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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Paris a Wooden Finalist & All-American
March 29, 2006 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN, Okla. -- Courtney Paris continues to break down freshman barriers.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Oklahoma center became the first freshman to be named as a Wooden All-American, which automatically qualifies her as a finalist for the Women's Wooden Player of the Year award. Paris and four other honorees, will travel to the Los Angeles for the announcement on April 8.
On Tuesday, Paris became the only freshman in history to earn AP All-American first team honors.
The honor was not lost on Paris, who said she was, “overwhelmed,” and added, “This is an individual award that is only possible through the work of everyone on my team. We accomplished many great things this season and I was just a part of that.”
Paris averaged 21.9 points and 15 rebounds for Oklahoma in 2005-06. Her season was highlighted by two NCAA records. She became the first player in 25-years of NCAA women's basketball to record 700 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks in a season. The power center also broke the NCAA single season rebounding record with 539 boards.
The other Women's Wooden Award All-Americans, in alphabetical order, are Seimone Augustus of LSU, Duke's Monique Currie, North Carolina's Ivory Latta and Cappie Pondexter of Rutgers.
The trophy presentation for this season's top women's college basketball player of the year will air Saturday, April 8, during a national CBS Sports telecast of the “John R. Wooden Award Show Presented by TIAA-CREF” live from The Los Angeles Athletic Club at 2 p.m. EST.
A panel of more than 200 voters comprised of sports media members and women's college basketball experts from around the nation had until 3 p.m. EST on Monday, March 27 to cast their votes for both the five-member All-American Team and Wooden Award recipient as the nation's most outstanding women's collegiate basketball player. In addition to on-court performance, voters were also asked to make their selections based on each candidate's character and academic performance, essential components of the Wooden Award. The Wooden Award opts for the March 27 deadline because it allows voters to evaluate players up until the Elite Eight has been determined.
The 2006 Wooden Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and Legends of Coaching Award recipient Jim Boeheim of Syracuse University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 8, 2006, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS Sports telecast. The top five male and female finalists will be invited to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and will receive a contribution from The Los Angeles Athletic Club for their university's general scholarship fund.
2005-06 Honors For Paris
AP All-American - First Team
Wooden All-American
Women's Wooden Award Finalist
Naismith Trophy FInalist
WBCA All-Region 5 Team
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
All-Big 12 First Team
All San Antonio Regional Team
Big 12 Championship MVP
All-Big 12 Championship Team
All-Big 12 Defensive Team
All-Big 12 Freshman Team
WBCA Co-Player of the Month (December)
WBCA Player of the Month (March)
Three-time Big 12 Player of the Week
Nine-time Big 12 Rookie of the Week
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