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2021: Did not compete in 2021 due to injury.
2020: Signed by the New York Liberty on August 8, 2020…Saw action in 11 games, starting in 5…Kea averaged 6.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 15.0 minutes per game…Paris’ 39.4% three-point field goal percentage ranked 2nd on the team…Recorded both season and career-highs of 21 points (IND – 9/10), 8 rebounds (ATL– 9/3), 3 assists (LAS – 8/29) and 31 minutes played (IND – 9/10).
2019: Drafted 25th overall by the Indiana Fever…In 11 games played, Kea averaged 2.6 points and 5.5 minutes per game while shooting 55.6% from three and 40.7% from the field overall.
COLLEGE
Kea owns North Carolina’s second-highest career scoring average at 18.0 points per game&#8230;she ranks 17th in school history with 1,637 career points in only three seasons in Chapel Hill, the seventh-most points ever scored in a three-year span in program history&#8230;she was only the fourth UNC player to score 1,000 points in first two seasons at the school&#8230;she finished 10th in school history in career FT percentage (.770) and 3FG percentage (.348)&#8230;she scored in double figures in 82 of 91 games with the Tar Heels&#8230;she was one of 11 UNC players to earn multiple first team All-ACC honors&#8230;her seven career 30-point games are the second-most in program history.
2018-19: A first team All-ACC selection for a second season, she was a WBCA honorable mention All-American as a senior&#8230;she averaged 17.3 points, 3.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game&#8230;she shot a career-high 78.9 percent (86-of-109) from the foul line&#8230;she was on the Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List as the nation&#8217;s top point guard, and also on watch lists for the Wooden and Naismith awards, as well as the Senior CLASS Award&#8230;she was the ACC Player of the Week and the recipient of numerous national player of the week awards after scoring 30 points with 10 assists as UNC upset No. 1-ranked Notre Dame, 1/27&#8230;in the win over the Irish, she became the fourth Division I player in the last 20 years to have a 30-point, 10-assist game against a ranked opponent&#8230;she scored a season-high 32 points in a 64-51 road win at previously unbeaten No. 7 NC State, 2/3&#8230;&#8230;she averaged 23.0 points in two ACC Tournament games, including 27 points against top seed and eventual champ Notre Dame in the quarterfinals.
2017-18: A first-team All-ACC selections as a junior, Kea averaged 19.4 points per game, the 10th highest figure in school history&#8230;she led the ACC with four games of 30 or more points&#8230;she ranked 2nd in the ACC in minutes (37.4), 3rd in scoring (19.4), 3rd in assists (4.8), 4th in 3FG shooting (.405), 4th in steals (2.1), fifth in 20-point games (14), 7th in field goals made (226) and 9th in assist/turnover ratio (1.5)&#8230;she was the only ACC player to score 30 points and have 10 assists in a game during the 2017-18 season (31 points and career-high 11 assists against South Alabama)&#8230;she scored a career-high 36 points in a victory over Duke&#8230;she averaged 27.5 points in two ACC Tournament games, scoring 28 and 27 points, respectively, against Boston College and NC State&#8230;she scored 33 points in a win over Washington and 31 points against Miami.
2016-17: As a sophomore, she had a breakthrough performance in her first season with North Carolina, averaging a team-leading 17.2 points and 4.1 assists per game&#8230; she was an even better against the ACC, averaging 18.8 points per game&#8230;she started all 31 games and ranked first in the ACC in minutes played (36.2), 4th in field goals made (221), fifth in scoring (17.2), 5th in 20-point scoring games (13), 8th in assists (4.1), 8th in steals (2.2), 9th in field goal percentage (48.6) and 10th in points scored (534)&#8230;she scored a season-high 32 points against Minnesota&#8230;she scored in double figures 27 times and was UNC’s leading scorer in 11 games&#8230;she posted nine points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Virginia, falling just short of the first triple-double in program history&#8230;she averaged 21.5 points in the final 13 games of the season.
2015-16: Kea sat out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.
2014-15: Kea played in all in 31 games for Vanderbilt in the 2014-15 season, making eight starts&#8230;she averaged 6.9 points per game and dished a team-high 94 assists (3.0 per game)&#8230;she scored a season-high 18 points in the regular-season finale at No. 6 Tennesse.
INTERNATIONAL
2014: Member of the 2014 USA U18 National Team that posted a 5-0 record and won the 2014 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal&#8230;she compiled 19 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds in five games.
PERSONAL
Paris Kea was born April 7, 1996&#8230;she is the daughter of Willie and Swanee Kea, and has a younger brother, Jermani&#8230;she was a psychology major at UNC&#8230;she graduated from Page High School as the all-time scoring leader in school history&#8230;she was a three-time AP All-State selection in high school and a McDonald’s All-American after averaging 24.2 points and 7.1 rebounds as a senior, helping Page to a 20-7 record, a conference championship and the regional semifinals&#8230;she helped Page cap the 2012-13 season with a 28-2 record and a berth in the North Carolina Class 4A championship game with averages of 15.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.6 steals per game&#8230;she averaged 14.0 points while leading Page to a 22-5 record as a sophomore and the third round of the state playoffs&#8230;a two-sport standout, she was a junior varsity soccer player for three years and a varsity letterwinner as a senior.

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Season	PPG 4.8	RPG 1.2	APG 1.0
Career	PPG 4.8	RPG 1.2	APG 1.0

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