Honor Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Led Southwood High School in Shreveport, La., to four consecutive state championships and a 144-6 record, earning WBCA High School All-American honors (1997-2000)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year (2001)
Led Duke to four straight ACC championships and four NCAA Tournament appearances (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
4x First Team All-ACC (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
3x ACC Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)
4x AP All-American, 3x Kodak All-American, and Women's Basketball News Service All-American (2002, 2003, 2004)
Led Duke to back-to-back NCAA Final Fours (2002, 2003)
2x National Player of the Year (2003, 2004)
2x ACC Female Athlete of the Year (2003, 2004)
Swept the Wooden Award, Wade Trophy, AP National Player of the Year, and USBWA National Player of the Year (2004)
Graduated as Duke's all-time leading scorer with 2,687 points (2004)
No. 2 overall pick in the WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics (2004)
4x WNBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
9x WNBA All-Defensive Team, including five First Team selections (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
All-WNBA Second Team (2006)
Israeli National League Champion and State Cup winner (2007)
Polish National League Champion (2009)
WNBA Champion with the Los Angeles Sparks (2016)
Spanish National League Champion (2016)
2x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
WNBA steals leader (2017)
Retired after 15 WNBA seasons as the Washington Mystics' all-time steals leader (2020)
First Duke women's basketball player to have her jersey retired
Founded the Alana Beard Foundation, a nonprofit AAU program providing young women with resources to succeed on and off the court, with teams in Maryland and her hometown of Shreveport (2014)
Chief Basketball Officer of Project B, a global women's professional basketball league offering players salaries and an equity stake (2025)