Alison Bales

Alison Bales

Personal information
Born	(1985-04-04) April 4, 1985 Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school	Beavercreek (Beavercreek, Ohio)
College	Duke (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2007–2012
Position	Center
Number	33
Career history
2007–2008	Indiana Fever
2008 2010–2011	Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
Senior CLASS Award (2007) All-American – USBWA (2007) Third-team All-American – AP (2007) First-team All-ACC (2007) 2x ACC All-Defensive Team (2005, 2007) McDonald's All-American (2003)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Alison Marie Bales (born April 4, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player of the WNBA.

High school

At the age of five, her family moved from Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was born, to the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek, Ohio; she played high school basketball for Beavercreek High School. Bales was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored three points.

College

After her senior year, she committed to Duke University to play for the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. At 6' 7" she played center for Duke, and later became the all-time shot block leader at Duke and 3rd all-time in NCAA history. In the 2006 NCAA women's tournament, Bales set a Women's Tournament record by blocking 30 shots in six games (Duke lost to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Maryland in the championship game). This would stand as a record until it was broken by Baylor's Brittney Griner in 2010. Bales graduated from Duke with a double major in cultural anthropology and biology.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Indiana	17	0	9.9	57.1	0.0	87.5	2.6	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.4	3.2
2008	Indiana	14	0	9.0	38.9	40.0	77.8	1.6	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.2	2.6
	Atlanta	17	9	22.9	40.5	33.3	67.7	6.0	0.6	0.9	1.7	0.6	4.8
2009	Did not play (waived)
2010	Atlanta	34	3	15.6	43.3	41.7	79.6	3.8	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.7	3.9
2011	Atlanta	34	15	20.2	48.6	35.3	75.0	4.7	1.2	0.4	1.6	0.5	5.0
Career	5 years, 2 teams	116	27	16.4	45.8	37.8	76.1	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.5	4.1

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Indiana	4	0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
2010	Atlanta	7	0	7.3	62.5	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.4
2011	Atlanta	8	0	16.0	38.5	42.9	50.0	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.0
Career	5 years, 2 teams	19	0	10.3	39.5	37.5	16.7	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.7	1.8

College

Source

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
2003-04	Duke	24	78	55.8	-	69.0	2.8	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.3
2004-05	Duke	36	276	48.0	100.0	67.0	6.6	1.9	0.5	3.7	7.7
2005-06	Duke	35	318	52.6	-	78.6	6.7	1.1	1.2	3.4	9.1
2006-07	Duke	34	403	46.4	50.0	74.2	7.8	2.0	1.1	4.4	11.9
Career	Duke	129	1075	49.1	66.7	73.4	6.2	1.5	0.8	3.4	8.3

WNBA career

On her birthday, Bales was drafted No. 9 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2007 WNBA draft. After a season and a half with Indiana, Bales was traded to the Atlanta Dream for Kristen Mann on July 4, 2008. She would complete the season with Atlanta, and then be traded to the Phoenix Mercury on January 21, 2009 for the 18th pick in the 2009 WNBA draft. Bales was waived by the Phoenix Mercury on June 4, 2009. After another season overseas, Bales was picked back up by the Atlanta Dream.

Over the course of her WNBA career, Bales averaged 3.8 points per game and 4.0 rebounds per game.

On April 10, 2012, Bales announced her retirement to attend medical school.

Overseas career

Bales also played for the Dynamo Moscow professional basketball club in Russia during the winter of 2007–2008. She is currently playing in the offseason for L Union Jainaut Basket Saint Amon in France.

She played for Turkey's Samsun during the 2008–09 off-season.

Post basketball career

After retiring from her basketball career, she attended Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University starting in May 2013. After graduating and obtaining her MD, she attended the General Surgery Residency program at Indiana University, and completed a surgical fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care Surgery.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Dream trades Mann for Bales