Betsy Harris

Betsy Harris (born April 2, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. One of the first foreign professional women's players in Iceland, she was named the inaugural Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year in 1996.

Early life Harris was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She went to Decatur High School, in Decatur, Mississippi, where she won the state championship in 1990.

College career Harris played college basketball for the University of Alabama from 1990 to 1994. She led Alabama to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and a trip the NCAA Division I Final Four in 1994. She earned Second-Team All-SEC honors as a senior in 1994 and was also named the MVP of the Midwest Regional and earned a spot on the 1994 Final Four All-Tournament Team.

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Professional career After graduating in 1994, Harris went on to play four years professionally in Greece (Apollon), Iceland (Breiðablik), Spain (CD Universidad de Oviedo), Sweden (Ockelbo BBK), and Switzerland (ABB Baden). She helped Breiðablik win the Icelandic Super Cup and reach the playoffs. After the season, where she averaged 26.6 points per game, she was named the Foreign Player of the Year.

In 1998, she was invited to training camp with the WNBA's Detroit Shock.

In two years at ECCC, she led the Warriors to a 26-27 overall record.