Prairie View A&M University Athletics

NOTES

Bell begins his second season in the Prairie View A&M program...He was a member of the 2009 signing class and redshirted as a freshman...Should battle for a starting role at forward.

AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M

Redshirted in 2009-10.

PREP

Two-Star recruit by Scout.com...Ranked as the 11th-best player in Chicago by High School Basketball Info.com...Listed as the 23rd-best player in the city of Chicago by Windycitybasketball.com...Ranked as one of the top forwards in the nation by ESPN.com...Earned allstate special honors by the Illinois Boys Coaches Association...Also recruited by Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Alabama State, Kent State and Indiana State...Played for coach Tom Livatino (basketball)...Also played volleyball and lettered one year under head coach Pat Gordon...Posted 23 kills in a match.

 PERSONAL

Cortney Bell was born March 12, 1990 in Chicago, Ill.,...The son of Willie Earl Bell, Sr. and Lanita A. Bell