Aneika Henry Explained

Aneika Henry-Morello
Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
League:Turkish Women's Basketball League
Team:OGM Orman Genclik Ankara
Birth Date:February 13, 1986
Birth Place:Jamaica
Nationality:Jamaican / Azerbaijani
High School:Coral Gables
(Coral Gables, Florida)
College:Seminole CC (2005–2007)
Florida (2007–2009)
Draft Year:2009
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:2009
Highlights:
Wnba Profile:aneika-henry-morello
Weight Lbs:192
Years1:2009–2010
Team1:CB Gran Canaria
Years2:2010–2011
Team2:Mann Filter Zaragoza
Years3:2011–2012
Team3:Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia
Years4:
Team4:Atlanta Dream
Years5:2012–2013
Team5:Rivas Ecopolis
Years6:2013–2014
Team6:Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Years7:2014–2015
Team7:Guangdong Dolphins
Years8:2015–2016
Team8:Mersin S.K.
Team9:Connecticut Sun
Years10:2016–2017
Team10:Osmaniye Genclik
Team11:Atlanta Dream
Years12:2017–2018
Team12:Heilongjiang Shenda
Years13:2018–present
Team13:OGM Orman Genclik Ankara

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..

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

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2007-08 33 152 53.1 - 41.0 5.6 0.4 0.5 1.9 4.6 - 2008-09 Florida 32 117 54.5 - 61.8 3.3 0.5 0.4 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] [7] On January 26, 2017, Henry was traded back to the Dream in exchange for Reshanda Gray.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

WNBA statistics

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 34 || 14 || 18.0 || .468 || .000 || .762 || 4.1 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 4.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 34 || 1 || 12.8 || .450 || .000 || .765 || 3.9 ||0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 3.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 34 || 4 || 12.8 || .582 || .000 || .676 || 3.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 0.9 || 4.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 29 || 11 || 17.9 || .485 || .000 || .750 || 4.7 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 1.5 || 5.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016| style="text-align:left;"| Connecticut| 10 || 2 || 5.0 || .385 || .000 || .400 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 1.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 6 || 0 || 5.1 || .857 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 2.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|6 years, 2 teams|147||32||14.2||.495||.000||.727||3.8||0.4||0.3||0.6||1.0||4.2

Playoffs

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2012| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 3 || 0 || 10.0 || .750 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 2.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 8 || 3 || 22.7 || .550 || .000 || .833 || 6.6 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 6.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2014| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 3|| 0 || 16.2 || .727 || .000 || .750 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 6.3|-| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"|3 years, 1 team|14||3||18.6||.600||.000||.833||4.6||0.2||0.5||0.6||1.0||5.4

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. Web site: DREAM: Dream Sign Aneika Henry. www.wnba.com.
  3. Web site: Dream: Dream Re-Signs Aneika Henry, Signs Le'Coe Willingham. losangelessparks.com. 2016-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118163223/http://losangelessparks.com/dream/news/dreamsignshenrywillingham.html. 2016-11-18. dead.
  4. Web site: Dream re-sign forward Aneika Henry. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . April 23, 2015.
  5. Web site: Aneika Henry Signs With Connecticut Sun - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  6. Web site: Sun welcome Mercury, but not without Tuck, who suffers season-ending knee injury. 1 September 2016.
  7. Web site: Aneika Henry - Sun betting odds and trends.
  8. Web site: Sun, Dream Swap Henry-Morello, Gray in Trade - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  9. Web site: Aneika Anna-Kay Henry - Season 2013/2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118163205/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/80054/playerview.html. dead. November 18, 2016.
  10. Web site: Eurobasket News.
  11. Web site: Aneika Henry-Morello (ex Heilongjiang) signs at OGM Orman . basketball.eurobasket.com.
  12. Web site: Tiffany Hayes and Aneika Henry to Miss Five Games While Competing at 2015 European Games - Atlanta Dream.