Beginning her second season with the Sparks after being signed by Los Angeles as a free agent in early 2008, Marie Ferdinand-Harris is a versatile shooting guard who can slash to the basket and break down any opponent. Ferdinand-Harris averaged 8.2 points and 1.5 assists during the 2008 campaign, with a season-best 19 points against the Connecticut Sun.

Before joining the Sparks, the 5’9” guard was a 3-time WNBA All-Star with the San Antonio Silver Stars (formerly the Utah Starzz) and still holds the Silver Stars record for career steals with 246.

Selected as the eighth pick of the 2001 WNBA Draft, Ferdinand-Harris was a superstar at Louisiana State. She was a 2001 Kodak All-American, an Associated Press Second Team All American and a First Team All-SEC selection. She is one of only three LSU players to record at least 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals in her career. In 2007, her college success was awarded as she was honored as one of the Southeastern Conference “Greats,” and inducted into the LSU Sports Hall of Fame.

Quick Facts:

• Owns the San Antonio Silver Star career steals record with 246
• Three-time WNBA All-Star
• Had a career-high 15.3 points per game in the 2002 season

2008

• Started 25 of 33 games in her first season with Los Angeles
• Averaged 8.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game

2007

• Reached the 2,000 point milestone
• Averaged only 14.1 minutes in 34 games (12 starts)
• Came off the bench with 4.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game

2006

• Missed the entire 2006 season to give birth to her son Cedrick

2005

• Western Conference All-Star
• Averaged 12.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists per game
• 13th in the league in steals per game (1.5)

2004

• Played in only 17 games before dislocating her elbow
• Averaged 11.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.88 steals per game

2003

• Western Conference All-Star
• First in the league in free throws made (176) and free throw attempts (223)
• Fourth in steals per game (1.71) and total steals (61)
• Averaged 13.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game

2002

• Western Conference All-Star
• Career high 15.3 points per game, 489 total points
• Averaged 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 32 games

2001

• Started 22 of 32 games in her rookie season
• Averaged 11.4 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 blocks per game
• Ranked in the top five for rookies in points, assists and steals
  

Honored in 2007 as one of the Southeastern Conference “Greats,” and a former Kodak All-American, Ferdinand is slated for induction into the LSU Sports Hall of Fame in 2007

As a senior in high school, averaged 24.0 points, 7.0 rebounds 5.4 assists and 2.0 steals per game and was named 1997 Player of the Year in Florida

Speaks fluent Creole

Enjoys eating crawfish

Lists her greatest achievement as graduating from college

Considers her greatest achievement to be owning investment properties in Orlando, Florida, and her own business, a bakery named “Sakap Fet” (Creole for “what’s up?”), which she recently opened in her hometown Miami, Florida

She considers her family her most valuable accomplishment, including her husband Cedrick Harris, who helped LSU to three national titles as a centerfielder for the legendary baseball program, and their son, Cedrick Michael Harris, Jr., born in June 2006

When her playing days are over, she would like to become a successful entrepreneur and eventually own a WNBA franchise.

Selected by the Starzz in the first round (8th overall) in the 2001 WNBA Draft