Alana Nelson

Photo by: Josh Gales

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-11
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Springport, Mich.
High School:
Springport
Prev School:
Spring Arbor/Northwood

• All-Horizon League First Team (2025-26)
• Horizon League Player of the Week (12/8/25, 12/15/25, 1/26/2026)
• NAIA All-America Second Team (2023-24, 2024-25)
• NAIA All-America Honorable Mention (2022-23)
• First Team All-Crossroads League (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• Crossroads League Player of the Week (1/29/24, 11/4/24, 11/11/24)
• NAIA National Player of the Week (Dec. 19, 2024)
• Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year (2022-23)
• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 22, 2021)

Get To Know

2025-26: Started in all 35 games ... Earned a spot on the All-Horizon League First Team ... Finished her career as one of the most prolific scorers in all of college basketball, logging 2,848 points between her three stops ... Averaged a team-best 16.5 points per game, which was good for second in the Horizon League ... Scored in double-figures 27 times with 20+ 13 times ... Racked up 23 points at Xavier (Nov. 7) and 22 against Southern Illinois (Nov. 15) ... After 25 points against Northwestern State (Nov. 25), she scored 20+ over a three-game stretch (IU Indy, Dec. 3; Wright State, Dec. 7; Milwaukee, Dec. 10) ... Did the same later in the month with 26 against Aquinas (Dec. 19), 21 against Northern Kentucky (Dec. 29) and 24 at Oakland (Jan. 2) ... She was 9-for-10 against Aquinas (Dec. 19), which was the third-best field goal percentage mark in program history ... Totaled 23 in a home win over Cleveland State (Jan. 21) then 25 against Detroit Mercy (Feb. 1) ... Scored 21 points against Youngstown State (Feb. 21) ... Averaged 30.5 points per game in the WNIT ... Exploded for 37 points against South Alabama (March 24) in the second round of the WNIT ... Went off for 24 points in the Super 16 at Arkansas State (March 27) ... Went 12-for-12 from the free throw line at Arkansas State (March 27), matching the fifth-most free throws in a game without a miss in program history ... Finished the season with 579 points, which was good for eighth in program history and third in the Division I era.

2024-25 (at Spring Arbor): Named an NAIA All-America Second Team honoree ... Averaged a double-double with 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game ... Finished her three years at Spring Arbor with 1,787 points ... Scored over 30 points five times with a 40-point effort at Midway (Nov. 9) ... Had a career-high of 21 rebounds against Huntington (Feb. 26).

2023-24 (at Spring Arbor): Named an NAIA All-America Second Team selection ... Averaged 18.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game ... Scored a program-record 47 points against Lourdes (Dec. 14).

2022-23 (at Spring Arbor): Selected as an NAIA All-America Honorable Mention ... Average a double-double of 19.4 points and 10.4 rebounds per game ... Poured in a season-high of 30 points at Bethel (Jan. 4).

2021-22 (at Northwood): Averaged 11.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in her sophomore campaign ... Shot 45.9 percent from the floor.

2020-21 (at Northwood): Scored 8.2 points per game on 52.1 percent shooting ... Averaged 6.1 rebounds per game.

High School: Earned three conference Player of the Year awards in 2018, 2019 and 2020 ... Named All-State twice ... Played club ball for Michigan Premier.

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Natasha Nelson ... Has one sister, Kadence ... Pursuing a master's degree in organizational leadership.