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She is 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in), making her one of the tallest female basketball players in the country and the tallest player in Michigan State history as well as one of the tallest female athletes in the world in general. Margo Dydek is the only WNBA player taller than her. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... Małgorzata Dydek (born on 28 April 1974 in Poznań, Poland), known as Margo Dydek in the United States, is an international professional basketball player. ... WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ...

Because of her great height, DeHann is positioned as a center. She is a versatile big player and has good, fluid movement on the court, allowing her to make good use of her height. She can control a game with scoring, rebounding and excellent shot blocking. She has claimed to even perform a two-handed dunk.

Early life

DeHaan's athletic life actually began with gymnastics in preschool. She also tried ballet, ice skating, swimming, tee ball and volleyball before she ever picked up a basketball in fifth grade. When some parents of AAU players walked into the gym and saw her doing gymnastics, they asked her to join their basketball team to which DeHann agreed. She also started playing pick-up games in the driveway with her mom, who also played Big Ten ball at Northwestern. Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Tee Ball or T-Ball is a sport based on baseball and is intended as an introduction for young players to develop baseball skills and have fun. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... Modern indoor gymnasium with pull-down basketball hoops. ... Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ...

DeHann has always been tall. In middle school, she had already reached 6ft 2 and she grew six more inches between her sixth- and seventh-grade years. She grew to 6ft 7 as a high school sophomore and graduated from Grandville High School at taller than 6ft 8. She wasn't finished, adding another inch during the summer to become the tallest player in Michigan State history at 6ft 9.

Allyssa now towers over parents, even though her father, Brandon DeHann, is 6ft 6in, and her mother, Tracie DeHann, is 6ft 4in. She played basketball at in the early 1980s and faced some of the game's biggest legends, including Cheryl Miller and Anne Donovan. Allyssa's younger but no longer smaller brother, Collin DeHaan, is 6-ft 11. He grew 10 inches in two years, and doctors say he could hit over 7 feet tall before his growth spurt ends. [1] Cheryl Miller (born on January 3, 1964 in Riverside, California) is a former college basketball player and coach, and considered by many the best female player in the history of the game. ... Anne Donovan (born November 1, 1961 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is one of the most decorated figures in womens basketball, both as a dominant player in college and as a head coach in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ...

High school and college

Allyssa attended Grandville High school. On November 28, 2005 she was named the Michigan Miss Basketball of 2005. DeHaan ranks second on the team in scoring points and was a big help in keeping her team on track and played a crucial role in guiding the squad to its first 3-0 mark in conference play since 1991 despite her rookie status. She would on average score 24 points, nine rebounds and nine blocks a game. is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

DeHaan later attended Michigan State University and had one of the most dominant freshman seasons in Big Ten history. In her first season, DeHann had earned spots on the All-Big Ten Second Team and the All-Big Ten Defensive Team, as well as the Big Ten All-Tournament Team. She smashed the school's previous single-season blocks record of 57 set by Kristen Rasmussen's in only 12 games and her 69 blocks during Big Ten regular-season games was the third-best mark in the school's history, just 27 points behind Trish Andrew's mark of 96 set in 1991 - 1992 season. She has also earned the distinction of becoming only the fourth person in Michigan State University's history to reach 300 points and 200 rebounds. Big Ten can refer to: Big Ten Conference, a college athletics conference Big Ten (movie studios), the largest movie studios in Hollywood This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

On March 2, 2007 in a game where she was described as "unstoppable" Michigan won a 77-68 victory. [2] is the 61st day of the year (62nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

On November 24, 2006, DeHaan scored 17 points and nine rebounds in Michigan State's. Her team won 85 points to 66 . is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

DeHann has learned a lot about playing in the national spotlight, especially when the she and her took on defending NCAA champion Maryland in front of 12,295 fans at the Terrapins' Comcast Center as countless others who watched the nationally televised game on CBS. Maryland standout Crystal Langhorne proved too much for DeHaan and the Spartans. DeHaan is continually learning how to deal with the travails of facing physical, up-tempo Division-I opponents. Over the summer, she worked on her strength and added 30 pounds to her long and lanky frame. Since the season ended, she has continued to add strength, as well as another inch in height, and now weighs over 200 pounds.

Stats

• She was ranked among the top 25 centers in the nation by All-Star Girls Report and also named to the All-State team and was the Gatorade Player of the Year
• Has averaged 24 points, nine blocks and nine rebounds a game
• Grandville to a 22-2 record and conference, district and regional championships as a senior
• She was named first-team all-state the past three seasons and an an all-league (OK Red) selection the past three seasons
• Averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds and nearly 10 blocked shots a game her junior year, leading Grandville to the state quarterfinals for the first time in it's history
• She was named to The Grand Rapids Press all-area team two years running
• set the Michigan single-season blocks record with 236 her junior season
• A member of Grandville High school volleyball team and earned honorable mention all-conference honors, carried a 3.85 GPA.
• Smashed the Michigan State University's previous single-season blocks record of 57 set by Kristen Rasmussen.
• The fourth freshman in Michigan State University's history to reach 300 points and 200 rebounds.

Trivia

• She has a 39-inch inseam and wears a size 14 shoe.
• A recurring joke Allyssa shares with people when asked if she plays basketball; she replies "I'm a gymnast."

See also

• List of famous tall women
• Heightism
• Human height
• Growth hormone

This is a list of famous tall women, starting at 178 cm or 5 feet 10 inches. ... Heightism is a form of discrimination based on height. ... Stature redirects here. ... Growth hormone (GH or somatotropin) is a 191-amino acid, single chain polypeptide hormone which is synthesised, stored and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other animals. ...

References

• West Michigan hoops star stands above the rest. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
• New Kid on the Block. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
• www.statenews.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.

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External links

• Allyssa's Player Bio
• New Kid on the Block
• West Michigan hoops star stands above the rest
• Allyssa DeHaan Invited to Junior National Team Trials
• Statenews MSU recruit named Michigan Miss Basketball
• Allyssa's Fan Group