Aneika Henry

Last updated
Aneika Henry-Morello
OGM Orman Genclik Ankara
Position Power forward / center
LeagueTurkish Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1986-02-13) February 13, 1986 (age 37)
Jamaica
NationalityJamaican / Azerbaijani
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school Coral Gables
(Coral Gables, Florida)
College Seminole CC (2005–2007)
Florida (2007–2009)
WNBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 CB Gran Canaria
2010–2011 Mann Filter Zaragoza
2011–2012 Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia
2012–2015 Atlanta Dream
2012–2013 Rivas Ecopolis
2013–2014 Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi
2014–2015Guangdong Dolphins
2015–2016 Mersin S.K.
2016 Connecticut Sun
2016–2017Osmaniye Genclik
2017 Atlanta Dream
2017–2018Heilongjiang Shenda
2018–presentOGM Orman Genclik Ankara
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Aneika A. Henry (born February 13, 1986) is a Jamaican-Azerbaijani professional basketball player for OGM Orman Genclik Ankara of the Turkish Women's Basketball League..

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Early life

Henry was born in Jamaica. 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 Coral Gables Senior High School, where she played basketball. Upon graduation, she became enrolled at Seminole.

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 National Junior College Athletic Association. In 2007, Henry then attended the University of Florida after graduation from Seminole, playing for the school's team in the more mainstream exposed National Collegiate Athletic Association. 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. [1]

College statistics

Source [2]

Legend
  GPGames 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
2007-08 Florida 3315253.1 - 41.0 5.60.4 0.51.94.6
2008-09 Florida 32 117 54.5- 61.83.3 0.50.4 1.5 3.7
Career Florida 65 269 53.7 - 50.7 4.5 0.4 0.5 1.7 4.1

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 Seattle Storm to a training camp contract, but was waived before the season started. In 2012, Henry signed with the Atlanta Dream to a training camp contract. [3] 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, where she scored 14 points on 7 of 7 field goal shooting. In 2013, Henry re-signed with the Dream. [4] 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 2013 WNBA Finals but were swept by the Minnesota Lynx. In 2015, Henry re-signed once again to the Dream. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] [8] On January 26, 2017, Henry was traded back to the Dream in exchange for Reshanda Gray. [9]

Overseas

Prior to her WNBA career, Henry played in Spain and Poland for CB Gran Canaria, Mann Filter Zaragoza and Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia from 2009 to 2012. In the 2012–13 off-season, Henry played in Spain for Rivas Ecopolis. In the 2013-14 off-season, played in Turkey for Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi. [10] In the 2014-15 off-season, Henry played for Guangdong Dolphins in China. 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 Turkish League for the 2016-17 off-season. [11] 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. [12]

National team career

In 2015, Henry along with teammate Tiffany Hayes received Azerbaijani citizenship and competed for the Azerbaijan women's national basketball team at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. [13]

WNBA statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2012 Atlanta 341418.0.468.000.7624.10.40.40.80.84.8
2013 Atlanta 34112.8.450.000.7653.90.50.20.50.73.9
2014 Atlanta 34412.8.582.000.6763.40.30.20.60.94.5
2015 Atlanta 291117.9.485.000.7504.70.40.30.81.55.2
2016 Connecticut 1025.0.385.000.4001.40.20.10.10.61.2
2017 Atlanta 605.1.857.000.0001.00.30.30.00.52.0
Career6 years, 2 teams1473214.2.495.000.7273.80.40.30.61.04.2

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2012 Atlanta 3010.0.750.0001.0001.70.00.00.61.02.7
2013 Atlanta 8322.7.550.000.8336.60.30.60.80.86.1
2014 Atlanta 3016.2.727.000.7502.30.30.60.01.36.3
Career3 years, 1 team14318.6.600.000.8334.60.20.50.61.05.4

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References

  1. ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Aneika Henry dunking in a slam dunk contest at the University of Florida in 2008.pic.twitter.com/RkH3GsE5XT". 4 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "DREAM: Dream Sign Aneika Henry". www.wnba.com.
  4. ↑ "Dream: Dream Re-Signs Aneika Henry, Signs Le'Coe Willingham". losangelessparks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  5. ↑ "Dream re-sign forward Aneika Henry". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Aneika Henry Signs With Connecticut Sun - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA".
  7. ↑ "Sun welcome Mercury, but not without Tuck, who suffers season-ending knee injury". 1 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Aneika Henry - Sun betting odds and trends".
  9. ↑ "Sun, Dream Swap Henry-Morello, Gray in Trade - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA".
  10. ↑ "Aneika Anna-Kay Henry - Season 2013/2014". Archived from the original on November 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Eurobasket News".
  12. ↑ "Aneika Henry-Morello (ex Heilongjiang) signs at OGM Orman". basketball.eurobasket.com.
  13. ↑ "Tiffany Hayes and Aneika Henry to Miss Five Games While Competing at 2015 European Games - Atlanta Dream".
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