Sherill Baker

Last updated

Sherill Baker
Georgia State Panthers
Position Assistant coach
League Sun Belt Conference
Personal information
Born (1982-12-03) December 3, 1982 (age 41)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight125 lb (57 kg)
Career information
High school Greater Atlanta Christian School
(Norcross, Georgia)
College Georgia (2002–2006)
WNBA draft 2006: 1st round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2006–2009
Position Point guard
Number10, 5, 9
Coaching career2014–present
Career history
As player:
2006–2007 New York Liberty
2007 Los Angeles Sparks
2008 Indiana Fever
2009 Detroit Shock
As coach:
2014–2016 Auburn (assistant)
2016–2019 Kennesaw State (assistant)
2019–present Georgia State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2006)
  • First-team All-SEC (2006)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Sherill Shavette Baker (born December 3, 1982) is a current American collegiate women's basketball assistant head coach with the Georgia State Panthers and former professional women's basketball player in the WNBA, most recently with the Detroit Shock. [1]

Contents

Baker attended Greater Atlanta Christian School, then attended college at the University of Georgia and graduated in 2006. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 12th overall in the 2006 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty and traded to the Los Angeles Sparks on June 20, 2007, in exchange for Lisa Willis.

She signed with the Indiana Fever on May 22, 2008.

She played for Elitzur Ramla in Israel during the 2007–08 WNBA off-season. [2] She then spent the 2008-09 off-season in Israel again, this time for Maccabi Bnot Ashdod. [3]

Career statistics

WNBA career 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
2006 New York 341618.138.627.385.71.61.01.40.01.57.4
2007 New York 304.3100.0100.00.00.30.00.00.00.01.7
Los Angeles 241120.532.821.283.32.93.21.50.12.78.5
2008 Indiana 1308.532.40.073.51.71.20.70.10.83.8
2009 Detroit 1011.066.70.0100.01.01.01.00.01.07.0
Career1 year, 3 teams752716.536.325.082.52.01.71.20.11.76.9

College career statistics

Source [4]

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
2002-03 Georgia 30 289 .375 .276 .708 4.3 2.8 3.0 0.49.6
2003-04 Georgia 35390 .412 .350.721 3.8 3.43.0 0.1 11.1
2004-05 Georgia 34 388 .432 .184 .770 4.6 2.7 2.5 0.1 11.4
2005-06 Georgia 32 598.530.250 .809 4.73.2 4.70.2 18.7
Career 131 1665 .445 .268 .761 4.4 3.0 3.3 0.2 12.7

See also

Related Research Articles

Shannon Regina "Pee Wee" Johnson is an American basketball player born in Hartsville, South Carolina. She last played for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She was the head coach at Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina from 2015 to 2020.

Sheri Lynette Sam is an American professional women's basketball coach and player who played in the WNBA. She was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana as the youngest of eight siblings, and where she was a standout at Acadiana High School. She graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1996. She was an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K. B. Sharp</span> American-french basketball player

Kristen Brooke "K. B." Sharp is a professional women's basketball player, playing in the WNBA and overseas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dominique Canty</span> American womens basketball player

Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player, most recently with the Washington Mystics in the WNBA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DeLisha Milton-Jones</span> American basketball player (born 1974)

DeLisha Lachell Milton-Jones is an American retired professional basketball player and head coach of Old Dominion. Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. She was a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year her senior season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deanna Nolan</span> American-Russian basketball player

Deanna Nicole "Tweety" Nolan is an American-Russian professional basketball player for UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian Premier League as well as the Russia women's national basketball team. Her primary position is shooting guard, but occasionally plays the point guard position. Her original name was Deana, but was legally changed to Deanna in 2000. She went to Flint Northern High School where she graduated and took that school state to state champs. Nolan is being inducted October 2024 into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Temeka Johnson</span> American basketball player

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is a former American professional basketball player. Her primary position was a point guard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seimone Augustus</span> American basketball coach and player (born 1984)

Seimone Delicia Augustus is an American basketball coach and former professional player. She is currently an assistant coach for the Louisiana State University women's basketball team. She was drafted first overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2006 WNBA draft and played for the Lynx for most of her Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) career except for her final season in with the Los Angeles Sparks. An eight-time All-Star and the 2011 finals MVP, Augustus led the Lynx to four WNBA championships. She also won three gold medals in the Olympics on the U.S. national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michelle Snow</span> American basketball player

Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is a retired American professional basketball player who played most recently in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristen Mann</span> American professional basketball player

Kristen Cherie Mann is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, and Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Megan Duffy</span> American basketball player and coach (born 1984)

Megan Duffy is an American women's basketball coach, currently the head coach at Virginia Tech. Previously, she had been the head coach with Marquette, before that the Miami RedHawks women's basketball team, an associate head coach with the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team, George Washington Colonials women's basketball team, an assistant coach with St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team, and a professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently playing for the New York Liberty.

Tye'sha Nicole Fluker is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.

LaMurriel Page is a former American college and professional basketball player who was a forward and center in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for eleven seasons. Page played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was drafted in the first round of the 1998 WNBA draft. She played professionally for the Washington Mystics and the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. Currently, she is an assistant women's basketball coach at Miami Hurricanes.

Armintie Ada (Price) Herrington is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA draft. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alison Bales</span> American basketball player

Alison Marie Bales is an American former professional basketball player of the WNBA.

Kasha NiCarra Terry is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Terry is 6'3" tall and weighs 185 lbs (83.9 kg).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erica White</span> American basketball player

Erica White is an American professional women's basketball player.

Quianna Nehma Chaney is an American professional basketball player who played for Botaş SK at the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she played collegiately for LSU.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicky Anosike</span> American basketball player

Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently with the Los Angeles Sparks.

Amber Shirell Holt is an American professional women's basketball player most recently with the Tulsa Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

References

  1. "2009 WNBA Transactions" . Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  2. "WNBA.com: Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.