Aneika A. Henry (born February 13, 1986) is a professional

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player for OGM Orman Genclik Ankara of the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Jamaica and raised in the United States, she represents Azerbaijan internaitonally.

Early life

Henry was born in

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

. She was 11 years old when she and her family moved to the United States and lived in Florida.

High school

Henry was a 2004 graduate of

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, where she played basketball. Upon graduation, she became enrolled at

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College career

In the first two years of her college career, Henry attended Seminole State College of Florida and played for the school's team in the

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. In 2007, Henry then attended the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...

after graduation from Seminole, playing for the school's team in the more mainstream exposed

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. During her two years with Florida, she had 8 double-figure scoring games, had 2 double-figure rebounding games and participated in the 2008 Slam Sunk Contest.

College statistics

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Professional career

WNBA

Henry entered the 2009 WNBA draft but went undrafted. She played the next 3 years overseas before playing on a WNBA team. In 2011, Henry had signed with the

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to a training camp contract, but was waived before the season started. In 2012, Henry signed with the

Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Dream compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded for the ...

to a training camp contract. Following the training camp she made the final roster for the team, becoming the third Jamaican player in WNBA history. In her rookie season with the Dream, Henry played 34 games with 14 starts as a reserve, averaging 4.8 ppg and 4.1 rpg. During the season, Henry set a franchise record for most field goals made without a miss in a regular season game win against the

Tulsa Shock The Tulsa Shock were a professional basketball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Detroit, Michigan before the 1998 WNBA season began; ...

, where she scored 14 points on 7 of 7 field goal shooting. In 2013, Henry re-signed with the Dream. During the 2013 season, Henry played 34 games with 1 start averaging 3.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg. The Dream made it all the way to the

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but were swept by the

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. In 2015, Henry re-signed once again to the Dream. In the 2015 season, Henry played 29 games with 11 starts and averaged a career-high in scoring but the Dream never made it to the playoffs. In 2016, Henry signed a 2-year contract with the

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team i ...

. After playing 10 games in her first season with the Sun, Henry would miss the rest of the season while being listed as day-to-day, due to undisclosed health reasons. On January 26, 2017, Henry was traded back to the Dream in exchange for

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Overseas

Prior to her WNBA career, Henry played in

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and

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

for

CB Gran Canaria Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria – Claret, S.A.D., known as Dreamland Gran Canaria due to sponsorship, is a professional basketball club based in Las Palmas, Spain. The team plays in the Spanish Liga ACB and the Champions League. Their home venue ...

, Mann Filter Zaragoza and

Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia Arka Gdynia, currently known as VBW Gdynia for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish professional women's basketball club based in Gdynia. With 14 Polish Championships and 10 Polish Cups won (as of 2025), it is one of the country's most accomplished wom ...

from 2009 to 2012. In the 2012–13 off-season, Henry played in Spain for

Rivas Ecopolis Baloncesto Rivas CDE, commonly known as Rivas Ecópolis due to sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball team based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Community of Madrid. History Baloncesto Rivas was founded in 1988 as CD Covíbar but ...

. In the 2013-14 off-season, played in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

for Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi. In the 2014-15 off-season, Henry played for Guangdong Dolphins in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. In the 2015-16 off-season, Henry played in Turkey once again for Mersin S.K. As of June 2016, Henry signed with Osmaniye Genclik of the

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for the 2016-17 off-season. In 2017, Henry signed with Heilongjiang Shenda of the Chinese league for the 2017-18 off-season. In August 2018, Henry signed with OGM Orman Genclik Ankara of the Turkish League for 2018-19.

National team career

In 2015, Henry along with teammate

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received

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

i citizenship and competed for the

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at the

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held in

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WNBA statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

External links

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Aneika Henry
at EuroLeague Women * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Aneika 1986 births Living people Antakya Belediyespor players Atlanta Dream players American women's basketball players Azerbaijani women's basketball players Jamaican women's basketball players Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Basketball players at the 2015 European Games Connecticut Sun players Florida Gators women's basketball players Junior college women's basketball players in the United States Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players Guangdong Vermilion Birds players Heilongjiang Dragons players Centers (basketball) Power forwards American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in China Basketball players from Florida Azerbaijani expatriate basketball people in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate basketball people in China Naturalised basketball players American emigrants to Azerbaijan Jamaican emigrants to the United States Jamaican emigrants to Azerbaijan Sportspeople of Jamaican descent

Early life

High school

College career

College statistics

Professional career

WNBA

Overseas

National team career

WNBA statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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