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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Illinois

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Brea Beal

Guard
ROCK ISLAND HS
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

24.8

Points per game

14

Rebounds per game

4.5

Assists per game

2720

Career Points
“Brea impacts the game in all the right ways. She plays with and through her teammates, utilizing opportunities for herself as well as the other players to be successful.”
Marcus Mann
Head Coach - Head coach of Normal Community High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s two-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-1 senior guard averaged 24.8 points, 14.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.6 blocks and 2.6 steals per game this past season, leading the Rocks (30-2) to the Class 4A Super-Sectionals. Already a two-time Miss Basketball winner and a three-time First Team All-State honoree, Beal is a McDonald’s All-American Game selection. She concluded her prep basketball career with 2,720 points and 1,285 rebounds.

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Academic Achievement

Beal has maintained a weighted 3.42 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of South Carolina beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Beal has volunteered locally as a youth basketball coach.