Alysha Clark

Alysha Angelica Clark (; born July 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. In college, she led the NCAA in scoring three years in a row. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. In 2018, Clark won a championship with the Seattle Storm as they swept the Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals, and in 2020 won her second championship as the Storm swept the Las Vegas Aces. She won her third WNBA championship with the Las Vegas Aces in 2023. In 2018, she led CCC Polkowice to a Polish championship and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. The next year, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel. Clark is known for her swarming defense and clutch shooting.

Early life Clark was born in Denver, Colorado to Jan and Duane Clark, who were both musicians. She is the younger sister of American Idol contestant Corey Clark. Clark's maternal grandparents were Jewish and could speak Hebrew. However, she was baptized as a child and identified as a Christian. It was not until she began playing in Israel that she was considered Jewish (her maternal grandparents were Jewish). She subsequently began to explore her Jewish roots and became an Israeli citizen. There, she played basketball, and as a senior averaged 24 points and 11.6 rebounds, while shooting 78 percent from the foul line and 67 percent from the floor. She was named an AAU All-American, the 3A Miss Basketball, picked by the Tennessean as its Midstate Player of the Year, voted to the Girl's All-Southern Basketball Team by the Orlando Sentinel, named the Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year, named to the Tennessee All-Star Team, named Tennessee tournament Most Valuable Player. She was named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year for the second year in a row, and the Atlantic Sun Tournament Most Valuable Player.

In 2009–10 she again led the NCAA, this time with 28.3 points per game, led the Sun Belt Conference with 11.6 rebounds per game, was 4th in the conference with 2.4 steals per game, and was 9th in the conference with 3.4 assists per game. She was named to the Middle Tennessee Hall of Fame in 2020. but did not make a roster that year or in 2011.

Besides playing in the WNBA, she during the off season played on Ramat Hasharon of the Israeli National League from 2010 to 2013 (and was awarded the Domestic Player of the Year Award and selected to the All-Israeli First team during her first year). In 2019, she was named to the All-Defensive Second Team and in 2020 was chosen for the All-Defensive First Team. In the Storm's championship-clinching win in the WNBA Finals against the Washington Mystics, Clark led the team in playing time, and added 15 points.

In February 2021, Clark signed with the Washington Mystics, but was ruled out of playing during the 2021 WNBA season due to a Lisfranc injury received while playing in France.

In December 2022, Clark signed with the Israeli champions Elitzur Ramla, until the end of the season. She went back to training under Shira Halyon, who trained her in the past in the EuroCup.

In February 2023, Clark signed with the Las Vegas Aces. On September 18, 2023, she won the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award.

On February 9, 2025, Clark signed with the Seattle Storm, where she played the first nine years of her WNBA career.

On August 5, 2025, Clark was traded back to the Washington Mystics, as Washington acquired Clark and Seattle’s 2026 first-round draft pick in exchange for Brittney Sykes.

Clark signed a one-year deal with the Dallas Wings in April 2026. She signed the contract while being the oldest active WNBA player.

Athletes Unlimited Clark made her Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball debut during the league's 2025 season, finishing 15th on the overall leaderboard and earning selection to the AU All-Defensive Team. She started all 12 games, averaging 10.2 points and 6.5 rebounds, and recorded multiple Game MVP honors, including a double-double performance during the season. Clark is set to return to the league for the 2026 season.

Career statistics + Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field goal percentage 3P% 3-point field goal percentage FT% Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game TO Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I ° Led the league ‡ WNBA record †Denotes seasons in which Clark won a WNBA championship

WNBA Regular season Stats current through the 2025 season

Playoffs Stats current through end of 2024 playoffs

College

2007–08

Off the court Philanthropy In February 2024, Clark joined the WNBA Changemakers Collective and their collaboration with VOICEINSPORT (VIS) as a mentor, "aimed at keeping girls in sport and developing diverse leaders on the court and beyond the game."