Janelle Bailey

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.

Janelle Bailey

No. 44, 30 – North Carolina Tar Heels
Position	Center
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1999-05-04) May 4, 1999 (age 26)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school	Providence Day (Charlotte, North Carolina)
College	North Carolina (2017–2021)
Career highlights
First-team All-ACC (2020) ACC Rookie of the Year (2018) ACC All-Freshman Team (2018) USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2017) McDonald's All-American (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA Under-17 World Cup 2016 Spain Team Women's 3x3 basketball Representing the  United States FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup 2017 China

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.