Aleah Goodman
American basketball player (born 1998)
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Aleah Goodman (born November 24, 1998) is an American basketball player and coach. She played college basketball for Oregon State[1] from 2017 to 2021 before briefly playing professionally for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. She is currently an assistant coach for the Washington Huskies.
| Washington Huskies | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Big Ten Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 24, 1998 Tualatin, Oregon, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Listed weight | 152 lb (69 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | La Salle (Milwaukie, Oregon) |
| College | Oregon State (2017–2021) |
| WNBA draft | 2021: 3rd round, 30th overall pick |
| Drafted by | Connecticut Sun |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2021 | Connecticut Sun |
Coaching | |
| 2021–2023 | Duke (dir. of recruiting and player personnel) |
| 2023–2024 | Oregon State (assistant) |
| 2024–present | Washington (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Early life and college
Goodman attended La Salle College Prep in Oregon. She was a 2-Time 5A State Champion, as well as a 3-Time Oregon 5A Player of the Year. She ended her high school career with over 1,400 points, 750 assists, 550 rebounds and 375 steals. She was named a 2017 McDonalds All-American participant. She played college basketball at Oregon State.[2][3] During her senior season, she became the 24th player in program history to pass 1,000 career points.[4] She departed the school as its career leader in three-point shooting percentage and third in made three-pointers. She was also No. 15 in program history with 1,162 career points.[5]
Professional career
Goodman was the 30th pick in the 2021 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun.[6] The Sun cut her in training camp in May the same year.[7] She re-joined the team 2 days later as a hardship roster addition. Goodman was released from her hardship contract on May 17 after appearing in one game.[5]
In July 2021, she was hired as the director of recruiting and player personnel for the Duke Blue Devils.[8][9] In April 2023, she returned to Oregon State as an assistant coach.[10] In June 2024, she was hired as an assistant coach for the Washington Huskies.[11]
Career statistics
WNBA
Source[12]
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | – | – | – | .0 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Oregon State | 31 | 0 | 16.6 | 43.9 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.3 |
| 2018–19 | Oregon State | 34 | 3 | 25.2 | 41.0 | 39.4 | 93.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 10.7 |
| 2019–20 | Oregon State | 32 | 18 | 29.0 | 45.4 | 44.0 | 74.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 8.8 |
| 2020–21 | Oregon State | 20 | 20 | 34.9 | 47.9 | 49.0 | 85.0 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 16.2 |
| Career | 117 | 41 | 25.6 | 44.4 | 43.7 | 82.9 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 9.9 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[13] | |||||||||||||
