Murriel Page - Women's Basketball Coach

Murriel Page

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
murrielp@gators.ufl.edu
Phone:
5511

Murriel Page at a Glance:
University of Florida, Assistant Coach – Seven Years (2010-17)

With fellow coach Shimmy Gray-Miller, oversaw the development of the posts
Oversaw the recruitment of international players
Assisted in all aspects of recruiting and opponent game scouts
2016-17
- Senior Ronni Williams was voted first Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and the media
- Williams became first Gator in program history to lead the SEC in scoring (all games and SEC games)
- Williams named WBCA All-Region and WBCA All-American Team Honorable Mention
- UF led the SEC in offensive rebounding (all games and SEC games) and offensive rebound percentage (SEC games)
2015-16 at a Glance:
- UF earned the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament
- Gators ranked No. 10 nationally in offensive rebounds per game, one year removed from not appearing in the top-30 in the country
- Junior forward Ronni Williams voted All-SEC Second Team
- Team won 9 more games than it had the previous season, the second-best one-year turnaround in program history
- Team compiled 22 wins, the most since the 2012-13 season (22 wins)
- Team finished tied for fourth in the SEC, after it was voted during the preseason to finish 12th in the 14-team league standings
Helped the Gators earn five postseason appearances: NCAA Appearances: 2012, 2014 & 2016; WNIT Appearances: 2011 & 2013
Individual Gator post players honors under Page’s tutelage: WBCA All-American Team Honorable Mention – Ronni Williams (2017); First Team All-SEC: Jennifer George (2012) and Ronni Williams (2017); Second Team All-SEC: Ronni Williams (2016); SEC All-Freshman Team: Ronni Williams (2014) and Haley Lorenzen (2015); 2012 Olympian Azania Stewart

Professional Basketball Experience – 12-Year Career (1998-2010)

12-year career as a professional player, 11 in the WNBA (1998-2010)
Voted by the fans to the WNBA’s Washington Mystics All-Time Team (July 2012)
Tore her Achilles the first day of 2009 training camp with the Phoenix Mercury
Shortly upon graduating, Page was the third overall pick in the 1998 WNBA draft, as she became the Washington Mystics’ first-ever draft selection in franchise history
Voted Mystics team captain from 2000-05
In March of 2006, “The Original Mystic” was traded prior to Los Angeles, where she was reunited with former Gator frontcourt mate DeLisha Milton-Jones.
Page played with the Sparks for three years and had signed a contract to play with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury for the 2009 season, but tore her Achilles tendon on the final day of training camp and was unable to play.
In 11 WNBA seasons, Page appeared in 354 games, earning 205 starts, while scoring 2,154 points and collecting 1,603 rebounds.
Earned the 1999 and 2000 WNBA Bud Light Shooting Champions Award for leading the league in field goal percentage
During the WNBA off-season, Page suited up for a number of different professional teams in Spain, including Soller from 2008-10, Baloncesto San Jose in 2007-08, with Hondarribia in 2003-04, 2005-07, Ros Casares in 2004-05 and 2001-02; Venezia in Italy in 2002-03 and Mangueira in Brazil in 2000.

College Playing Career, University of Florida (1994-1998)

Inducted into UF’s Athletic Hall of Fame on April 17, 2009
1998 First Team WNBA All-American Team (Kodak All-American)
First Team All-Southeastern Conference in 1997 and 1998, and was one of three players who was a unanimous selection on the 1998 squad (with Tennessee's Chamique Holdsclaw & Alabama's Dominique Canty).
Finalist for the 1998 Naismith Player of the Year
Finalist for the 1998 Wade Trophy
Among the top vote getters for the 1998 AP National Player of the Year
One of six finalists for the Honda Award for Basketball, the first-ever Gator to reach this stage of the award
Her 12.6 rebound average per game during her senior year ranked No. 2 nationally (behind Howard's Alicia Hill, 12.8 rpg).
Concluded her collegiate career with 1,915 points and 1,251 rebounds, both of which remain the top two numbers in those respective categories all-time in Gator history.
Upon graduation, ranked No. 1 at UF for career double-doubles (65), No. 1 for games played (128), No. 2 all-time at UF for rebounding, No. 2 at UF for scoring and No. 2 at UF for career field goal percentage (55.0%).
No. 6 all-time in SEC history for rebounding
Totaled 103 double-figure scoring games & 67 double-figure rebounding games.
UF was 92-36 during her four-year career, won at least 21 games each of those seasons, reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA twice, the NCAA Elite Eight once and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament every year.