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Jersey Number 7
Eli Beard
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Big Sandy, Texas
- High School:
- Seminole
2024-25 / Fourth year – at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Started all 26 games for the Crusaders…named a First Team All-American Southwest Conference selection after finishing second in the ASC with 22.3 points per game… named D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region…scored in double figures in every game…poured in a career-high 44 points against LeTourneau…shot 17-for-25 in that game and had four 3-pointers…it was one of four games with 30 or more points…shot 40 percent from behind the arc, which was second in the ASC…led the conference in free throw percentage at .845…in his two seasons at Mary Harden Baylor he scored 1,083 points and had 133 assists.
2023-24 / Third Year - at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Averaged 18.6 points per game and was the ASC Newcomer of the Year…was also named Second Team All-ASC, Second Team All-Region 10, and Dave Campbell’s Non-DI All-Texas Sixth-Man of the Year…scored a season-best 33 points against UT Dallas…reached double figures scoring 23 times and had 20 or more on 12 occasions… selected to the ASC All-Tournament Team … shot .496 from the field and .451 from 3-point territory…was a member of the NABC Honors Court.
2022-23 / Second Year
Attended Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, Louisiana…averaged 7.8 points and 1.5 assists…shot more than 90 percent from the free throw line and 37 percent from long range…had a season-high 22 points and reached double figures on 10 occasions.
2021-22 / First Year
Attended New Mexico Junior College… played in 28 games and averaged 6.8 points per game…shot 46.5 percent from the behind the 3-point line and 70.8 percent from the free throw line…scored in double figures seven times.
Background
Attended Big Sandy High School and Seminole High School…was a two-time All-State and three-time All-Region selection in basketball….was also an All-Region pick on two occasions as a member of the track team…graduated in the top ten percent of his class and was a member of the National Honor Society
Personal
Son of Anthony Beard and Shawana Johnson…has one brother.
Started all 26 games for the Crusaders…named a First Team All-American Southwest Conference selection after finishing second in the ASC with 22.3 points per game… named D3hoops.com Second Team All-Region…scored in double figures in every game…poured in a career-high 44 points against LeTourneau…shot 17-for-25 in that game and had four 3-pointers…it was one of four games with 30 or more points…shot 40 percent from behind the arc, which was second in the ASC…led the conference in free throw percentage at .845…in his two seasons at Mary Harden Baylor he scored 1,083 points and had 133 assists.
2023-24 / Third Year - at Mary Hardin-Baylor
Averaged 18.6 points per game and was the ASC Newcomer of the Year…was also named Second Team All-ASC, Second Team All-Region 10, and Dave Campbell’s Non-DI All-Texas Sixth-Man of the Year…scored a season-best 33 points against UT Dallas…reached double figures scoring 23 times and had 20 or more on 12 occasions… selected to the ASC All-Tournament Team … shot .496 from the field and .451 from 3-point territory…was a member of the NABC Honors Court.
2022-23 / Second Year
Attended Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, Louisiana…averaged 7.8 points and 1.5 assists…shot more than 90 percent from the free throw line and 37 percent from long range…had a season-high 22 points and reached double figures on 10 occasions.
2021-22 / First Year
Attended New Mexico Junior College… played in 28 games and averaged 6.8 points per game…shot 46.5 percent from the behind the 3-point line and 70.8 percent from the free throw line…scored in double figures seven times.
Background
Attended Big Sandy High School and Seminole High School…was a two-time All-State and three-time All-Region selection in basketball….was also an All-Region pick on two occasions as a member of the track team…graduated in the top ten percent of his class and was a member of the National Honor Society
Personal
Son of Anthony Beard and Shawana Johnson…has one brother.
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