Ameryst Alston

Ameryst Alston (born 20 June 1995) is an American professional basketball player. She played college basketball for Ohio State University^[1][2] before being selected by the New York Liberty in the 2016 WNBA draft where she played from 2016 to 2017.^[3]

Ameryst Alston

Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor
Position	Point guard
League	TKBL
Personal information
Born	(1995-06-20) June 20, 1995 (age 30)
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school	Canton McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (2012–2016)
WNBA draft	2016: 2nd round, 24th overall pick
Drafted by	New York Liberty
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	New York Liberty
2016–2017	Al Qazares
2017–2018	Gernika KESB
2018–2019	CD Zamarat
2019–2020	Kouvottaret
2020–2021	BC Winterthur
2021–2022	Valur
2022–present	Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor
Career highlights
Úrvalsdeild kvenna assist leader (2022) 3x First-team All-Big Ten (2014–2016) Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2013)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Early life

Alston played for Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio.^[4]

College career

After graduating from Canton McKinley, Alston played college basketball for Ohio State University from 2012 to 2016.^[5] She was a three-time All-Big Ten First Team selection and scored 2,165 points over her four year career.^[3]

Professional career

Alston was selected by the New York Liberty with the 24th pick in the 2016 WNBA draft and appeared in one game during the 2016 season before being waived when veteran Swin Cash re-signed with New York.^[6] She later signed with Spanish club Al-Qazeres Extremadura where she averaged 16.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game during the 2016–2017 season.^[6]

In April 2018, Alston signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky.^[7] She was waived by the Sky a month later before the start of the season.^[8]

After playing in the SB League for BC Winterthur during the 2020–2021 season, Alston signed with reigning Icelandic champions Valur in August 2021.^[9] In 27 games, she averaged 26.0 points, 9.1 rebounds and league leading 6.6 assists per game.

In September 2022, Alston signed with Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor of the Turkish second-tier TKBL.^[10]

Career statistics

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

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016	New York	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	New York	2	0	1.5	50.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	3	0	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012–13	Ohio State	31	25	30.3	49.0	31.6	71.7	3.9	2.8	1.1	0.1	2.4	6.5
2013–14	Ohio State	35	33	36.7	46.5	37.7	83.1	3.4	3.2	1.1	0.1	3.6	19.0
2014–15	Ohio State	35	35	37.7	45.0	35.6	83.2	4.8	4.0	1.3	0.1	2.8	19.8
2015–16	Ohio State	33	32	35.2	44.9	36.3	80.2	3.4	3.5	1.3	0.1	2.4	18.3
Career		134	125	35.1	45.7	36.1	81.3	3.9	3.4	1.2	0.1	2.8	16.2
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[11]