Raegan Beers is an American college basketball player for the Oklahoma Sooners of the SEC. She previously played for the Oregon State Beavers.

Raegan Beers
No. 15 – Oklahoma Sooners
PositionForward
LeagueSEC
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolValor Christian
(Highlands Ranch, Colorado)
CollegeOregon State (2024–present)
Oklahoma (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards

High school career

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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

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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]

Beers entered the transfer portal at the end of the 2023–24 season, and committed to Oklahoma on April 29, 2024.[6]

Career statistics

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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

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022–23 Oregon State 31 6 24.4 56.0 12.5 72.9 8.6 1.0 0.7 0.7 2.2 13.3
2023–24 Oregon State 31 31 28.0 66.4 0.0 62.7 10.3 1.6 1.2 1.3 2.4 17.5
Career 62 37 26.2 61.8 10.0 67.9 9.4 1.3 1.0 1.0 2.3 15.4
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[7]

Personal life

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Beers is a Christian.[8] 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.[9]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Fredrickson, Kyle (March 10, 2022). "Raegan Beers lifts Valor Christian girls basketball to 5A state championship game". The Denver Post. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Raegan Beers Named an All-American by The Athletic". Oregon State University Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Oklahoma lands former Oregon State star Beers". ESPN.com. 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ^ "Raegan Beers College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Mercer, Kevin. "Star Raegan Beers leads Oregon State in Sweet 16, strives 'to be with God'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ^ 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.
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