Isabella Augustine Alarie (born April 23, 1998) is an American former professional

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player. She played her entire career for the

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of the

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(WNBA). She is the daughter of Mark Alarie, a retired professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the 1986–1991 seasons.

College career

Alarie played

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for the

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. She was the three-time Ivy League Player of the Year (from 2018 to 2020) and was selected to

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Honorable Mention by the

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(AP). 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

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by the

. She graduated from Princeton with a bachelor's degree in history.

WNBA career

Alarie was selected as the 5th overall pick by the

in the 2020 WNBA draft, and proceeded to play a reserve role for the Wings for two seasons. Alarie sat out the entire 2022 season due to "personal reasons". She officially announced her retirement from professional basketball on February 2, 2023, citing desires to want to explore the business side of basketball as opposed to playing. Her final WNBA game was the First Round Playoff Game between Dallas and the

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on September 23, 2021, where Dallas would be eliminated after losing to Chicago 64–81. Alarie played for 4 minutes and recorded 3 rebounds and 1 assist in her final game.

Post-retirement

In June 2024, Alarie joined the

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as the director of player development and experience.

Career statistics

College

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WNBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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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 at

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and was drafted in the first round of

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. Rene Augustine was appointed the Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice in 2019 and the Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division at the

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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

External links

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