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Tracey Lea Rowley Beatty (''née'' Braithwaite, born 9 March 1979) is a retired Australian women's
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player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels.Women's National Basketball League. Player Profile
Tracey Beatty
Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2015-02-21.


Biography

Beatty commenced playing in the
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(WNBL) in 1995. Since then, Beatty has played for the AIS (1995 to 1997),
Adelaide Lightning The Adelaide Lightning are an Australian professional basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The club is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, and will play their home games at the State Basketball ...
(1998 to 1999/04), and
Canberra Capitals The University of Canberra Capitals are an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The team is based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In 2014 the University of Canberr ...
(2005/06 to 2009/10). Her 352 WNBL games ranks 5th all-time. 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. 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
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in round 3 and
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in round 5. At tall, Beatty is the third tallest
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player ever, behind
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at 203 cm and
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at 205 cm. At official
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events, Beatty played for Australia at the 2007 World Championship for Junior Women, where she won a
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. At that tournament, Beatty played alongside future WNBL and WNBA greats,
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and
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. Reaching the 250 game threshold in season 2006/07, Beatty was awarded WNBL Life Membership.Women's National Basketball League
WNBL Life Members
Retrieved 2015-02-21.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beatty, Tracy 1979 births Living people Australian women's basketball players Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Adelaide Lightning players Canberra Capitals players Shanghai Swordfish players Centers (basketball) Basketball players from South Australia Sportswomen from South Australia