During her senior season in 2009, Paris received considerable media attention when she announced that she would pay back her tuition to the University of Oklahoma if the Sooners did not win the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Over 10 seasons in the league, she played for the Monarchs, Atlanta Dream, Tulsa Shock (later the Dallas Wings), and Seattle Storm.

Paris is the only player in NCAA history, male or female, to have 700 points, 500 rebounds, and 100 blocks in a season.

[3] On February 8, 2009, Paris broke the record for most career NCAA Division I rebounds, formerly held by Wanda Ford of Drake.

[4] In the Sooners' victory in the semifinals of the Oklahoma City Regional in the 2009 NCAA Tournament against Pitt on March 29, she became the first player in U.S. college basketball history—regardless of sex, governing body, or division—with 2,500 points and 2,000 rebounds in her career.

Paris had announced that if Oklahoma did not win the NCAA championship in 2009, her final year, she would repay her scholarship — worth about $64,000 in out-of-state tuition — to the university.

She said that without a championship, "I don’t feel like I’ve earned it.”[9] On Sunday April 5, 2009, Oklahoma lost to the Louisville Cardinals 61–59.

In a post-game interview with ESPN, Paris was asked if she would make do on her promise to repay her $64,000 basketball scholarship.

[10] On February 8, 2011, she signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks and on June 2, she was waived.

[12] Paris was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.