Janelle Bailey

Janelle Bailey
No. 44, 30 – North Carolina Tar Heels
PositionCenter
LeagueAtlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (1999-05-04) May 4, 1999 (age 25)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolProvidence Day
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
CollegeNorth Carolina (2017–2021)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Spain Team
Women's 3x3 basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 China

Janelle Bailey (born May 4, 1999) is an American women's basketball player. In 2016, she won a bronze medal as the starting center on Team USA at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women.[1] After playing at the University of North Carolina, Bailey went undrafted in the 2021 WNBA draft. On April 24, 2021, she signed a rookie-scale contract with the New York Liberty. However, a week prior to the start of the regular season, Bailey was waived by the team.

High school

Bailey won three state titles and scored more than 1,000 points while attending Providence Day School in Charlotte. In 2017, she was named a McDonald's All-American[2] and USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year.

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 best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017–18 UNC 31 31 32.3 48.5 0.0 68.6 9.1 0.9 0.6 1.2 2.2 15.3
2018–19 UNC 32 31 33.1 47.1 26.1 75.2 8.7 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.7 16.7
2019–20 UNC 27 27 32.8 41.2 44.4 80.7 9.3 1.9 0.8 1.2 2.8 14.5
2020–21 UNC 24 24 28.7 48.1 13.3 71.1 8.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 1.7 13.6
Career 114 113 31.9 46.3 23.5 74.4 8.9 1.2 0.7 0.9 2.1 15.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[3]

Personal

Bailey was born in New York City to Hessard and Kim Bailey. Hessard was born in Jamaica and had experience as an amateur boxer and Kim ran track in high school. At the age of 2, the family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.

References

  1. ^ "Bronze medalist Janelle Bailey steps up her game for big sister". ABC News.
  2. ^ "Janelle Bailey on McDonald's All American honor: 'It's something that I'll cherish'". USA TODAY High School Sports. 15 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Janelle Bailey College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.


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