Courtney Paris

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Courtney Paris
College	Oklahoma
Sport	Basketball
Position	Center
Class	Junior
Career	2005 – present
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Born	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21) (age 20) San Jose, California
High school	Millennium High School, Piedmont, California
Awards
Associated Press Player of the Year (2007) Consensus first-team All-American (2006) (2007) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2005) McDonald's All-American Team (2005) McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2005)

Courtney Paris (born September 21, 1987 in San Jose, California) is the junior starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Her twin sister, Ashley Paris, is also a Sooner.

Paris is the only player in NCAA history, male or female, to have 700 points, 500 rebounds, and 100 blocks in a season. In 2005-06, Paris set the women's NCAA record for rebounds in a single season, with 539. As of March 26, 2008, she also has a streak of 92 consecutive double-doubles.^[1]

Paris also became the first freshman named to the Associated Press All-American team in 2006 and 2007.^[2] In April 2007, Paris was named the 2007 Associated Press Women's basketball player of the year. She is the first sophomore ever to win the AP Player of the year award.^[3]

[edit] Personal life

In addition to being a twin, Paris has four brothers: Wayne, David, Austin and Brandon. Her parents are Lynne Harris and former NFL player William "Bubba" Paris.

Paris transferred from Modesto Christian High School to Millennium High School in Piedmont, California, at the start of the 2002-2003 year. Paris choose Oklahoma over UConn, California, Texas, UCLA, and Syracuse.

At Oklahoma, Paris is majoring in journalism. She had been dating AJ Josephs of Germantown Academy.