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Trina Frierson

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.

Trina Frierson
Personal information
Born (1980-10-13) October 13, 1980 (age 44)
Vicksburg, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight186 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolVicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi)
CollegeLouisiana Tech (1999–2004)
WNBA draft2004: 2nd round, 19th overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
PositionForward
Number50
Coaching career2005–2011
Career history
As player:
2004Seattle Storm
As coach:
2005–2011Northwestern State (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

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

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Legend
  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

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

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Source[9]

Legend
  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

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ a b "Trina Frierson". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "Trina Frierson WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "WNBA.com:Prospect- Catrina Frierson". WNBA.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Trina Frierson". Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c "WNBA Champ Trina Frierson Joins Lady Demons As Assistant Coach". Southland Conference. August 24, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Frierson, out for year, due in surgery Wednesday". The Vicksburg Post. September 26, 2000. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "Frierson continuing life in basketball". The Vicksburg Post. June 12, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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