Alysha Clark

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. Clark's maternal grandparents were Jewish and could speak Hebrew. However, she was baptized as a child and identified as a Christian. It was not until she began playing in Israel that she was considered Jewish (her maternal grandparents were Jewish). She subsequently began to explore her Jewish roots and became an Israeli citizen. There, she played basketball, and as a senior averaged 24 points and 11.6 rebounds, while shooting 78 percent from the foul line and 67 percent from the floor. She was named an AAU All-American, the 3A Miss Basketball, picked by the Tennessean as its Midstate Player of the Year, voted to the Girl's All-Southern Basketball Team by the Orlando Sentinel, named the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year, named to the Tennessee All-Star Team, named Tennessee tournament Most Valuable Player. ==College career==

Clark played her first two years of college basketball at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. At Belmont she helped the Lady Bruins to their first ever NCAA tournament appearance in 2007. As a freshman, she led the conference in total points, field goals, and free throws, and was named Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, selected to the All-Atlantic Sun First Team and to the league's All-Freshman Team, and was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team. She was named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year for the second year in a row, and the Atlantic Sun Tournament Most Valuable Player. In 2009–10 she again led the NCAA, this time with 28.3 points per game, led the Sun Belt Conference with 11.6 rebounds per game, was 4th in the conference with 2.4 steals per game, and was 9th in the conference with 3.4 assists per game. She was named to the Middle Tennessee Hall of Fame in 2020. ==Professional career==

Clark was drafted with the 17th overall pick in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars, but did not make a roster that year or in 2011. Besides playing in the WNBA, she during the off season played on Ramat Hasharon of the Israeli National League from 2010 to 2013 (and was awarded the Domestic Player of the Year Award and selected to the All-Israeli First team during her first year). In 2019, she was named to the All-Defensive Second Team and in 2020 was chosen for the All-Defensive First Team. In the Storm's championship-clinching win in the WNBA Finals against the Washington Mystics, Clark led the team in playing time, and added 15 points. In February 2021, Clark signed with the Washington Mystics, but was ruled out of playing during the 2021 WNBA season due to a Lisfranc injury received while playing in France. In December 2022, Clark signed with the Israeli champions Elitzur Ramla, until the end of the season. She went back to training under Shira Halyon, who trained her in the past in the EuroCup. In February 2023, Clark signed with the Las Vegas Aces. On September 18, 2023, she won the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award. On February 9, 2025, Clark signed with the Seattle Storm, where she played the first nine years of her WNBA career. On August 5, 2025, Clark was traded back to the Washington Mystics, as Washington acquired Clark and Seattle’s 2026 first-round draft pick in exchange for Brittney Sykes. Clark signed a one-year deal with the Dallas Wings in April 2026. She signed the contract while being the oldest active WNBA player. Athletes Unlimited Clark made her Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball debut during the league's 2025 season, finishing 15th on the overall leaderboard and earning selection to the AU All-Defensive Team. She started all 12 games, averaging 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds, and recorded multiple Game MVP honors, including a double-double performance during the season. Clark is set to return to the league for the 2026 season. ==Career statistics==

WNBA Regular season Stats current through the 2025 season Playoffs Stats current through end of 2024 playoffs College ==Off the court==

Philanthropy In February 2024, Clark joined the WNBA Changemakers Collective and their collaboration with VOICEINSPORT (VIS) as a mentor, "aimed at keeping girls in sport and developing diverse leaders on the court and beyond the game." == See also ==