Tracey Beatty

Tracey Beatty
Australian Institute of Sport
Adelaide Lightning
Canberra Capitals
Position Centre
League WNBL
Personal information
Born March 9, 1979
Victor Harbor, South Australia
Nationality Australian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career highlights and awards

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

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 1999/00), 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 202cm (6' 8") tall, Beatty is the third tallest Opals player ever, behind Liz Cambage at 203cm and Sue Geh at 205cm.[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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Women's National Basketball League. Player Profile: Tracey Beatty. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  2. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. All Time Playing Roster. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  3. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. Players with 100 or more career games. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  4. ↑ Basketball Australia (February 18, 2007). Capitals win defence jobs WNBL title. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  5. ↑ AUS - Defencejobs WNBL statistical award winners announced (February 13, 2007). FIBA.com. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  6. ↑ Tracey Beatty has a tall storey to tell you (August 6, 2011). News Limited. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  7. ↑ FIBA Archive. Player Search: Tracey Braithwaite. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  8. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  9. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Australia. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  10. ↑ Women's National Basketball League. WNBL Life Members. Retrieved 2015-02-21.