Armintie Price
Armintie Ada Price ( born April 3, 1985 in Myrtle, Mississippi ) is a professional American basketball player. She currently plays for the Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association.
- 2.1 College
- 2.2 WNBA
Career
College
Armintie Price played until 2007 for the Ole Miss Rebels Lady, the women's basketball team at the University of Mississippi. Price played very strong season for the Lady Rebels and got well during their time at college several honors. In 2007 she was elected team for SEC Defensive Player of the Year, as well as the All- SEC First. The great sporting success with the Lady Rebels were missing however.
Women's National Basketball Association
Price was selected in the WNBA Draft in 2007 by the Chicago Sky, who had just joined the league at the third position. Price is thus the first player ever to be selected from the Sky in a WNBA Draft.
In the 2007 season, Price was in all 34 season games in the starting lineup of the Sky and achieved an average of 7.9 points and 2.9 assists per game. Impressive was their rebounding average with 6 rebounds per game, because Price was one of a body height of 175 cm of the smaller players in the WNBA. At the end of their first season in the WNBA, she was elected to the WNBA Rookie of the Year.
Awards
College
- SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2007)
- ESPN.com All-America Team
- All- SEC First Team (2007)
- Associated Press third- team All-America (2007)