Raegan Beers
Beers with Oklahoma in 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 15 – Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 23, 2003 Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) | ||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2026: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2026–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2026–present | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Raegan Beers (born July 23, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers and Oklahoma Sooners.
High school career
[edit]Beers played basketball for Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She missed her junior season with a torn ACL, as her team won the Class 5A state title in her absence.[1] As a senior, she helped Valor Christian return to the Class 5A state title game and was named a McDonald's All-American.[2] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, Beers committed to play college basketball for Oregon State.[3]
College career
[edit]As a freshman at Oregon State, Beers averaged 13.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, earning All-Pac-12 honors from the league's coaches and being named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year.[4] In her sophomore season, she was selected to the All-Pac-12 Team.[5] She helped lead Oregon State to its first Elite Eight since 2018, where they ultimately lost to South Carolina.[6]
Beers entered the transfer portal at the end of the 2023–24 season, and committed to Oklahoma on April 29, 2024.[7]
As a junior, Beers averaged 17.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.2 blocks per game.[8] She had a season-high 30 points in back-to-back games against Arkansas and Alabama. [9] In the NCAA tournament, Beers had a season-high 18 rebounds against FGCU in the first round.[10] She scored 10 points and 10 rebounds in a Sweet Sixteen loss to UConn. [11] Beers was on the first-team for All-SEC, and named consensus Honorable Mention for All-American. [12] She was also a first-team Academic All-American, with a 3.51 GPA in multidisciplinary studies.[13]
Professional career
[edit]On April 15, 2026, Beers signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun after going unselected in the 2026 WNBA draft.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]| 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 | TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game |
| Bold | Career high | * | Led Division I |
College
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Oregon State | 31 | 6 | 24.4 | .560 | .125 | .729 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| 2023–24 | Oregon State | 31 | 31 | 28.0 | .664° | .000 | .627 | 10.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 17.5 |
| 2024–25 | Oklahoma | 33 | 33 | 22.4 | .633 | .364 | .698 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 17.3 |
| Career | 95 | 70 | 24.9 | .624 | .302 | .685 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 16.0 | |
National team career
[edit]Beers played in the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup and won a gold medal, averaging 8.1 points with a team-high 5.7 rebounds.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Beers is a Christian.[17] Beers' father, Ike, is a police sergeant for the city of Lakewood, Colorado. Her older brother, Rocky, has played college football for Air Force and FIU, and her younger brother, Rowdy, also plays football for FIU.[18] Her sister, Rylie, plays basketball for Belmont; the two played each other in Oklahoma's season opener in 2025. [19] In October 2025, Beers attended the Turning Point Tour with teammate Payton Verhulst, stating that the event aligned with her personal beliefs. [20]
References
[edit]- ↑ Saunders, Patrick (November 28, 2021). "Colorado's towers of power: Valor's Raegan Beers returns to challenge Grandview's Lauren Betts". The Denver Post. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ Fredrickson, Kyle (March 10, 2022). "Raegan Beers lifts Valor Christian girls basketball to 5A state championship game". The Denver Post. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ Nemec, Andrew (October 12, 2020). "Raegan Beers, nation's No. 4 post, commits to Oregon State Beavers women's basketball". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ Daschel, Nick (May 4, 2023). "Beavers Oregon State forward Raegan Beers among 22 invited to USA Basketball's AmeriCup team trials". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ "Raegan Beers Named an All-American by The Athletic". Oregon State University Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ staffreportsportland (2024-03-31). "Oregon State women's basketball's season ends at the hands of South Carolina in Elite Eight". The Portland Tribune. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ "Oklahoma lands former Oregon State star Beers". ESPN.com. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ↑ Bolin, Eric W. "Oklahoma's Raegan Beers earns All-American votes". Sooners Wire. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Aber, Ryan. "Raegan Beers dominates Arkansas in OU women's basketball blowout for fifth straight win". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Brunt, Cliff (2025-03-22). "Raegan Beers has 25 points, 18 rebounds to lead Oklahoma past FGCU 81-58 in March Madness". AP News. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Athletic, The (2025-03-28). "Beers delivers positive performance". The Athletic. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Bolin, Eric W. "Oklahoma center Raegan Beers named Honorable Mention All-American". Sooners Wire. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ "2024-25 Academic All-America® Women's Basketball teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ "Madison Hayes, Harmoni Turner, and Raegan Beers Sign Training Camp Contracts". sun.wnba.com. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Raegan Beers College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Raegan Beers". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Mercer, Kevin. "Star Raegan Beers leads Oregon State in Sweet 16, strives 'to be with God'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ↑ Daschel, Nick (January 25, 2023). "Oregon State's Raegan Beers, toughened by football brothers, brings thunder to Pac-12 women's basketball". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ↑ Sulley, Colton. "Inside Raegan Beers, sister Rylie's reunion during OU basketball opener vs Belmont". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
- ↑ Shaffer, Madeline Hoffmann, Keaton (2025-10-16). "Oklahoma politicians, OU athletes, students attend 'The Turning Point Tour' at Lloyd Noble Center". OU Daily. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
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