Haney Adds Two to Women’s Basketball Staff
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Georgetown University Head Women’s Basketball Coach Darnell Haney has announced the hiring of Bella Alarie and Kadari Mitchell to the 2024-25 staff. Both were part of the program last season, but will be joining the Hoyas in a full-time capacity. Georgetown had a historic season in 2023-24 as the Blue & Gray advanced to the BIG EAST Championship for the first time in program history and participated in the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament.
“Bella is an amazing addition to our staff,” said Haney. “She brings a dynamic to us as a former pro and high-level collegiate player that helps us in a variety of ways. I wanted to create a development position that not only helped our young women grow on the court, but off the floor as well. Bella is a future superstar in the business and is the perfect fit for us and what we need.”
Alarie joins the staff as the director of player development and experience after serving as a graduate assistant a season ago.
He continued commenting on Mitchell, “Last season, Kadari took on a team manager position with us and ran with it. No job was too big or too small for this young man, and his efforts helped us tremendously over the course of the year. This year, he will assist with all on-court development of our players and help our office staff and coaches with administrative tasks as needed.”
Alarie’s Impressive Background
Alarie is now one of two former WNBA players on the Georgetown staff. Following a standout career at Princeton University, she was selected as the fifth overall pick by the Dallas Wings in the 2020 WNBA draft, marking her the highest draft pick in Tiger history. She proceeded to play a reserve role for the Wings for two seasons.
Bella Alarie brings a wealth of experience to the Georgetown staff.
Alarie departed Princeton as one of the best players in program history, following an impressive career that included both AP and USBWA All-America Honorable Mention in 2020, three-consecutive Ivy League Player of the Year awards, the 2017 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and a Princeton record four First Team All-Ivy League honors. She was also recognized as a Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist, a Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Finalist, and named to four other “Watch Lists” (Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, “Watch Wade,” Women’s Citizen’s Naismith Trophy, and Wooden Award).
Alarie’s achievements in the Ivy League are impressive.
On the court, she graduated as the program’s all-time leader in Ivy Player of the Week Awards (20), blocks (249), double-doubles (40), and points (1,703). Alarie ranked in the program’s top 10 in rebounds, field goal attempts, rebounding average, field goals made, scoring average, free throws, free throw attempts, and free throw percentage.
Bella Alarie’s stats are an impressive testament to her skills on the court.
A native of Bethesda, Maryland, Alarie was a 1,000 point scorer at National Cathedral School, and a two-time captain. She averaged more than 28 points, 15 rebounds, five blocks, and recorded a double-double in every game during her senior season. Alarie was the 2015-16 Gatorade Player of the Year for the Washington D.C. area, First Team Washington Post All-Met, DC State Athletic Association First Team, and a McDonald’s All-American nominee following her senior campaign. As the National Cathedral School MVP from 2014-16, the Eagles finished second in the Independent School League (ISL) State Tournament in 2015 and won the regular season ISL A Division title in 2012-13.
Alarie’s high school career was just as impressive.
Her father, Mark, played at Duke and was a two-time All-ACC first-team selection before being drafted in the first round of the 1986 NBA Draft and playing for five seasons.
Mark Alarie’s basketball legacy runs deep.
