2008-2009 Season Stats
(2007-2008) Led the team in scoring six times before missing the last nine games of the season due to an injury … Started 16 of 17 games played for the Yeomen … Was tops in the conference in free throw accuracy shooting a blistering .878 … Beard finished the year second on the team in scoring average with 12.6 points per game and third on the team in total points (215) … Made four threes at Alma (1/5/08) and at Wittenberg (12/14/07) en route to finishing second on the team in total triples with 32 … Scored in double figures in 13 of his 17 games played … Posted a season-high 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting and was 7-of-8 at the free-throw line against Thomas More (11/27/07) … Beard also ranked eighth in the conference in three point field goals made per game (1.88) and ninth in the NCAC in minutes per game (31.29).
(2006-2007) In his first full healthy season playing for the Yeomen, Beard was third on the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game ... Broke the Oberlin single-season record and led the NCAC in free throw percentage (.889) ... Scored a career-high 26 points at Hiram on February 3 ... Made at least six three-pointers in three different contests ... Led the NCAC in three-point field goals made per game (2.40) ... Reached double figures in scoring 16 times.
(2005-2006) Played in only one game due to a knee injury ... Scored five points in 20 minutes of action against Elms.
(2004-2005) Averaged 10.3 points per game in 15 contests, earning 10 starts...Made 25 three-pointers ... Dished out 21 assists, good for fourth on the team ... Paced the Yeomen in scoring on two occasions ... Netted a team high19 points against Hiram on February 12 ... Reached double figures in scoring seven times ... Tallied 20 points in a January 5th contest against Case Western Reserve ... Scored 51 points in a three-game stretch against Bethany, Carnegie Mellon, and Case Western Reserve.
Oberlin High School:
Was named Lorain County’s Mr. Basketball after his senior season at Oberlin High School in 2004 ... Received honorable mention All-Ohio accolades following his senior campaign ... Earned four letters in three different sports (basketball, baseball, and football) ... Named All-Lorain County in both football and baseball.
Personal:
Is the son of Byron Beard and Laura Donaldson ... Father Byron is Oberlin’s second all-time leading scorer (2,013 points) ... Majors in sociology.
