[3] Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, Norenberg attended her hometown's Lakewood High School where she graduated in 1977 and excelled in basketball, tennis, track and softball.
She was named the Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1977 by the St. Petersburg Evening Independent and was inducted into the Lakewood High School Hall of Fame in 2008.
She was named the conference Player of the Year as a freshman and led the team to the VAIAW state championship during her sophomore campaign, and for her career she scored exactly 1,500 points in only 82 games played.
[3] She also received the prestigious James Frederick Carr Cup, presented to one graduating senior, for excellence in character, leadership, scholarship and service.
After the women's national team won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Barry left USA Basketball to become a special advisor to the WNBA.