Barbara Farris, (born September 10, 1976), is a retired basketball player formerly of the WNBA. On May 29, 2009, Farris signed with the

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. Farris previously played for the

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was ...

. In the 2007 season she played in 28 regular-season games and all three of the Liberty's playoff appearances. Farris started in 2006, but was relegated to the bench after the Liberty acquired

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, and Tiffany Jackson in 2007. Farris graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School in 1994. She is a member of the St. Martin's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. Farris graduated in 1998 from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pu ...

, where she majored in sociology. As a member of the Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team, she was named to the

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All-Star first team in her junior year and posted a total of 34 double-doubles. From 2000 to 2005, Farris played for the WNBA's

. She also has played professionally in France, Spain, and Korea, and for the

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in the American Basketball League. In 2004, Ferris was inducted into the Tulane Athletics Hall of Fame. In 2017, Ferris was inducted into the Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame. She has been an assistant coach with the

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