Marie Ferdinand-Harris played her college basketball at LSU for four years, and after that, she went on to play ten seasons in the WNBA. When she was in High, Ferdinand won 1995 Player of the Year in Florida.
College
As a freshman at LSU, Ferdinand only averaged 2.4 points per game; she added ten more points per game her next year. Ferdinand came into her own as a junior when she averaged 17.5 points per game. By her senior year, Ferdinand was up to 21.1 points per game and shot 51.5% from the field. The LSU star left LSU averaging 13.7 points and 4.4 rebounds for her career. Ferdinand then went into the WNBA Draft, where she was drafted No.8 in the 2001 WNBA Draft by the Utah Starzz.
WNBA
Ferdinand averaged 11.4 points and shot 49% from the field as a rookie with Utah. In her second year, Ferdinand made the WNBA All-Star team when she averaged a career-high 15.3 points per game.
In 2003, Ferdinand went to the San Antonio Silver Stars and made the All-Star team averaging 13.8 points per game. She also made her third and last all-star game in 2005. In 2006, Ferdinand did not play in 2006 because she gave birth to her son but returned to the Silver Stars in 2007. After four years with San Antonio, Ferdinand went to the Los Angeles Sparks.
In three seasons with the Sparks, the former Starzz player averaged 7.6 points per game. She played 91 games with the Sparks and started 55 games. Ferdinand was a good role player for the Sparks in her time there. The guard finished up her WNBA career in 2011 with the Phoenix Mercury.
In Ferdinand’s first five years in the WNBA, she was a double-digit scorer who could shoot in the mid-range and get to the basket. She averaged 9.8 points, 2.7 rebounds per game, and shot 40% from the field for her career. Ferdinand also made three All-Star teams to complete her successful WNBA career.
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