Coale and Paris Claim WBCA Honors

NORMAN, Okla. -- Sherri Coale was named the Russell Athletic/WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year this afternoon. Coale is now a candidate for the WBCA National Coach of the year along with Pat Summitt (Tennessee), C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers), Sylvia Hatchell (North Carolina), Curt Miller (Bowling Green), Jim Wieldle (Indiana State), Don Flanagan (New Mexico) and Charlie Thorne (Arizona State).

Coale was the consensus Big12 Coach of the Year, sweeping every media and league sanctioned honor.

Additionally, Courtney Paris was also one of six athletes named to the WBCA All-Region 5 team and is now an official candidate for 10-member Kodak All-America Team. Also on the Region 5 team were LaToya Davis (Texas Tech) , Erin Grant (Texas Tech) , Tiffany Jackson (Texas) LaToya Bond (Missouri) and Sophia Young (Baylor).

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The Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I will be announced at the Kodak/WBCA All-America Team Press Conference at the Westin Copley Place on April 1, 2006 at 9:45 a.m. (ET) in Boston, Mass. This year the WBCA celebrates its Silver Anniversary, marking 25 years of existence.

Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls. For more information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.

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