| Paris Kea | |
| League: | WNBA |
| Team: | New York Liberty |
| Number: | 22 |
| Position: | Point guard |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lbs: | 142 |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Tarboro, North Carolina |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Page Mendenhall middle school (Greensboro, North Carolina) |
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| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2019 |
| Draft Round: | 3 |
| Draft Pick: | 25 |
| Draft Team: | Indiana Fever |
| Career Start: | 2019 |
| Team1: | Indiana Fever |
| Team2: | New York Liberty |
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Paris Kea (born April 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She previously played for the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty. She was selected 25th in the 2019 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She played college basketball at North Carolina.
Kea began her college career at Vanderbilt. As a Freshman she appeared in 31 games with 8 starts.[1] After the season ended Kea announced that she would transfer to North Carolina.[2]
Sat out due to NCAA transfer regulations.
In her first season with North Carolina, Kea led the team in points and assists.
Kea averaged 19.4 points per game which was good for third in the ACC. Kea also earned First Team All-ACC Honors.
First Team All ACC and WBCA All-America Honorable Mention. As the lone senior on the team Kea lead North Carolina to its first NCAA tournament appearance in her college career, they were defeated in the first round by California.[3] [4]
The Indiana Fever selected Paris Kea with the 25th pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft.[5] After one season with the Fever playing mainly in a reserve role she was released on April 22, 2020.[6]
On August 7, 2020, Kea signed with the New York Liberty.[7] She missed the 2021 season due to injury.[8] Kea was waived by the Liberty on April 27, 2022.[9]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Indiana| 11 || 0 || 5.5 || .407 || .556 || .500 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| New York| 11 || 5 || 15.0 || .384 || .394 || .875 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 6.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 22 || 5 || 10.2 || .390 || .429 || .750 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 4.8Source:[10]