Bradley Beal
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| No. 3 – Washington Wizards | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
June 28, 1993 St. Louis, Missouri |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school |
Chaminade College Prep (Creve Coeur, Missouri) |
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| College | Florida (2011–2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Wizards | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–present | Washington Wizards | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bradley Emmanuel Beal (born June 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before being selected by the Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.
Beal attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Missouri. He competed in the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for the USA, which won the championship with Beal averaging 18 points per game. During his senior year of high school, Beal averaged 32.5 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game. At the end of Beal's senior season, he was named the 2011 Mr. Show-Me Basketball which recognized him as the top high school basketball player in the state of Missouri. He was also named the 2011 Gatorade National Player of the Year. According to ESPNU recruits, Beal was the fourth ranked recruit and second ranked shooting guard; he was also the fourth ranked recruit according to Rivals.com.
On November 30, 2009, Beal committed to the University of Florida. Beal accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team during the 2011–12 season.
In his first game at Florida, Beal started and recorded 14 points. Beal was named SEC Freshman of the Week on November 28, 2011. During the week of 11/21–11/28, Beal averaged 8.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville. Beal would go on to win five additional SEC Freshman of the Week honors and be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and was a first-team All-SEC selection. Beal finished the season averaging 14.8 points per game.
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