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Marie Ferdinand-Harris

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Marie Ferdinand-Harris
Personal information
Born (1978-10-13) October 13, 1978 (age 46)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight162 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolEdison (Miami, Florida)
CollegeLSU (1997–2001)
WNBA draft2001: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Starzz
Playing career2001–2011
PositionShooting guard
Number9
Career history
2001–2007Utah Starzz / San Antonio Silver Stars
2008–2010Los Angeles Sparks
2011Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing USA
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place 2000 Taipei Team Competition

Marie Ferdinand-Harris (born October 13, 1978) is an American professional basketball player most recently for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association.

Early years

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Ferdinand-Harris was born in Miami, Florida, and is of Haitian descent.[1]

High school career

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As a senior, Ferdinand averaged 24.0 points, seven rebounds, 5.4 assists, and 2 steals per game, and was named the 1995 Player of the Year in Florida.

College career

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Ferdinand attended Louisiana State University and played for the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team. She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei.[2]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001 Utah 32 22 27.0 49.3 26.2 61.1 2.7 2.5 1.3 0.1 2.0 11.4
2002 Utah 32 32 33.3 47.4 14.7 77.2 3.3 2.8 1.6 0.2 2.8 15.3
2003 San Antonio 34 34 32.8 36.2 30.8 78.9 3.7 2.6 1.7 0.2 2.5 13.8
2004 San Antonio 17 17 29.9 41.4 37.0 85.9 3.2 1.7 1.9 0.1 2.1 11.7
2005 San Antonio 31 31 32.2 36.9 30.8 77.6 3.7 2.2 1.5 0.2 2.3 12.5
2006 Did not play (maternity)
2007 San Antonio 34 12 14.1 35.9 22.2 90.0 2.4 0.8 0.6 0.1 1.1 4.8
2008 Los Angeles 33 25 20.6 37.0 27.3 89.1 2.6 1.3 0.8 0.1 1.2 8.4
2009 Los Angeles 28 6 12.1 43.0 18.2 83.8 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.8 5.4
2010 Los Angeles 30 24 24.3 40.9 29.2 83.9 2.7 1.2 0.9 0.2 1.1 8.9
2011 Phoenix 34 2 17.4 33.5 33.3 97.4 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.3 6.8
Career 10 years, 4 teams 305 205 24.2 40.2 28.0 79.5 2.7 1.7 1.1 0.1 1.7 9.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001 Utah 2 2 34.5 43.8 0.0 83.3 4.0 3.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 14.5
2002 Utah 5 5 37.2 44.6 20.0 67.6 4.4 2.6 2.0 0.0 4.0 14.8
2007 San Antonio 5 0 14.2 42.3 0.0 84.6 3.8 1.2 2.0 0.0 1.2 6.6
2008 Los Angeles 6 0 18.5 38.5 36.4 91.7 2.5 1.8 0.3 0.0 1.3 7.5
2009 Los Angeles 2 0 7.0 25.0 50.0 100.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.5
2010 Los Angeles 2 2 32.5 39.1 42.9 100.0 2.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 12.5
2011 Phoenix 4 0 12.3 36.4 50.0 100.0 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 1.0 5.8
Career 7 years, 4 teams 26 9 21.7 40.9 33.3 80.7 2.9 1.6 1.2 0.0 1.6 9.0

College

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Source[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% FT% RPG PPG
1997-98 LSU 27 66 37.7% 58.3% 2.3 2.4
1998-99 LSU 30 368 46.3% 66.3% 5.2 12.3
1999-00 LSU 32 500 50.1% 66.7% 4.7 17.5
2000-01 LSU 31 654 51.5% 73.9% 5.1 21.1
TOTALS 120 1648 48.9% 69.7% 4.4 13.7

WNBA career

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Ferdinand was selected by the Utah Starzz 8th overall in the 1st round of the 2001 WNBA draft. For her career, Ferdinand averages 13.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.4 apg, and 1.56 steals per game. She is a two time WNBA All-Star, playing on the 2002 and 2003 teams.

Ferdinand missed the entire 2006 WNBA season after giving birth to her first child.

On February 22, 2008, Ferdinand-Harris signed with the Los Angeles Sparks.

International

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Personal

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On January 13, 2006, the San Antonio Express-News reported that Ferdinand was expecting a baby boy in June, and was planning to return to the San Antonio Silver Stars by July 2006, preferably after the WNBA All-Star Game. She and Cedrick Harris, a former player on the LSU Tigers baseball team and former baseball coach (2007–2009) at Antonian College Preparatory High School in San Antonio, met at Louisiana State University and were married on October 8, 2006.

References

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  1. ^ "Marie Ferdinand". Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "2000 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  3. ^ "LSU Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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