Sophomore (2014-15)
Appeared in nine games for the Roadrunners and averaged 1.9 minutes per outing … only two points of the season came at Texas Tech (Dec. 20) on 1-for-3 shooting and also had one rebound … registered one block against Florida Atlantic (Feb. 8) … named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Freshman (2013-14)
Beard saw action in 19 contests, eight of which were in Conference USA play … averaged 0.5 points, 0.2 rebounds and 0.1 blocks per game … matched a season-best three points on two occasions – the first in the season opener against Texas (Nov. 10) … grabbed four boards with the last coming against UTEP (Jan. 25) … named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
High School
A four-year letter winner at Ozark High School, Beard averaged 15.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game as a senior in 2013 … shot 40 percent from the field and 70 percent from the free throw line to help lead the Tigers to a 21-6 record … as a senior Beard was named first-team all-district, second-team all-conference and voted the District 5 MVP by Scoreboardguy.net … a McDonald's All-American nominee prior to her senior season, Beard was voted to the Class 5 MISCA All-State team.
Personal
Full name is Haylee Ann Beard … daughter of Rick and Barbie Beard … has one brother, Sam, and one sister, Taylor … has yet to declare a major.