2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Janelle Bailey
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Providence Day School
Communication studies major ... Fifth player in school history to total 1,700 career points and 1,000 career rebounds ... Finished her career ranked fifth in school history in career rebounding average (8.86 per game) and eighth in career rebounds (1,010) ... Among all Division I players active in 2020-21, ranked fourth in double-doubles (44), sixth in career rebounds (1,010) and 18th in points (1,724), and was the highest-ranked current ACC player in each of those categories ... Wore jersey No. 30 in 2019-20 in honor of teammate Jaelynn Murray, who missed the season with an ACL injury, but switched back to No. 44 for her senior year
• Jan. 2, GoHeels.com "Best Shape of Her Life: Work Paying Off for Bailey"
• March 20, GoHeels.com "Bailey Ready to Lead in Final Dance"
• 2020-21 Season Overview and Bio (pdf)
• Career and Game-by-Game Stats (pdf)
2020-21: As a senior, led UNC in scoring (13.6 ppg) and rebounding (8.2 rpg) ... Earned All-America honorable mention from the WBCA as part of the DI Coaches' Team Averaged 14.1 ppg vs. ACC opponents ... Recorded seven double-doubles during the season to finish her career with 44 ... Ranked seventh in the ACC in rebounding, fifth in field goal percentage and fourth in double-doubles ... Earned All-ACC honors for the fourth year in a row as a honorable mention selection ... Top 10 finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award (nation's top center) for the third year in a row ... Named to the “Wade Watch” preseason list, one of 30 total and one of four from the ACC ... Candidate for the Senior CLASS Award ... ACC Player of the Week on Dec. 21 after averaging 19.3 points and 11 rebounds in games against Miami, Syracuse and Wake Forest ... Preseason All-ACC team (voted by both coaches and media) ... Scored a season-high 25 points in 24 minutes of play against Syracuse on Dec. 17 – she was 10-15 from the field and 5-5 from the foul line ... Led UNC in scoring (19) and rebounding (12) in the OT win over Wake Forest on Dec. 20 ... With 18 points and 15 rebounds in the home game against Miami on Jan. 11, registered her 40th career double-double in her 100th game as a Tar Heel ... Scored 22 points at Syracuse, including 14 in the third quarter when she was 6-for-7 from the field .. Registered double-doubles in three of the season's last four games and was just a rebound short in the other with 16 points and nine rebounds in the NCAA Tournament first round game against Alabama ... Scored in double figures in 22 of 24 games ... Only Tar Heel to start all 24 games
2019-20: As a junior, named to the All-ACC first team by the Blue Ribbon Panel and was an honorable mention selection by the league's coaches ... Top-10 finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award as the nation's top center ... Named to the Wade Watch list ... Co-ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 3 following the Virginia and Clemson games, in which she averaged 23 points and 13 rebounds ... Started all 27 games in which she played, but missed three late-season games with an injury ... Top-10 in the ACC in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.5 points and a team-high 9.3 rebounds per game ... Recognized prior to the Yale game for having scored her 1,000th career point in the final game of the 2018-19 season ... Passed 1,200 career points in the game at Virginia on Jan. 2, becoming the 31st player in program history to reach that mark ... Is the 19th player in school history to reach 1,200 points and 700 boards ... Played 40 minutes in the win over NC State, limiting the Elissa Cunane, the Wolfpack’s leading scorer, to eight points ... Scored a season-high 28 points vs. Miami ... Her 10 made free throws (in 11 attempts) vs. the Hurricanes were a career high – she made nine in a row before missing one ... Tied that mark with a 10-for-10 performance against Georgia Tech, accounting for half of her team-best 20 points. Also had 11 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season in a career-high 45 minutes ... Season-high 17 rebounds in the homecourt win over Virginia
2018-19: As a sophomore, was a second-team All-ACC selection by the Blue Ribbon Panel ... Top-scoring front court player in the ACC at 16.7 points per game ... Led UNC in rebounding, averaging 8.7 boards per game ... Scored in double figures in 29 of 32 games ... Reached 1,000 career points in the season's final game vs. Cal in the NCAA Tournament
2017-18: 2018 ACC Freshman of the Year ... Honorable Mention All-ACC ... Seven-time ACC Rookie of the Week selection ... Named to preseason ACC Newcomer Watch List ... Started all 31 games and led all conference freshmen in scoring, rebounding and double-doubles ... Averaged 15.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game ... Led the ACC with 3.6 offensive rebounds per game ... ACC rankings: third in 10-rebound games (16), 4th in rebounding, 5th in double-doubles (13), 5th in defensive rebounds (5.5), 11th in blocked shots (1.2), 13th in scoring and 20th in minutes played (32.3) ... Reached double figures scoring in 28 of 31 games ... Top statistical performance of the season was a 30-point, 19-rebound performance at Wake Forest ... The 19 rebounds was the most by a UNC player in nine seasons and the second most in the ACC in 2017-18 ... Had a pair of 25-point performances against Hartford and Syracuse.
USA Basketball: 2017 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year • Won a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup playing for USA Basketball • Was invited to the 2017 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Cup Team trials in May 2017 • Member of the 2017 USA Women’s U17 World Championship Team that claimed the bronze medal in Spain; started all seven games and averaged 9.3 ppg and 9.1 rpg.
More on Bailey: Daughter of Kim Monroe-Bailey and Hessard (Burt) Bailey • Has an older sister, Gisele (Gigi) Bailey
