2005-06: Named a Kodak/WBCA All-American...Named a second team All-American by the Associated Press...Named to the NCAA Cleveland Regional All-Region Team...The only Lady Vol to start every game last season, she led the team in scoring 18 times and in rebounding 22 times...Through her first four career NCAA Tournament games, led all tournament participants in free throw attempts, ranked second in blocked shots and fifth in points scored...Finished her freshman season ranked second in points by a rookie and third in rebounds in the UT record books...Against Army, became the first female to dunk in an NCAA Tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in any game...Nominated for the ESPY's GMC Professional Grade Play Award for her dunks...Named one of 18 finalists for the Wooden Award...Hit the game-winning shot in the SEC Championship game against LSU...Named the SEC Tournament MVP, just the second SEC Freshman of the Year to ever garner both awards...Earned a double-double in all three games against Georgia this year...Against Georgia in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament, she earned her 10th double-double of the season, which moved her past Tamika Catchings for third place in most double-doubles by a rookie...Named the SEC Freshman of the Year, a first-team All-SEC selection and an SEC All-Freshman Team choice by the coaches...The unanimous SEC Rookie of the Year according to the Associated Press...Also a second-team All-SEC selection in the media poll...Had a career-high 34 points and 15 rebounds against the Gators...On Feb. 20, Parker was named to the Naismith Award Midseason List, comprised of the nation's top-30 players...Charted her sixth double-double of the season with 19 points and 14 rebounds at Georgia, despite playing on a sprained left ankle...A finalist for the 2006 V Foundation Comeback Player of the Year Award...On Feb. 2, Parker was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Watch List...She was one of 20 collegiate women's basketball players in the country on the list and one of only two freshmen...Named the Philips Player of the Game on eight occasions (Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, Duke, Mississippi State, Georgia, Stanford and Stetson), the SEC Freshman of the Week four times (12/5, 12/19, 1/10 and 1/16), the SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 16, the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week twice (1/16, 11/28) and January's Lady Vol Athlete of the Month...Hampered by a hip flexor injury against Mississippi, Parker failed to either score in double figures or grab at least 10 rebounds in a game for the first and only time all season...Named the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week and the SEC Player and Freshman of the Week on Jan. 16 after back-to-back double-doubles in SEC play...Named to the Paradise Jam All-Tournament Team and garnered Most Valuable Player honors as well...Stuffed seven Michigan State attempts - the most ever by a Lady Vol freshman and the second most ever by a Lady Vol basketball player...Posted a double-double against Stetson in her first collegiate game (19 points, 10 rebounds)...Became just the 10th Lady Vol to start the first game of the year as a freshman...Earned SEC All-Academic honors.

2004-05: Candace joined teammate Alex Fuller as the first ever redshirt freshmen, after she missed the 2004-05 campaign to recover from a pair of surgeries in the off-season on Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, 2004...The latter surgery repaired both the lateral meniscus and the lateral articular cartilage in her left knee...Candace's ACL, from her prior surgery in July 2003, was in excellent condition...Earned a spot on the Lady Vol Honor Roll...Named to the SEC All-Academic Freshman Team.

HIGH SCHOOL: A product of Naperville, Ill., Parker came to Tennessee as perhaps the most decorated high school player in history and as only the second Lady Vol hailing from the state of Illinois (Carla McGhee)...The only two-time USA TODAY National Player of the Year (2003, 2004) helped Naperville Central H.S. to a 95-4 mark in the final 99 contests of her four-year prep career as well as to two Illinois AA state titles...Twice chosen as both the Naismith and Gatorade Prep Player of the Year (2003, 2004)...With her 2003 Naismith and Gatorade selections, became the only high school junior ever to win both women's awards...Parade Magazine, Street & Smith's, USA TODAY and Student Sports First-Team All-America (2003, 2004)...McDonald's and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American (2004)...Participant in both the McDonald's and WBCA All-American games...Three-time Nike All-America (2002, 2003, 2004)...Street & Smith's All-America First Team (2002)...Became the first woman ever to win a slam-dunk contest, winning the 2004 PowerAde Jam Fest as part of McDonald's All-American Game festivities...Parade Second Team, Student Sports Second Team and USA TODAY Third Team All-America (2002)...Street & Smith's Fourth-Team All-America (2002) and honorable mention (2001)...USA TODAY and Student Sports Freshman All-America and USA TODAY Junior All-America...Three-time Illinois Miss Basketball and Gatorade Illinois State Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)...Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun and Champaign Gazette Illinois State Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2004)...Associated Press and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) All-State first team choice all four years of her prep career...Chicago Sun Times, News-Gazette and Chicago Tribune All State and All-Area Teams (2001-2004)...Compiled a school-record 2,768 points (22.9 ppg) and 1,592 rebounds (13.2 rpg), while starting 119 of the 121 games in which she played...Rated as the number one prospect and top high school senior according to the annual Blue Star Index (2004)...Registered high school career bests of 42 points, 35 rebounds, 12 blocks and 11 assists...Four-time Naperville Central H.S. Most Valuable Player...Became the first women's player to announce her NCAA women's basketball oral commitment live on ESPNews...2004 Women's Sports Foundation High School Athlete of the Year.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: When selected to the USA Women's Senior National Team in September 2006, she became the youngest member of the squad since 1994...Guided Team USA to a bronze medal in Brazil, where she set a new American record for blocks in a tournament (14)...Led the USA Women's Senior National Team in points (18.0 ppg) and ranked second in rebounds (8.4 rpg) and earned a spot on the five-member All-Opals World Challenge Team in April 2006...Led the 2004 U.S. Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team to a gold medal in Puerto Rico with a 5-0 record...Led the USA team in points (16.6 ppg), rebounds (8.8 rpg) and registered team highs in assists (24), steals (17) and blocked shots (12)...Was a member of the 2003 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival North Team and averaged 15.8 ppg, 10.8 rpg, 2.0 apg and 2.3 bpg to complete the event ranked No. 3 in scoring, No. 2 in rebounding and No. 1 in blocked shots...Finished fourth at the AAU national championship in 2000 with her Jaguars team after winning state and regional titles...Two-time AAU Deep South Classic Most Valuable Player...Played AAU events in Florida, Louisiana and Missouri...Participated in the 2001 and 2002 Reze International Basketball Tournament for Girls in Nante, France...Selected as the tournament MVP in 2001 and twice named to the event's all-tournament squad.

PERSONAL: Candace is currently pursuing a major in sport management...Named to Naperville Central's High Honor Roll during every high school semester...Worked with community service organizations such as D.A.R.E, Loaves & Fishes and the Ronald McDonald House...Lists former Lady Vol and current Indiana Fever (WNBA) All-Star Tamika Catchings as the player she has modeled herself after...Hopes to one day become a television broadcaster/announcer and lists ABC's Robin Roberts and media mogul Oprah Winfrey as celebrities she admires...Has two brothers, Anthony, 31, and Marcus, 28...Candace Nicole Parker was born on April 19, 1986, in St. Louis, Mo....Her parents are Larry Parker and Sara Parker.