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Murriel Page

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.
 
Personal
  • Education: University of Florida (B.S. in Sports Management, 1998)
  • Hometown: Louin, Mississippi
 

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