Alison Bales

Alison Bales
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1985 (age 40); Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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
Drafted by	Indiana Fever
Playing career	2007–2012
Position	Center
Number	33
Career history
2007–2008	Indiana Fever
2008; 2010–2011	Atlanta Dream
Career highlights
	Senior CLASS Award (2007); All-American – USBWA (2007); Third-team All-American – AP (2007); First-team All-ACC (2007); 2× 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 Women's National Basketball Association (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.^[1]

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
2008	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	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Indiana	4	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
2010	Atlanta	7	7.3	62.5	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.4	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.4
2011	Atlanta	8	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	10.3	39.5	37.5	16.7	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.7	1.8

College

Source^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Notes

^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
^ "DREAM: Dream Trades Alison Bales to Phoenix for Second Round Pick". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
^ "Alison Bales, MD". Wright State Physicians. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from WNBA.com · Basketball Reference
Dream trades Mann for Bales

[WBCA_Box_Scores-1] "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.

[NCAA_Player_stats-2] "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 1, 2015.

[3] "DREAM: Dream Trades Alison Bales to Phoenix for Second Round Pick". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[4] "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

[5] "Alison Bales, MD". Wright State Physicians. Retrieved April 2, 2024.

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Women	2001: No award 2002: Bird 2003: Thomas 2004: Beard 2005: Wecker 2006: Augustus 2007: Bales 2008: Wiggins 2009: Paris 2010: Griffin 2011: Moore 2012: Ogwumike 2013: Delle Donne 2014: Dolson 2015: Logic 2016: Stewart 2017: Wiese 2018: Williams 2019: Gustafson 2020: Ionescu 2021: Davis 2022: Hull

Personal information

Born	(1985-04-04) April 4, 1985 (age 40) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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
Drafted by	Indiana Fever
Playing career	2007–2012
Position	Center
Number	33
Career history
2007–2008	Indiana Fever
2008 2010–2011	Atlanta Dream

Career highlights
Senior CLASS Award (2007) All-American – USBWA (2007) Third-team All-American – AP (2007) First-team All-ACC (2007) 2× ACC All-Defensive Team (2005, 2007) McDonald's All-American (2003)

Stats at Basketball Reference