Parris Mason has big plans to pay it forward. Straight out of school, Mason moved to Wellington this year, to chase a starting spot in the champion Central Pulse netball side. But the 18-year-old isn't just being schooled on the netball court - she’s still learning from her old teachers at Manukura School in Palmerston North. The New Zealand U21 defender - who’s also represented her country in touch and basketball - is studying part-time at Victoria University towards a bachelor of science, majoring in chemistry with a minor in mathematics, in between her netball timetable. On paper, she’s got the best of both worlds. Soaking up as much as she can from her Pulse team-mates - many of them Silver Ferns - in a professional sporting environment, and then turning to her support network at Manukura - a Māori school fostering academic and sporting excellence - for the study side of things. One day Mason would like to give back - and become a teacher. Click the link to read more.
