Biography
2014-15 Season
Named Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team (2/25)…In 38 minutes she posted 17 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, three steals, and two blocks in the 78-59 win over Alfred University (2/21)…Tallied 10 points, six rebounds, two assists, and two steals in 29 minutes against Ithaca College (2/20)…In 45 minutes she produced a career-high 29 points and added 11 rebounds, two steals, one assist, and a block in the 52-49 overtime win over Houghton College (2/17)…Tallied 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and a block in 32 minutes against Hartwick College (2/14)…In 38 minutes she produced nine points, seven rebounds, five steals, three assists, and three blocks against Stevens Tech (2/13)…In 35 minutes she produced 25 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, seven steals, and two blocks in the 88-66 win over Penn College (2/9)…In 35 minutes she tallied 14 points, six rebounds, and two steals against Nazareth College (2/6)…Posted six rebounds and an assist in 19 minutes against St. John Fisher (2/6)…Posted six points, four steals, three assists, and two rebounds in 35 minutes against SUNY Cortland (1/24)…In 40 minutes she produced 21 points, three steals, three rebounds, an assist, and a block in the 53-52 win over Utica College (1/23)…Tallied 14 points, four steals, two rebounds, and a block in 37 minutes against Nazareth College (1/20)…In 30 minutes she posted 10 points, seven rebounds, four steals, and a block against Stevens (1/17)…In 34 minutes she posted 10 points, four steals, three rebounds, and two assists in the 59-56 win over Hartwick College (1/16)…In 29 minutes she tallied eight rebounds, seven points, three assists, and three steals in the 59-44 win over Houghton College (1/10)…In 23 minutes she posted three rebounds, three assists, two points, and a steal against Utica College (1/9)…In 38 minutes she posted 23 points, eight points, three steals, two assists, and a block in the 69-62 victory over Alfred University (1/6)…In 33 minutes she produced 10 points, seven rebounds, and two steals against St. John Fisher College (1/3)…In 32 minutes she tallied 19 points, six rebounds, three assists, and a steal against Ithaca College (1/2)…In 31 minutes she posted 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and four steals against Rutgers-Camden (12/30)…In 34 minutes she tallied14 points, nine rebounds, five steals, four assists, and two blocks in the 62-47 win over SUNY Potsdam (12/13)…In 32 minutes she posted a game-high 24 points, five steals, three rebounds, and an assist against Clarkson University (12/6).
2013-14 Season
In 35 minutes she posted six rebounds, three points, three assists, three blocks and one steal against Brooklyn College (3/5)…Posted two points, two rebounds and two steals in 24 minutes against Hartwick College (2/22)…Produced eight rebounds, seven assists, three steals, two blocks and one point in 31 minutes against Stevens Tech (2/21)…Tallied nine points, six rebounds, one assist and one steal in 38 minutes in the 58-53 victory over Nazareth College (2/15)…In 34 minutes she posted six rebounds, two points, two steals and one assist against Ithaca College (2/14)…In 28 minutes she tallied 13 points, four steals, two rebounds and two assists in the 70-64 victory over Penn Tech (2/12)…Produced 7 points, five rebounds, one assist and one steal In 36 minutes against Stevens (2/8)…Tallied four rebounds, three points, one assist and one steal in 24 minutes against Hartwick (2/7)…In 30 minutes she posted 18 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in the 72-59 victory over Alfred University (2/4)…In 33 minutes she posted eight points, six assists, five steals and two rebounds in the 64-57 victory over Utica College (2/1)…She produced 10 points, five assists, five steals and three rebounds in 27 minutes in the 73-60 win over Houghton College (1/31)…In 35 minutes she posted five rebounds, three points and three steals against Ithaca College (1/28)…Posted seven points, four rebounds and three steals in 31 minutes against St. John Fisher (1/24)…In 22 minutes she posted nine points, three boards and one steal in the 50-38 win over Penn St. -- Abington (1/20)…In 23 minutes she recorded three assists, two points, one rebound and one steal in the 67-48 win over Houghton College (1/14)…In 25 minutes she posted 13 points, five boards, two steals and one assist in the 76-58 victory over Alfred University (1/11)…In 32 minutes she produced eight points, three boards, three steals, one assist and one block in the 66-58 win over Utica College (1/10)…In 27 minutes she tallied 14 points five assists, four steals, one rebound and one block in the 81-55 win over Cazenovia College (1/7)…In 30 minutes of play she recorded 11 points, three boards, three assists and three steals in the 61-59 victory over St. John Fisher College (1/4)…In 33 minutes she posted seven rebounds, six points, five assists, five steals and one block in the 64-55 win over Nazareth College (1/3)…In 19 minutes she produced seven rebounds, five points, three assists and one steal in the 59-53 win over Clarkson University (12/7)…In 21 minutes she tallied nine points, five assists, one rebound, one block and one steal in the 78-55 win over Keystone (11/23)…In 21 minutes she produced seven points, two caroms and an assist against SUNY Cortland (11/19)…In 33 minutes of play she tallied nine rebounds, seven points, three assists and two steals against Emerson (11/17)…In 25 minutes she posted four points, four rebounds, three steals and two assists in the 67-58 win over Manhattanville (11/16).
2012-13 Season
She made 20 starts and 24 game appearances for EC this season. She recorded 108 rebounds, 42 steals, 38 assists and nine blocks during her second season. She averaged 6.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game and 1.6 assists per game. She recorded her second career double-double on Feb. 16th against Utica College registering 12 points and 12 boards.
2011-12 Season
Alex started and appeared in every game during her rookie year as a Soaring Eagle. She led the team in defensive rebounds (89), assists (49), and steals (66), while finishing with the second highest minutes played (728, 29.1 per game) and free throw percentage (.833). Balara also recorded third best numbers in field goals made (71), three-pointers (23), free throws (30), total rebounds (105), blocks (6), and points (195). She has put herself into two categories on the all-time records list for EC Women’s Basketball for her free throw percentage this season and her .833 percentage placed her ninth for season percentages.
Secondary School
Varsity Basketball MVP. Received Academic Excellence and Scholar Athlete awards.
Personal
Alex is a Speech & Language Disabilities major and a Trustee Scholar.
