Courtney Paris
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| 2018–2020 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023–Present | Dallas Wings (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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Courtney Paris (born September 21, 1987) is an American basketball coach and former player. She is currently an assistant coach for the
Early life
Paris was born in San Jose, California.
Paris' twin sister Ashley Paris is also a basketball player. In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David, Austin and Brandon. She has two half-brothers (Bubba's sons) William III and Christian. Her parents are Lynne Gray and former NFL player William "Bubba" Paris.
Paris transferred from
College career
Paris is the only player in
Paris also became the first freshman named to the
At Oklahoma, Paris majored in journalism.
Paris had announced that if Oklahoma did not win the NCAA championship in 2009, her final year, she would repay her scholarship — worth about $64,000 in out-of-state tuition — to the university. She said that without a championship, "I don’t feel like I’ve earned it.”[10]
On Sunday April 5, 2009, Oklahoma lost to the Louisville Cardinals 61–59. In a post-game interview with ESPN, Paris was asked if she would make do on her promise to repay her $64,000 basketball scholarship. She replied that she would but that it would take her some time. A week later, the university said that she did not have to repay her scholarship.
Oklahoma statistics
Source[11]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Oklahoma | 36 | 788 | 61.4 | .000 | 48.1 | 15.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 21.9 |
| 2006–07 | Oklahoma | 33 | 775 | 57.0 | .000 | 57.4 | 15.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 23.5 |
| 2007–08 | Oklahoma | 31 | 578 | 56.1 | .000 | 57.1 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 18.6 |
| 2008–09 | Oklahoma | 37 | 588 | 56.5 | .000 | 57.7 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 15.9 |
| Career | 137 | 2,729 | 57.9 | .000 | 54.7 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 19.9 |
USA Basketball
Paris was a member of the
Paris continued with the team as it became the U19 team, and competed in the 2005 U19 World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. The USA team won all eight games, winning the gold medal. Paris was the third leading scorer for the team, averaging 12.1 points per game and tied for the lead in rebounding with 7.0 rebounds per game.[13]
Professional career
Paris was selected by the Sacramento Monarchs at No. 7 pick in the 2009 WNBA draft and her sister was drafted to the Los Angeles Sparks.
On December 14, 2009, the WNBA held a dispersal draft for the Monarchs' players. Courtney was taken with the fourth pick by the Chicago Sky. On May 12, 2010, Paris was waived by the Sky.[14]
On February 8, 2011, she signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks and on June 2, she was waived.[15]
Paris signed with the Tulsa Shock in 2012. She led the WNBA in rebounding averaging 10.2 per game in 2014 and 9.3 per game in 2015.
On February 2, 2018, Paris signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle Storm.[16]
See also
References
- ^ "Dallas Wings Announce Remainder of 2023 Coaching Staff". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Modesto Christian High School's Courtney Paris drives to the basket during their Girls Division V Championship game against La Jolla Country Day at Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, March 23, 2002. La Jolla won 53-49.(AP Photo/Steve Yeater Stock Photo - Alamy". www.alamy.com. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Oklahoma Sooners Official Athletic Site – Women's Basketball". CBS Interactive. January 4, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
- ^ "CBS Sports". CBS Interactive. February 8, 2009. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Hand, Sooners overcome Paris' foul trouble to reach Elite Eight". ESPN. Associated Press. March 29, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Courtney Paris Is An All-American Again". kotv.com. KOTV. March 29, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
- ^ Jacobsen, Lynn (April 1, 2007). "Paris named Player of Year". Tulsa World. Retrieved August 22, 2007.
- ^ Courtney Paris Becomes Only 4-Time All-American ESPN, March 31, 2009
- ^ Star's Vow to Win or Pay Stirs Women's Basketball NY Times, March 23, 2009
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "Fifth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2004". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Sixth FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2005". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ 2010 WNBA Transactions 2010 WNBA Transaction Page
- ^ 2011 WNBA Transactions 2011 WNBA Transaction Page
- ^ "Seattle Storm Inks Courtney Paris to Multi-Year Contract". WNBA.com. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.