Rosalie Lalonde was born in Montreal, Quebec, on March 27, 1997. From ages 0-18, she lives in Saint-Clet, Quebec. A 3.0 point player, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 2011. Initially a reluctant player, she began playing locally, then for the Quebec provincial junior team, and then for the senior provincial women's team. In 2013, she played for the national side in the U21 3-on-3 women's wheelchair basketball at the Youth Parapan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, winning silver.[1]
In May 2016, she won a scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she will play for its Crimson Tide Wheelchair basketball team, and study Human Development and Family Studies. In her first season she won the National College Championship with the Crimson Tide. After a tough loss in the final against UTA in her second year, she took home the title in her junior year 2019. To top it off, in April 2016 her Quebec team, Les Gladiateurs de Laval
won the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball National League (CNWBL) Women's National Championship in Longueuil, Quebec, defeating Edmonton Inferno 60–56.[5][6] In June 2016, she was named as part of the senior national side for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. At 19, she was the youngest player on the team.[4]
Awards
2019 - Collegiate National Champion
2017 - Collegiate National Champion
2016 – Wheelchair Basketball Canada Junior Athlete of the Year [1]
