Bella Alarie

Isabella Augustine "Bella" Alarie (born April 23, 1998)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers. She was the three-time Ivy League Player of the Year (from 2018 to 2020)[2] and was selected to All-America Honorable Mention by the Associated Press (AP)[3]. She is the daughter of Mark Alarie, a retired professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the 1986–91 seasons.

Bella Alarie

No. 32 – Dallas Wings
Position	Power forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1998-04-23) April 23, 1998 Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school	National Cathedral School (Washington, D.C.)
College	Princeton (2016–2020)
WNBA draft	2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the Dallas Wings
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–present	Dallas Wings
Career highlights and awards
AP All-America Honorable Mention (2020) 3× Ivy League Player of the Year (2018–2020)
Medals Representing  United States Women's basketball Pan American Games 2019 Lima National team

College career

Alarie started in all 106 games during her career in Princeton from the 2016–17 to 2019–20 seasons. In her junior year (2018–19 season), she averaged a career best double-double of 22.8 ppg and 10.6 rpg. Alarie is a career 34.8% 3-point shooter who also averaged 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game. Following the 2019-20 season, Alarie was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high	°	League leader

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2016–17	Princeton	30	30	30.6	.432	.379	.667	8.0	2.1	1.1	1.7	1.7	12.6
2017–18	Princeton	30	30	30.7	.489	.328	.789	9.4	2.3	1.3	2.6	1.7	13.3
2018–19	Princeton	23	23	32.1	.515	.295	.829	10.6	3.4	1.2	2.8	1.9	22.8
2019–20*	Princeton	23	23	29.8	.474	.356	.744	8.6	2.3	1.2	2.3	1.7	17.5
Career		106	106	30.8	.480	.348	.761	9.1	2.5	1.2	2.3	1.7	16.1

* 2020 NCAA tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Source: goprincetontigers.com[4]

Personal life

Bella Alarie is the daughter of Mark Alarie and Rene Augustine. She has two brothers, Christian and Alexander. Mark Alarie was a two-time All-ACC first-team selection and was drafted in the first round of 1986 NBA draft. Rene Augustine was appointed the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in 2019[5] and the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in 2020. Bella's grandfather, Norman Augustine, graduated magna cum laude from Princeton and was a professor at Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1997 to 1999, and is the former CEO of Lockheed-Martin Corp.

References

1. "Isabella Augustine Alarie". FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2017: Players. FIBA. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
2. "Women's Basketball Announces Major Awards and All-Ivy After Another Accomplished Season". ivyleague.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
3. "2020 women's basketball Associated Press All-America Team announced | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
4. "Bella Alarie - Women's Basketball". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
5. "Antitrust Division Names Rene Augustine Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Responsible for International and Policy". www.justice.gov. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2020-04-17.