Background
Norris is from the Perth suburb of Alexander Heights, and was born on 2 April 1985.
Norris is from the Perth suburb of Alexander Heights, and was born on 2 April 1985.
He became a paraplegic after a car accident. The most influential person in his life is Ben Ettridge. Norris"s wheelchair basketball classification is 3.0, and he is a shooting guard.
His ability to play wheelchair basketball has been supported by the Western Australian Institute of Sport Individual Athlete Support Program.
National team
When competing for the national team, Norris wears number 7. = Paralympics Norris was part of the silver medal winning Australia men"s national wheelchair basketball team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
= Other competitions In 2003, he competed at the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan, where his team took first place. In 2004, he was part of the squad that came in first place at the Roosevelt Cup.
In 2006, he was named as part of the World All-Star 5 for the 2006 Gold Cup tournament.
He was part of the 2007 squad that competed at the Paralympic World Cup. In 2008, he was part of the team that took silver at the Beijing Paralympic test event. In the final game of the tournament, in a game versus Japan, he had 7 rebounds, 19 points and 2 assists.
In 2009, he was part of the national side that competed at the Rollers World Challenge.
He and fellow Australian team mate Justin Eveson were recognised for their performance at the tournament by being named as one of the World All-Star Five for the tournament. Club basketball
Norris plays his club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats.
In 2002, he played club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats of Australia"s National Wheelchair League. That year, he was named the league"s Most Valuable Player and was named as part of the league"s All-Star Five.
In 2009, he was again on the roster for the Perth Wheelcats.
In 2010, he was playing club basketball with Civil Defense Fundosa Grupo. As of 2011, he plays his club basketball for the Perth Wheelcats. In the first game of the 2011 season against the Wollongong Roller Hawks, he had 16 assists.
His Perth Wheelcats lost to the Wollongong Roller Hawks in the 2011 NWBL Championship.
He scored 23 points in the semi-final, and 28 points in the preliminary finals. In the finals, he had 15 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds.
In 2010, he was named one of The West Australian Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Sports Star Nominees in the wheelchair basketball category. In 2014, he was awarded Wheelchair Sports Washington Sports Star of the Year and Be Active Perth Wheelcats Most Valuable Player.