Beyers play NAIA basketball for the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy
University Health Sciences and Pharmacy guard Grace Beyer warms up before an NAIA college basketball gameAP
Caitlin Clark has been raking in the praise recently as the Iowa Hawkeye’s star continues to make a mockery of long-standing NCAA records but she’s not actually got the most volume in women’s basketball so who is Grace Beyers? The woman out-scoring Clark? Why is she happy to go unknown?
Beyers has a fraction of the attention that Clark has got as she plays in the NAIA with the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, which is based in St. Louis, Missouri, but her season came to an end on March 2 when she lost in the semifinals of the American Midwest Conference tournament.
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Despite the defeat, she still performed exceptionally as she put up 33 points. Interestingly, that took her points haul in her collegiate career to 3961. It surpasses Clark‘s record by a cool 261 points, although Clark got all the praise for setting the tally against the Michigan Wolverines on February 15.
So Beyers is actually the most lethal shooter in the sport but she doesn’t care about the fame and isn’t bothered that Clark is getting more attention.
“You know, the entire country is talking about how Caitlin Clark is improving the game of basketball on the women’s side,” Beyers said to Today. “And just to be able to do something in somewhat of the same vicinity is special.”
She added: “She has so many assists and also can score the ball really well, which is a similarity between our two games. But it’s the logo threes, I don’t know how she does it!”
What is she studying?
The University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy might give you a big clue that Beyers is on the path to medicine and is currently aiming to dedicate her life to helping others.
Specifically, she studies to earn a Doctorate in Pharmacy meaning that she dons a white lab coat on most days.
The reason for that is her grandpa who, when he had failing health, was greatly helped by Beyers as she helped ensure he kept on top of his medications.
“And that piqued my interest in pharmacy.”
Who inspired her?
Beyers‘ parents recognized her talent for shooting hoops and decided to push her into a basketball career before making her aware that she should prioritize her pharmacology career since it lasts her life, instead of a brief section.
She’s also inspired by her grandpa, who was very close to her and died due to health complications in her sophomore year although he managed to see her play college-level sports.
He inspired her to go into her medical career and it’s for him she continues on, particularly because he drove six hours to see her play at the back end of his life.
“That means a lot,” Beyers simply said, with a lot of emotion in those four words.
Will she join the NCAA?
Beyers does not possess a name, image, likeness (NIL) deal that modern athletes obtain a value for to understand how to market and value themselves after the NCAA was criticized for poorly treating college starts.
In the wake of that, Beyers said she thought about the NCAA because NIL deals can be worth millions but that she doesn’t regret her choice to go to the NAIA instead.
“There’s always going to be those thoughts in the back of my mind,” Beyers added. “But I can’t look back and just think about the ‘what ifs’ because I’ve accomplished something amazing at UHSP and I don’t ever regret my decision coming here.”
She further noted that her career may lay outside of North America, possibly alluding to Europe, as she bids to pioneer the women’s game across the globe.
“After next year,” Beyers added. “If I want to grow the game of basketball and play overseas, I will take advantage of that.
“But I also love pharmacy and could just pursue that for the rest of my life.”
