Coale, Hand, Courtney Paris Win Top Lady Awards

Oklahoma racked up the Big 12 Conference women’s basketball postseason awards, led by Courtney Paris, who was named Player of the Year for the third straight season, and Sherri Coale, who was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for a fourth time.

OU’s Whitney Hand was named the Freshman of the Year, desite missing the last two weeks of the season with a broken finger, and Sooner forward Nyeshia Stevenson shared the Sixth Man Award with Baylor’s Melissa Jones.

Courtney and Ashley Paris and point guard Danielle Robinson gave OU three players on the All-Big 12 first team. Hand was an honorable-mention selection.

Oklahoma State point guard Andrea Riley was also a first-team All-Big 12 selection.

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Courtney Paris Big 12 Player Of The Year

The University of Oklahoma's Courtney Paris has been named Big 12 Player of the Year for the second straight season, the league announced Friday.

Paris was also named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.

Paris was joined on the league's first team by Andrea Riley of Oklahoma State and Texas A&M's Danielle Gant, a Putnam City West grad.

OU freshman Danielle Robinson earned Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors.

Ashley Paris and Robinson were All-Big 12 honorable mention selections, along with OSU's Danielle Green, Maria Cordero and Taylor Hardeman.

Courtney Paris lead the Big 12 in rebounding (14.9), field goal percentage (57.4) and blocks (3.36) and was its second-leading scorer (18.3) during the regular season. Her NCAA record for consecutive double-doubles stands at 89 games.

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Salute Courtney Paris!

NATIONAL

PLAYER

OF THE YEAR

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