Trina Frierson
Personal information | |
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Born | (1979-08-23) August 23, 1979 (age 45) Vicksburg, Mississippi |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 186 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Vicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi) |
College | Louisiana Tech (1999–2004) |
WNBA draft | 2004: 2nd round, 19th overall pick |
Selected by the Seattle Storm | |
Position | Forward |
Number | 50 |
Coaching career | 2005–2011 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2004 | Seattle Storm |
As coach: | |
2005–2011 | Northwestern State (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Catrina Nicole Frierson (born August 23, 1979)[a] is an American former professional basketball player and coach. She won a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship with the Seattle Storm in 2004.
Frierson is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and attended Vicksburg High School.[5] She played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters from 1999 to 2004 and was a two-time first-team All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) selection.[6] Frierson missed the entirety of the 2000–01 season after she tore ligaments in her knee.[7] She averaged a career-best 16.2 points per game during her senior season.[6]
Frierson was selected by the Seattle Storm as the 19th overall pick of the 2004 WNBA draft. She received limited playing time as a result of knee injuries and only played in five games for the Storm as they went on to win the WNBA championship in her rookie season. Frierson was waived by the Storm during training camp before the 2005 WNBA season.[1]
Frierson joined the Northwestern State Lady Demons as an assistant coach on August 24, 2005.[6] She ended her stint with the Lady Demons in 2011 and returned to Vicksburg, where she conducts basketball training sessions and camps.[8]
Career statistics
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
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2004 | Seattle | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 5 | 0 | 4.4 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
College
Source[9]
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% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999-00 | Louisiana Tech | 32 | 336 | 48.5% | 20.0% | 73.2% | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 10.5 |
2001–02 | Louisiana Tech | 30 | 233 | 45.9% | 25.0% | 72.1% | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.8 |
2002–03 | Louisiana Tech | 34 | 510 | 52.9% | 0.0% | 75.6% | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 15.0 |
2003–04 | Louisiana Tech | 31 | 502 | 50.8% | 22.2% | 70.7% | 7.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 16.2 |
Career | 127 | 1581 | 50.2% | 11.1% | 73.1% | 9.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.4 |
Notes
- ^ Frierson's WNBA.com player profile and Basketball Reference use the August 23, 1979, date.[1][2] Her WNBA.com draft prospect profile and Northwestern State biography use a birth date of October 13, 1980.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Trina Frierson". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Trina Frierson WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "WNBA.com:Prospect- Catrina Frierson". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Trina Frierson". Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ Phillips, Keith (February 7, 2021). "Black excellence: Frierson is one of the best female athletes to come through Vicksburg". Vicksburg News. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ a b c "WNBA Champ Trina Frierson Joins Lady Demons As Assistant Coach". Southland Conference. August 24, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Frierson, out for year, due in surgery Wednesday". The Vicksburg Post. September 26, 2000. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Frierson continuing life in basketball". The Vicksburg Post. June 12, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com
and Basketball-Reference.com
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