Armintie Price

Armintie Herrington

Personal information
Born	(1985-04-03)April 3, 1985 Milwaukee, Wisconsin,U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	133 lb (60 kg)
Career information
High school	Myrtle (Myrtle, Mississippi)
College	Ole Miss(2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007:1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by theChicago Sky
Playing career	2007–2015
Position	Shooting guard
Number	22
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
2007–2009	Chicago Sky
2009–2013	Atlanta Dream
2014	Los Angeles Sparks
2015	Washington Mystics
As coach:
2009–2012, 2018–2022	Ole Miss(assistant)
Career highlights and awards
WNBA Rookie of the Year(2007) WNBA All-Rookie Team(2007) WNBA All-Defensive Second Team(2011) 2×SECDefensive Player of the Year (2006, 2007) First-team All-SEC (2007) Third-team All-American –AP(2007)
Statsat WNBA.com
Statsat Basketball-Reference.com

Armintie Ada (Price) Herrington(born April 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for theWashington Mysticsof theWomen's National Basketball Association(WNBA). Price, who played collegiately at theUniversity of Mississippi,was drafted third overall by theChicago Skyin the2007 WNBA draft.She was born inMilwaukee, Wisconsin.

High school career

Having moved toMyrtle, Mississippibefore high school,the 5'9 "(1.75 m) Herrington became a star player at Myrtle High School and received numerous honors, including being named to the Clarion-Ledger's Dandy Dozen (Mississippi's top twelve high school basketball players) as a senior. Herrington averaged 31.0 points, 22.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 5.0 steals as a senior and helped lead Myrtle High to the 2003 Class 1A state title and to Class 1A state runner-up finishes as a sophomore and junior. Herrington, who also excelled in track, helped lead Myrtle High to the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Class 1A state championship in track and was a 15-time state champion in track as she won the 100-meter high hurdles, long jump, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x200-meter relay her sophomore, junior and senior years. Because of her religion which stated females must wear feminine apparel (skirts), her mother encouraged her to wear a skirt throughout her high school basketball career.

College career

While attending theUniversity of Mississippiin Oxford, Mississippi, Herrington became one of the most decorated athletes of all time playing for coachCarol Ross'sOle Miss Rebels women's basketballteam from 2003 to 2007. During her senior year, she averaged a team leading 18.1 points per game, which ranked second in theSECand 32nd in theNCAA.She also led the team with 146 assists and 118 steals. Her 3.8 steals per game was first in the NCAA and SEC, while she ranked fourth in assists in the SEC with 4.8 per game Herrington is just the fifth player in NCAA history to record over 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 assists and 300 steals joiningCheryl Miller,Chamique Holdsclaw,Tamika CatchingsandSophia Young.Price was named 2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in the history of the league to win the award two times. She was a unanimous selection to the 2007 All-SEC First Team by the league coaches.

Ole Miss statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goalpercentage	3P%	3-point field goalpercentage	FT%	Free throwpercentage
RPG	Reboundsper game	APG	Assistsper game	SPG	Stealsper game
BPG	Blocksper game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003-04	Ole Miss	31	462	.561	.000	.639	9.4	1.7	2.5	0.2	14.9
2004-05	Ole Miss	29	485	.536	.000	.537	10.3	3.1	3.2	0.1	16.7
2005-06	Ole Miss	31	548	.481	.385	.617	9.6	3.5	3.4	0.2	17.7
2006-07	Ole Miss	35	671	.457	.196	.607	8.8	4.7	3.7	0.5	19.2
Career	126	2,166	.500	.233	.600	9.5	3.3	3.2	0.2	17.2

WNBA career

The day after her 22nd birthday, Herrington was chosen with the third overall pick by theChicago Sky,an expansion team of theWNBA.Herrington became the first Ole Miss player selected in the first round of the draft's eleven-year history. She is also just the second Lady Rebel to be selected in the draft (Saundra Jackson was a third-round pick in 2002). On September 8, 2007 Herrington was named 2007 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

She played for Mallorca in Spain during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.

Price was traded to the Atlanta Dream on August 12, 2009 in exchange forTamera Young.In 2014, she joined theLos Angeles Sparks.On February 10, 2015, Herrington signed with theWashington Mystics.

Personal life

Price married Reginald Herrington on October 11, 2009.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career steals leaders

External links

• Career statistics and player information fromWNBA.comandBasketball-Reference.com
• Biography courtesy of olemisssports.com
• 2007 WNBA Draft scouting report
• Lady Rebel Armintie Price chosen third overall in 2007 WNBA Draft