Allyssa DeHaan the Biography

Allyssa DeHaan, Basketball Player, - Biography,

USA Basketball Player

College Michigan State University
Sport Basketball
Position Center
Class Freshman
Career 2006 – present
Height 6 foot 9 in (2.06 m)
Weight 195 lb (89 kg)
Nationality United States
Born June 21, 1988, Grandville, Michigan, USA
High School Grandville High school
Awards
*Averaged 24 points, nine blocks & nine rebounds a game
Ranked among the top 25 centers in the nation

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Allyssa DeHaan is an American basketball player. She is currently playing for Michigan State University.

She is 2.06 metres (6 ft 9 in), making her one of the tallest female basketball players in the country & the tallest player in Michigan State history as well as one of the tallest female athletes in the world in general. Margo Dydek is the only WNBA player taller than her.

Because of her great height, DeHann is positioned as a center. She is a versatile big player & has good, fluid movement on the court, allowing her to make good use of her height. She can control a game with scoring, rebounding & excellent shot blocking. She has claimed to even perform a two-handed dunk.

Early life
DeHaan's athletic life actually began with gymnastics in preschool. She also tried ballet, ice skating, swimming, tee ball & volleyball before she ever picked up a basketball in fifth grade. When some parents of AAU players walked into the gym & saw her doing gymnastics, they asked her to join their basketball team to which DeHann agreed. She also started playing pick-up games in the driveway with her mom, who also played Big Ten ball at Northwestern.

DeHann has always been tall. In middle school, she reached 6ft 2 & sprouted six more inches between her sixth- & seventh-grade years. She grew to 6ft 7 as a high school sophomore & graduated from Grandville High School at taller than 6ft 8. She wasn't finished, adding another inch during the summer to become the tallest player in Michigan State history at 6ft 9.

Her father, Brandon DeHann, is 6ft 6in, & her mother, Tracie DeHann, is 6ft 4in. She played basketball at in the early 1980s & faced some of the game's biggest legends, including Cheryl Miller & Anne Donovan. Allyssa's younger but not longer smaller brother, Collin DeHaan, is 6-ft 10. He grew 10 inches in two years, & doctors say he could hit 7 feet tall before his growth spurt ends.

High school & college
Allyssa attended Grandville High school. On November 28, 2005 she was named the Michigan Miss Basketball of 2005.

DeHaan, who ranks second on the team in scoring, has been a big help in keeping her team on track & played a crucial role in guiding the squad to its first 3-0 mark in conference play since 1991 despite her rookie status.

DeHaan later attended Michigan State University & had one of the most dominant freshman seasons in Big Ten history. In her first season, DeHann had earned spots on the All-Big Ten Second Team & the All-Big Ten Defensive Team, as well as the Big Ten All-Tournament Team. She smashed the school's previous single-season blocks record of 57 set by Kristen Rasmussen's in only 12 games & her 69 blocks during Big Ten regular-season games was the third-best mark in the school's history, just 27 points behind Trish Andrew's mark of 96 set in 1991 - 1992 season. She has also earned the distinction of becoming only the fourth person in Michigan State University's history to reach 300 points & 200 rebounds.

DeHann has learned a lot about playing in the national spotlight, especially when the she & her took on defending NCAA champion Maryland in front of 12,295 fans at the Terrapins' Comcast Center as countless others who watched the nationally televised game on CBS. Maryland standout Crystal Langhorne proved too much for DeHaan & the Spartans. DeHaan is continually learning how to deal with the travails of facing physical, up-tempo Division-I opponents. Over the summer, she worked on her strength & added 30 pounds to her long & lanky frame. Since the season ended, she has continued to work out & add strength, & now weighs nearly 200 pounds.

Stats
She was ranked among the top 25 centers in the nation by All-Star Girls Report & also named to the All-State team & was the Gatorade Player of the Year
Has averaged 24 points, nine blocks & nine rebounds a game
Grandville to a 22-2 record & conference, district & regional championships as a senior
She was named first-team all-state the past three seasons & an an all-league (OK Red) selection the past three seasons
Averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds & nearly 10 blocked shots a game her junior year, leading Grandville to the state quarterfinals for the first time in it's history
She was named to The Grand Rapids Press all-area team two years running
set the Michigan single-season blocks record with 236 her junior season
A member of Grandville High school volleyball team & earned honorable mention all-conference honors, carried a 3.85 GPA.
Smashed the Michigan State University's previous single-season blocks record of 57 set by Kristen Rasmussen.
The fourth freshman in Michigan State University's history to reach 300 points & 200 rebounds.

Trivia
She has a 39-inch inseam & wears a size 14 shoe.

This site was written in July 2007

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