Murriel Page

Murriel Page

No. 10, 00
Forward / Center
Personal information
Date of birth	September 18, 1975 (1975-09-18) (age 36)
Place of birth	Louin, Mississippi
Nationality	United States
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College	University of Florida
NBA Draft	1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Washington Mystics
Pro career	1998–2009
League	WNBA
Career history
As player:
1998–2006	Washington Mystics
2006–2009	Los Angeles Sparks
As coach:
2010–present	Florida (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-SEC (1997, 1998) First-team All-American (1997) University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

LaMurriel "Murriel" Page (born September 18, 1975) 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.

Early years

Murriel Page was born in Louin, Mississippi in 1975. She attended Bay Springs High School in Bay Springs, Mississippi, where she led her Bay Springs high school basketball team to two state championships.^[1]

College career

She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for the Florida Gators women's basketball team. At the end of her Gators career, Page was ranked second all-time in points (1,915), rebounds (1,251), field goal percentage (.550), and free throws made (334). She graduated from the University of Florida with her bachelor's degree in 1998, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2009.^[2][3]

Professional career

Page was selected third overall in the first round of the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics, where she played for eight seasons. In March 2006, Page was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks along with Temeka Johnson in exchange for Nikki Teasley. During the 2008–2009 WNBA off-season, she played in Spain with Mallorca.^[4] During the 2007–08 off-season she played with San Jose, also in Spain.^[5]

College coach

Following her retirement from professional basketball, Page become an assistant coach for the Florida Gators women's basketball team under head coach Amanda Butler for the 2010–11 season.^[6]

See also

	Biography portal
	College basketball portal

• Florida Gators
• List of Florida Gators basketball players
• List of University of Florida alumni

References

1. ^ Dana Gelin, "Murriel page, Florida," Sports Illustrated (March 1998). Retrieved November 3, 2011.
2. ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
3. ^ "Eight 2009 Honorees Inducted Into UF Athletic Hall of Fame," GatorZone.com (April 17, 2009). Retrieved July 22, 2011.
4. ^ Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster
5. ^ Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster
6. ^ GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball, Coaching & Support Staff, Murriel Page. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

External links

• Murriel Page – Official WNBA player profile

Persondata
Name	Page, Murriel
Alternative names	Page, LaMurriel
Short description	American college basketball player, professional basketball player, forward, center
Date of birth	September 18, 1975
Place of birth	Louin, Mississippi, United States
Date of death
Place of death