Mark Alarie

Mark Alarie
Personal information
Born (1963-12-11) December 11, 1963
Phoenix, Arizona
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 217 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Brophy Prep (Phoenix, Arizona)
College Duke (1982–1986)
NBA draft 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career 1986–1991
Position Power forward
Number 32, 31
Career history
1986–1987 Denver Nuggets
1987–1991 Washington Bullets
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 2,432 (7.5 ppg)
Rebounds 1,120 (3.4 rpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Mark Steven Alarie (born December 11, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He was listed at 6'8" and 217 lb.

Alarie attended Brophy College Preparatory, where he was the Arizona Player of the Year for 1982 after averaging 29.9 points and 17.3 rebounds per game. Alarie was named the state's No. 4 player on The Arizona Republic's All-Century team in 2000 and was inducted into the azcentral High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[1]

After high school, he went to Duke University, where he was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team selection and a third team All-American as a senior in 1986, when Duke played in the NCAA championship game. He was drafted in the first round, 18th pick of the 1986 NBA draft, by the Denver Nuggets (playing there one season).

Alarie's fourth season was his best, averaging 10.5 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the Washington Bullets (1987–1991, retired aged 27 due to recurrent knee injuries).

Alarie has a daughter, Bella, who attends Princeton University and plays on the basketball team.[2] She received numerous Ivy League honors during her first year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "High School Hall of Fame: Mark Alarie". azcentral.com. 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Giannotto, Mark (February 6, 2015). "National Cathedral's Isabella Alarie grows out of father's shadow". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Princeton reaches eighth straight postseason tournament


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