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Armintie Herrington
Personal information
Born	April 3, 1985 (age 39); Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	133 lb (60 kg)
Career information
High school	Myrtle (Myrtle, Mississippi)
College	Ole Miss (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career	2007–2015
Position	Shooting guard
Number	22
Coaching career	2009–present
Career history
As player:
2007–2009	Chicago Sky
2009–2013	Atlanta Dream
2014	Los Angeles Sparks
2015	Washington Mystics
As coach:
2009–2012,; 2018–2022	Ole Miss (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA Rookie of the Year (2007); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2007); WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2011); Kodak All-American (2007); 2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2005, 2007); 3x First-team All-SEC (2005–2007); Third-team All-American – AP (2007); SEC Freshman of the Year (2004); SEC All-Freshman Team (2004);
	Stats at WNBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Armintie Ada (Price) Herrington (born April 3, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA draft. She was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

High school career

Having moved to Myrtle, Mississippi before high school,^[1] the 5'9" (1.75 m) Herrington became a star player at Myrtle High School and received numerous honors, including being named to the Clarion-Ledger's Dandy Dozen (Mississippi's top twelve high school basketball players) as a senior. Herrington averaged 31.0 points, 22.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 5.0 steals as a senior and helped lead Myrtle High to the 2003 Class 1A state title and to Class 1A state runner-up finishes as a sophomore and junior. Herrington, who also excelled in track, helped lead Myrtle High to the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Class 1A state championship in track and was a 15-time state champion in track as she won the 100-meter high hurdles, long jump, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x200-meter relay her sophomore, junior and senior years. Because of her religion which stated females must wear feminine apparel (skirts), her mother encouraged her to wear a skirt throughout her high school basketball career.

College career

While attending the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, Herrington became one of the most decorated athletes of all time playing for coach Carol Ross's Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team from 2003 to 2007. During her senior year, she averaged a team leading 18.1 points per game, which ranked second in the SEC and 32nd in the NCAA. She also led the team with 146 assists and 118 steals. Her 3.8 steals per game was first in the NCAA and SEC, while she ranked fourth in assists in the SEC with 4.8 per game Herrington is just the fifth player in NCAA history to record over 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 assists and 300 steals joining Cheryl Miller, Chamique Holdsclaw, Tamika Catchings and Sophia Young. Price was named 2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in the history of the league to win the award two times. She was a unanimous selection to the 2007 All-SEC First Team by the league coaches.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2007	Chicago	34	34	26.3	40.9	33.3	51.7	6.0	2.9	1.2	0.2	1.7	7.9
2008	Chicago	34	11	22.4	43.8	0.0	52.0	3.7	1.7	1.1	0.4	1.4	6.9
2009	Chicago	22	0	14.7	38.6	0.0	57.5	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.5
2009	Atlanta	11	0	8.9	35.7	0.0	60.0	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.5
2010	Atlanta	34	0	16.5	38.7	0.0	59.4	3.0	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.1	4.9
2011	Atlanta	34	21	23.4	51.9	0.0	60.8	3.0	2.8	1.5	0.1	1.4	8.5
2012	Atlanta	34	33	26.6	50.9	0.0	60.2	3.7	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.7	8.4
2013	Atlanta	28	26	29.9	46.7	0.0	59.1	3.4	2.4	2.3	0.1	1.9	7.0
2014	Los Angeles	34	17	23.2	48.0	0.0	45.7	2.8	2.0	1.5	0.2	1.0	3.9
2015	Washington	25	3	10.4	41.9	0.0	40.0	1.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.7
Career	9 years, 4 teams	290	145	21.5	45.4	7.1	56.0	3.3	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.3	5.9

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2009	Atlanta	2	0	15.5	33.3	57.1	3.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	5.0
2010	Atlanta	7	6	25.7	34.2	60.0	2.7	3.6	0.9	0.0	1.6	5.0
2011	Atlanta	8	8	30.1	46.8	66.7	5.3	3.5	1.6	0.3	1.0	7.5
2012	Atlanta	3	3	30.0	36.4	72.7	3.7	3.3	2.3	0.3	1.7	8.0
2013	Atlanta	8	5	27.4	51.0	63.2	4.5	2.3	1.9	0.1	0.8	7.8
2014	Los Angeles	2	0	14.5	66.7	100.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.5
2015	Washington	2	0	9.5	33.3	33.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0
Career	7 years, 3 teams	32	22	25.3	43.3	62.7	3.7	2.7	1.5	0.2	1.2	6.3

College

Source^[2]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2003-04	Ole Miss	31	462	.561	.000	.639	9.4	1.7	2.5	0.2	14.9
2004-05	Ole Miss	29	485	.536	.000	.537	10.3	3.1	3.2	0.1	16.7
2005-06	Ole Miss	31	548	.481	.385	.617	9.6	3.5	3.4	0.2	17.7
2006-07	Ole Miss	35	671	.457	.196	.607	8.8	4.7	3.7	0.5	19.2
Career	126	2,166	.500	.233	.600	9.5	3.3	3.2	0.2	17.2

WNBA career

The day after her 22nd birthday, Herrington was chosen with the third overall pick by the Chicago Sky, an expansion team of the WNBA. Herrington became the first Ole Miss player selected in the first round of the draft's eleven-year history. She is also just the second Lady Rebel to be selected in the draft (Saundra Jackson was a third-round pick in 2002). On September 8, 2007 Herrington was named 2007 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

She played for Mallorca in Spain during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.^[3]

Price was traded to the Atlanta Dream on August 12, 2009 in exchange for Tamera Young. In 2014, she joined the Los Angeles Sparks.^[4] On February 10, 2015, Herrington signed with the Washington Mystics.^[5]