FEATURE STORY: Making The Adjustment. Two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll
SEC First-year Academic Honor Roll
Three-time Auburn Academic Top Tiger As a Junior (2012-13):
Played in 15 games, starting the two before sitting out most of the season due to an injury... Scored a career-high 14 points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, shooting 7-8 from the field... Scored 12 points against Alabama A&M... Tied her career high with four rebounds against Temple... Averaged 2.8 points and 0.9 rebounds per game... Named an Auburn Top Tiger and to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. As a Sophomore (2011-12):
Played in only seven games while missing most of the season because of an injury... Scored a season-high eight points vs. North Carolina-Charlotte on Dec. 29 while shooting 3-of-5 from the field and 2-of-2 on free throws... Averaged 1.7 points per game. As a Freshman (2010-11):
Appeared in 24 games, starting in one... Scored 61 points, averaging 2.5 per game... Made her collegiate debut against Mercer in the season-opener, scoring three points with two rebounds in seven minutes of play... Earned her first collegiate start vs. Seton Hall at the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas, scoring seven points... Notched season-highs of 12 points, on 5-of-7 shooting, and four rebounds at Arkansas... Played in 13 of the first 21 games of the season, but played in each of the final 11 games... Played a season-high 25 minutes at Toledo in the second round of the WNIT, scoring six points... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll and an Auburn Academic Top Tiger. High School:
Three-time Alabama 2A Player of the Year... Set the Alabama state scoring record as a junior, finished her career with 5,283 points - more than 1,000 points more than the next person... Led the nation in scoring for the second year in a row as a junior with 34.5 points per game... Averaged 40.6 points per game as a sophomore... A five-time All-State first team selection... Named a MaxPreps.com honorable mention All-American... Two-time Alabama Sports Writers Fab 5 team... Four-time All-Region... Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game MVP... Four-time County MVP... Four-time Area Tournament MVP... Member of the North team for the Alabama North-South All-Star game... Led her team to a 31-2 record as a senior and a 30-2 record as a junior, winning the area and county championships... Three-time Alabama Wendy's Heisman winner... Also played volleyball and was an all-area and all-county selection... A varsity cheerleader for six years, she was captain her senior year... Graduated as salutatorian of her graduating class. Personal:
Full name is Courtney Rebecca Strain... Daughter of Larry and Robin Strain... Birthday is August 17... Has a sister, Leah, and a brother, Trae... Her father, Larry, played football at Alabama... Older brother Trae played football at Birmingham Southern... Majoring in Exercise Science.