Cathy Parson
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Catherine "Cathy" Parson (born May 4, 1961) is a women's basketball coach and a former collegiate basketball player.
Parson is a native of Hagerstown, Maryland.
College career
Parson played basketball at West Virginia, where she was the first female athlete to receive an athletic scholarship there. She became one of the school's best players, scoring a school record 2,128 points in four seasons. She was the school's first female athlete to have her jersey retired, and the first women to be a member of the WVU Sports Hall of Fame.
