Georgia State University Athletics

ATHLETIC HONORS:
2024 All-Sun Belt First Team
2024 Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Week (March 27)
2023 AVCA All-America Second Team
2023 Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Year
2023 All-Sun Belt First Team
2023 Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Week (March 19)
2022 All-Conference USA First Team
2022 AVCA Top Flight Award
2022 Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2022 School Record for Individual Victories in a Season (37)
2022 School Record for Victories by a Pair in a Season (37)
2022 School Record for Highest Winning Percentage for a Pair (.949%)
2021 CCSA All-Tournament Team 
2021 AVCA Top Flight Award
 
ACADEMIC HONORS:
Spring 2023 CSC All-District At-Large Team
President's List: Fall 2020
Dean's List: Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
 
AT GEORGIA STATE: Four-year letterwinner (2021-22-23-24) … 2023 AVCA All-America Second Team and three-time, first-team all-conference selection in the Sun Belt Conference (2023-24) and Conference USA (2022) ... Georgia State's career leader with 105 career wins in four years … Bell and twin sister Angel Ferary are first in Georgia State history with 100 career wins as a pair ... Defeated 48 ranked opponents during career …  Won the 2023 Sun Belt Pair of the Year along with her sister… Two-time winner of Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Week …Helped the Panthers to three consecutive conference championship victories (two Sun Belt, one Conference USA) … Was part of three NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearances, including a win over No. 7 Grand Canyon and No. 2 TCU in the 2022 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. 
 
2024:First-team All-Sun Belt Conference for the second straight year ... Finished the 2024 spring season with a 25-14 record with partner Angel Ferary, with all but one appearance coming from the first flight... Downed nine ranked opponents throughout the season, including victories over No. 6 California and No. 15 Florida Atlantic … Went 11-1 in Sun Belt Conference play… Finished play with a seven-match win streak… The pair was named Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Week (March 27) …Helped the Sandy Panthers to a second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Championship Title... Helped GSU to a third consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-16 or better nationally for every week.

2023: Recorded a 19-14 overall record for the spring with 34 appearances at the top flight and two appearances at the second flight... Paired with sister Angel for a 19-13 final mark with 33 appearances at the top flight... Sisters were named the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Pair of the Year... Earned All-Sun Belt First-Team honors for 2023... Named to the 2023 AVCA All-America Second Team... Downed eight nationally ranked opponents alongside sister Angel... Victory over Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple of No. 3-ranked Southern California marked the first and only loss of the regular season for the Trojans' top pair and one of only three losses on the season... Named Sun Belt Pair of the Week on March 19 following a 3-0 performance that included a match-clinching ranked victory over host and No. 16 South Carolina at the Gamecock Invitational in Columbia, S.C. ... Reached 80 total career victories for her career at GSU ... Ranks second all-time in pair wins for the program's history... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a Sun Belt Conference Championship Title in the league's inaugural season of beach volleyball... Helped lead GSU to a second consecutive NCAA Championship berth in a season that saw the team ranked top-14 or better nationally for every week 

2022: Charted a team-high and all-time program-best 37-2 final record for the season pairing with sister Angel Ferary at the No. 4 flight with one appearance at the No. 3 flight... Received All-Conference USA First Team honors and earned AVCA Top Flight Award status for the spring... Named to Conference USA All-Academic Team for 2022... Posted 22 victories facing nationally ranked opponents including No. 2 TCU in the second round of the NCAA Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. ... Defeated No. 4 LMU in straight sets in the NCAA Championship round of six on May 7... Won twice facing No. 3 FSU, twice facing No. 5 LSU and twice facing No. 7 Grand Canyon including in the first round of the NCAA Championship on May 4... Won three times facing No. 10 FAU, including in the team's semifinal matchup against the top-ranked conference foe at the inaugural 2022 Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championship on April 29... Downed No. 13 FIU three times, including in the team's conference championship title match to secure the first-ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and the first conference title in program history for the Sandy Panthers... Earned Conference USA All-Tournament Team honors following a 4-0 performance pairing with sister Angel at the tournament in Huntsville, Ala. ... Charted additional top-20 ranked victories against Florida Gulf Coast, Pepperdine, twice facing South Carolina, twice facing Tulane and twice facing Stetson... Finished the spring with the highest winning percentage in a season for a pair in program history (.949%)... Set new school records for most individual wins in a season as well as most single-season wins for a pair, each at 37... Helped lead the Sandy Panthers to a historic 2022 season and NCAA Tournament run highlighted by the first-ever C-USA Beach Volleyball Championship and the upset over second-seeded TCU to advance to the NCAA round of six... The win over TCU notched a school-record 28th victory for the Sandy Panthers and marked the largest upset in NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship history, the first time GSU has secured a second victory in NCAA Tournament play throughout the history of GSU athletics across all sports and tied the school record for highest-ranking victory in GSU athletics history... The team's No. 7 ranking for the final AVCA Coaches Poll marked the highest finish in a Division I Collegiate Poll for any team in GSU sports history

2021: Recorded a 24-9 record during her rookie campaign...One of three Panthers to earn 20 wins...Led the team in total wins...Competed in 33 of 36 GSU duals...Partnered with Kate Novack, Elise Saga, and twin sister Angel Ferary...Compiled a 14-6 overall CCSA record...Downed nationally ranked opponents 10 times...Went 3-4 with Novack... Defeated No. 11 FAU on March 6...Earned a 2-2 record with Saga, including her first collegiate victory on Feb. 28 over Tampa...Compiled a 19-3 (.864) record with Angel Ferary, best winning percentage for pair in a single season in program history...Earned three wins at the CCSA Tournament over Southern Miss, No. 12 FIU, and No. 14 FAU to close the season...Named to the CCSA All-Tournament Team

HIGH SCHOOL: Named an AVCA Beach High School First Team All-American in 2020..Played volleyball at Mount Paran Christian School under head coach Selina Chancy...Lettered three years while playing all over the court at right side, setter, and defensive specialist...Helped lead her team win Region Championship titles in 2017 and 2018...Won the A GHSA State Championship in 2018...Earned 2019 All-Senior and All-Area accolades...Lettered in track and field and basketball...Part of the State Champion 4 x 100 team in 2019...Played beach volleyball at S3 under head coach Bryan Jones...Landed on Honor Roll in her studies

PERSONAL: Isabella “Bella” Ferary was born on March 20, 2002 in Kennesaw, Ga...Daughter of Joseph and Lisa Ferary...Twin sister Angel also plays on the Georgia State beach volleyball team...Majoring in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Legal Studies...Following graduation, she plans to pursue graduate school at GSU.