#21 Bella LaChance
Guard
Class
Junior
Height
5'6''
Hometown
Davie, Fla.
High School
St. Thomas Aquinas
Major
Communication Studies
Student-Athlete Features
VUCommodores.com – LaChance Ready to Dance
VUCommodores.com – Fast Five
Honors
- 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- 2021-22 SEC Community Service Team
- 2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
As a Junior (2022-23)
- Started nine times while playing in all 31 contests
- Averaged 24.4 minutes per outing
- Finished with career-high totals in points (116), rebounds (53), assists (40) and steals (10)
- Shot a team-leading 87.0 percent at the free-throw line
- Connected on nine 3-point field goals after making five her first two seasons combined
- Scored career-high seven points in both match-ups against Arkansas
- Credited with career highs of six rebounds and four assists in win over USC Upstate
- Also handed out four assists in victories over Louisiana Tech and Lipscomb
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
- Played in 26 games with 14 starts
- Averaged 11.1 minutes per game
- Was fourth on the team in 3-point percentage (33%)
- Was first on the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (3:1)
- Was third on the team in free-throw percentage (75%)
- Played a season high 37 minutes against South Carolina (Jan. 24)
- Had a season high seven points against Liberty in the WNIT Tournament (Mar. 21)
- Finished season with 37 points, nine steals, and 17 assists
As a Freshman (2020-21)
- Saw action in all eight games in her first year as a Commodore
- Finished the season with 10 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and four steals
The LaChance File
- Three-year letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) under head coach Oliver Berens
- Also lettered at Cypress Bay High School as a freshman
- Finished high school career with 1,850 career points
- 2019 Sun Sentinel 9A-7A Player of the Year
- 2019 Miami Herald 9A-7A Player of the Year
- Two-time all-state first team (2019, 2020)
- Two-time Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald First Team All-County (2018, 2020)
- Three-time Sun Sentinel “Fab Five” (2018, 2019, 2020)
- Also played for Miami Suns Girls Basketball team (2014-19)
- National Honor Society
- Italian Honor Society, Science Honor Society, Rho Kappa Honor Society, English Honor Society
- Daughter of Joelle Sebregandio and Sean LaChance
- Has one brother, Gianni