Position | Centre |
| League | WNBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 9 March 1979 Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tracey Lea Rowley Beatty (née Braithwaite, born 9 March 1979) is a retired Australian women's basketball player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels.[1]
Biography
[edit]Beatty commenced playing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in 1995. Since then, Beatty has played for the AIS (1995 to 1997), Adelaide Lightning (1998 to 1999/04), and Canberra Capitals (2005/06 to 2009/10).[2] Her 352 WNBL games ranks 5th all-time.[3]
In the 2006/07 (2007) Grand Final, Beatty won the MVP award after her 12-point, 12 rebound, 3 assist and 3 blocked shot performance.[1][4] Also in 2007, Beatty led the league with 70 blocked shots in only 21 regular season games at an average of 2.7 per game, including 6-block games against Perth in round 3 and Townsville Fire in round 5.[5] At 202 cm (6 ft 8 in) tall, Beatty is the third tallest Opals player ever, behind Liz Cambage at 203 cm and Sue Geh at 205 cm.[6]
At official FIBA events, Beatty played for Australia at the 2007 World Championship for Junior Women, where she won a Silver medal.[7][8] At that tournament, Beatty played alongside future WNBL and WNBA greats, Lauren Jackson and Penny Taylor.[9]
Reaching the 250 game threshold in season 2006/07, Beatty was awarded WNBL Life Membership.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Women's National Basketball League. Player Profile: Tracey Beatty. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. All Time Playing Roster Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. Players with 100 or more career games Archived 17 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Basketball Australia (18 February 2007). Capitals win defence jobs WNBL title. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ AUS - Defencejobs WNBL statistical award winners announced (13 February 2007). FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Tracey Beatty has a tall storey to tell you (6 August 2011). News Limited. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ FIBA Archive. Player Search: Tracey Braithwaite. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Australia. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Women's National Basketball League. WNBL Life Members. Retrieved 2015-02-21.