Nationality American Name Mark Alarie Career start 1986 Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Role Basketball Player Career end 1991 | Listed weight 217 lb (98 kg) Height 2.03 m Pro career 1986–1991 Weight 98 kg | |
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NBA draft 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 18th overall Education | ||
Duke Men's Basketball Across the Decades
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.
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. She received numerous Ivy League honors during her first year.
