Harris spent the 2002-2003 season as an assistant coach at East Central Community (Miss.) College, following a one-year stint as an assistant at Troy University

As a collegian, she was a four-year starter in the University of Alabama backcourt, and helped lead the Crimson Tide to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and one Final Four. She earned Second Team All-SEC, NCAA Midwest Regional MVP and Final Four All-Tournament honors as a senior in 1994 and holds the record for most career 3-pointers made at UA. Currently Harris ranks fourth in the Southeastern Conference in career 3-point field goals made and holds the record for most 3-point field goals made in an SEC Tournament with 13 in 1993. Harris also ranks sixth in Alabama’s career points with 1,519 and tops in career three pointers with 272.

In her final three years at Alabama the Crimson Tide finished ranked in the Top 25 with a national ranking of fourth her senior season. Harris was also invited and participated in the USA Basketball National Team Trials in 1993

After graduating from Alabama with a B.S. in Sports Management, Harris embarked on a four-year professional basketball odyssey, complete with stops in Spain, Iceland, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland and WNBA training camp with the Detroit Shock in 1998. Harris completed her M.A. in Teaching at UWA in 2001.

Along the way, Harris coached in various foreign locales, basketball camps and spent one season (1998-99) as a volunteer coach at Newton County High School.

Prior to her collegiate career, Harris prepped at Decatur High School (MS) where she was All-State and her team won the school’s first State Championship her senior year. She also went to state in track and tennis during her high school days while also being selected as the school’s Homecoming Queen in 1990.

She is the daughter of Pat and Linda Harris of Decatur, MS. She has a twin sister (Patsy) and an older sister (Becky). Her brother, Jeff, is a Military Police Colonel in the Army and has served a year in Iraq. She has three nieces (Courtney, Mary Jordan, and Bailey) and three nephews (Reagan, Andy, and Dylan).

Harris’ Grandfather, James Coburn Harris, is in the Mississippi State University Athletic Hall of Fame, lettering in basketball, baseball, and football. Her parents have the "Dr. Pat and Linda Harris Endowment Scholarship" in the Entomology Department at Mississippi State University.

In her spare time, Harris enjoys reading, country music, the outdoors, college football, and spending time with her family. She is single and resides in Livingston with a Jack Russell/Rat Terrier mix dog named Dakota and a cat she rescued named Bo. She is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

Prior to Carson-Newman, Mason began her college career at Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, Ala. playing for Kim and Charles Nails. At GSCC, she helped lead the Lady Cardinals to the Alabama Community College Conference championship in 2005 and a ACCC runner-up finish in 2006. Mason garnered 2006 ACCC Player of the Year laurels and was a National Junior College Athletic Association All-American. She was named ACCC Tournament MVP in 2005 and received All-Conference and All-Region honors along with being named to the ACCC All-Tournament team in her two seasons at GSCC. She was also named as a ACCC All-Star in 2006. Mason finished her career at GSCC as the school’s all-time leading rebounder and second all-time leading scorer. She also holds the single-game rebounding record along with being the two-time leading scorer and rebounder for the Lady Cards basketball team. She finished her career with 34 double-doubles. Mason averaged 12.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game for the Lady Cardinals. She shot 57-percent from the floor in her career at GSCC and 67.5 from the free-throw line.

She helped guide Gadsden State to a 51-9 record in her two yeat stint with the Lady Cardinals.