Marie Ferdinand-Harris (born October 13, 1978) is an American professional basketball player most recently for the

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in the

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Early years

Ferdinand-Harris was born in Miami, Florida, and is of

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an descent.

High school career

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

Ferdinand attended

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and played for the

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team. She competed with

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as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in

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WNBA career

Ferdinand was selected by the

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8th overall in the 1st round of the

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. 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

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International career

* 2005–06 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (

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) * Lotos Gdynia (

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)

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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Playoffs

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College

Personal life

On January 13, 2006, the ''

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'' reported that Ferdinand was expecting a baby in June, and was planning to return to the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before th ...

by July 2006, after the

WNBA All-Star Game The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game, is an annual exhibition basketball game played in the United States between the best players of the Western and Eastern Conference of ...

. She and Cedrick Harris, a former player on the

LSU Tigers baseball The LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team participates in of the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers play home games on LSU's campus at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, ...

team and former baseball coach (2007–2009) at Antonian College Preparatory High School in San Antonio, met at

and were married on October 8, 2006.

References

External links

WNBA Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 1978 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American sportspeople of Haitian descent American women's basketball players Basketball players from Miami Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Phoenix Mercury players Los Angeles Sparks players LSU Tigers women's basketball players San Antonio Stars players Shooting guards Utah Starzz draft picks Utah Starzz players WNBA All-Stars