Trina Frierson Explained

Trina Frierson
Birth Date:23 August 1979
Birth Place:Vicksburg, Mississippi
Nationality:American
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:186
High School:Vicksburg (Vicksburg, Mississippi)
College:Louisiana Tech (1999–2004)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2004
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:19
Draft Team:Seattle Storm
Career Position:Forward
Career Number:50
Coach Start:2005
Coach End:2011
Team1:Seattle Storm
Cyears1:2005–2011
Cteam1:Northwestern State (assistant)
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Catrina Nicole Frierson (born August 23, 1979) 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.

Frierson is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and attended Vicksburg High School.[1] 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.[2] Frierson missed the entirety of the 2000–01 season after she tore ligaments in her knee.[3] She averaged a career-best 16.2 points per game during her senior season.

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.

Frierson joined the Northwestern State Lady Demons as an assistant coach on August 24, 2005. She ended her stint with the Lady Demons in 2011 and returned to Vicksburg, where she conducts basketball training sessions and camps.[4]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Seattle|5||0||4.4||22.2||0.0||100.0||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.2||1.4 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 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

Source[5]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999-00Louisiana Tech3233648.5%20.0%73.2%4.60.30.90.210.5
2001–02Louisiana Tech3023345.9%25.0%72.1%4.90.80.50.47.8
2002–03Louisiana Tech3451052.9%0.0%75.6%7.30.60.60.315.0
2003–04Louisiana Tech3150250.8%22.2%70.7%7.00.81.30.716.2
Career127158150.2%11.1%73.1%9.60.60.80.412.4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Phillips . Keith . Black excellence: Frierson is one of the best female athletes to come through Vicksburg . Vicksburg News . March 16, 2021 . February 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: WNBA Champ Trina Frierson Joins Lady Demons As Assistant Coach . Southland Conference . March 16, 2021 . August 24, 2005.
  3. Web site: Frierson, out for year, due in surgery Wednesday . The Vicksburg Post . March 16, 2021 . September 26, 2000.
  4. Web site: Frierson continuing life in basketball . The Vicksburg Post . March 16, 2021 . June 12, 2012.
  5. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-05-19.