Stella Beck
{{short description|New Zealand basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Stella Beck
| image =
| league = Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa
| team = Tokomanawa Queens
| number = 7
| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 159
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|09|25}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = New Zealand
| high_school = Hutt Valley (Lower Hutt, New Zealand)
| college = Saint Mary's (2014–2018)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2018
| draft_round =
| draft_pick =
| draft_team =
| career_start = 2012
| career_end =
| years1 = 2012–2013
| team1 = Hutt Valley Flyers
| years2 = 2014
| team2 = Capital Flyers
| years3 = 2018
| team3 = Townsville Flames
| years4 = 2018–2019
| team4 = Townsville Fire
| years5 = 2019
| team5 = Launceston Tornadoes
| years6 = 2019–2020
| team6 = Melbourne Boomers
| years7 = 2021
| team7 = Capital Swish
| years8 = 2022–present
| team8 = Tokomanawa Queens
| highlights =
- TBA champion (2022)
- {{abbr|WBC|Women's Basketball Championship}} champion (2013)
- TBA Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
- {{abbr|WBC|Women's Basketball Championship}} MVP (2013)
- {{abbr|WBC|Women's Basketball Championship}} All-Star Five (2013)
- {{abbr|WBC|Women's Basketball Championship}} Junior Player of the Year (2012)
- 2× First-team All-WCC (2017, 2018)
- Second-team All-WCC (2016)
- WCC Newcomer of the Year (2015)
- WCC All-Freshman Team (2015)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalSport | Basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Oceania Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Australia / New Zealand | Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Australia / New Zealand | Team}}
}}
Stella Beck (born 25 September 1995) is a New Zealand professional basketball player.
Early life
Raised in Eastbourne, Hutt Valley,{{cite web|url=https://www.queens.nz/stella-beck|title=Stella Beck|work=queens.nz|access-date=27 August 2022}} Beck attended Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt.{{cite web|last=Barton|first=Tim|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/8758044/Beck-keen-to-show-shes-fit-for-Ferns|title=Beck keen to show she's fit for Ferns|work=stuff.co.nz|date=5 June 2013|access-date=27 August 2022}}
Career
=Early years=
In 2012, Beck debuted in New Zealand's Women's Basketball Championship (WBC) for the Hutt Valley Flyers, earning Junior Player of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://tauihi.basketball/past_champions/?championship_year=2012&gender=womens-nbl|title=2012 CHAMPIONS: NELSON SPARKS|work=tauihi.basketball|access-date=27 August 2022}} She was named WBC MVP in 2013 and led Hutt Valley to the championship.{{cite web|url=https://tauihi.basketball/past_champions/?championship_year=2013&gender=womens-nbl|title=2013 CHAMPIONS: HUTT VALLEY-PORIRUA FLYERS|work=tauihi.basketball|access-date=27 August 2022}} She continued in the WBC in 2014 for the Capital Flyers.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.australiabasket.com/player/Stella-Beck/New-Zealand/Tokomanawa-Queens/256371?Women=1|title=Stella Beck|work=australiabasket.com|access-date=27 August 2022|url-access=subscription}}
=College=
Beck played college basketball for the Saint Mary's Gaels between 2014 and 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/2608/saint-mary-gaels|title=Saint Mary's Gaels Roster
|publisher=espn.com}}
==Saint Mary's statistics==
| class="wikitable"
|+{{{caption|Ratios}}} !YEAR !Team ! scope="col"|{{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|FG%|Field goal percentage}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|3P%|3-point field-goal percentage}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|FT%|Free-throw percentage}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|RBG|Rebounds per game}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|APG|Assists per game}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|BPG|Blocks per game}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|SPG|Steals per game}} ! scope="col"|{{abbr|PPG|Points per game}} |
| 2014–15
|Saint Mary's |33 |55.0% |25.9% |56.4% |6.06 |1.91 | 0.36 |1.00 |8.09 |
| 2015–16
|Saint Mary's |28 |55.9% |18.2% |72.0% |5.79 |2.79 |0.57 |1.04 |9.89 |
| 2016–17
|Saint Mary's |31 |54.6% |27.6% |73.2% |5.32 |3.16 |0.45 |1.55 |13.03 |
| 2017–18
|Saint Mary's |31 |59.9% |31.7% |73.2% |6.23 |3.19 |0.74 |1.23 |15.84 |
| Career
| |123 |56.6% |28.5% |69.6% |5.85 |2.75 | 0.53 |1.20 |11.70 |
=Professional=
After a stint in the Queensland Basketball League for the Townsville Flames, Beck joined the Townsville Fire for the 2018–19 WNBL season.{{cite web|url=https://wnbl.basketball/townsville/news/fire-sign-kiwi-international/|title=FIRE SIGN KIWI INTERNATIONAL|work=wnbl.com.au|access-date=6 July 2018}} In 2019, she played for the Launceston Tornadoes in the NBL1 before joining the Melbourne Boomers for the 2019–20 WNBL season. She continued with the Boomers for the 2020 WNBL Hub season in Queensland.
In 2021, Beck returned to New Zealand and played for the Capital Swish in the Women's NBL.{{cite web|last=Bartholomeusz|first=Seb|url=https://central.rookieme.com/basketball/2021-nznbl-womens-team-preview-capital-swish/|title=2021 NZNBL Women's team preview: Capital Swish|work=central.rookieme.com|date=10 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2022}} In 2022, she joined the Tokomanawa Queens and helped them win the inaugural Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa championship.{{cite web|url=https://tauihi.basketball/game-recap-queens-claim-inaugural-tauihi-title-with-win-over-kahu/|title=GAME RECAP: QUEENS CLAIM INAUGURAL TAUIHI TITLE WITH WIN OVER KĀHU|work=tauihi.basketball|date=27 August 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827144920/https://tauihi.basketball/game-recap-queens-claim-inaugural-tauihi-title-with-win-over-kahu/|archive-date=27 August 2022}} She re-joined the Queens in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TokomanawaQueens/posts/pfbid02RUgUeTgiMeCXJ6cDXCGn3sy48Ao4TRDCK7v79wGTzWTE6u2xJSapXgL1tBnJhaqul|title=Introducing, our incredible Captain Stella Beck|work=facebook.com/TokomanawaQueens|date=12 May 2023|access-date=15 June 2023}} With the Queens in 2024, she was named the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa Defensive Player of the Year.{{cite news |title=G.J. Gardner Homes Tauihi 2024 Awards Winners Unveiled – Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa |url=https://tauihi.basketball/g-j-gardner-homes-tauihi-2024-awards-winners-unveiled/ |access-date=21 December 2024 |work=tauihi.basketball |date=13 December 2024 |language=en-AU}}
=National team=
Beck made her international debut in 2011 at the FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/97741/sid/5775/tid/337/_/2011_FIBA_Oceania_U16_Championship_for_Women/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906084157/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/97741/sid/5775/tid/337/_/2011_FIBA_Oceania_U16_Championship_for_Women/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2015|title=Stella BECK|work=fiba.com|access-date=6 July 2018}} She played for New Zealand in 2012 at the FIBA Oceania U18 Championship and then made her senior debut in 2013 at the FIBA Oceania Championship. She continued to play for the Tall Ferns in 2015, 2016 and 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/194471/Stella-Beck|title=Stella Beck|work=fiba.basketball|access-date=27 August 2022}}
Personal life
Beck's father, Shawn, is a basketball coach. He was raised and educated in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/9419661/Beck-heading-to-US|title=Beck heading to US|work=stuff.co.nz|date=20 November 2013|access-date=27 August 2022}}