Marissa Coleman #4 Guard/Forward

Background

2011 Highlights: In the Mystics annual Camp Day game on July 20 against the Atlanta Dream, Coleman scored a career high 21 points, connecting on eight shots from the field, also a career high. Coleman tied her career high of 14 field goal attempts and also scored 5-for-8 from three point range, with five attempts a new career high. Four of her five attempts were scored in the second half…in a 20 point win over the Tulsa Shock on June 26, Coleman posted her first double-double of the season, contributing 13 points and grabbing a career high 12 rebounds in a win that snapped a four-game losing streak…ranked eighth in the league in three-point field goal attempts (144)…ranked 10th in the league in three-point field goal attempts (53)…started in 28 games…played 27 minutes per game…scored 8.6 points per game…grabbed 4.8 rebounds per game…

2010 Season: Played in all 34 games…had the first start of her career on May 30 against the Connecticut Sun where she played 30 minutes, scored seven points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out two assists, and had one steal…posted her first career double-double on August 1 against Tulsa, scoring a season high 14 points and tying her season and career high in rebounds with 10 boards…ranked ninth in the league in three-point field-goal percentage (.402)…

2009 Season: Saw action in 28 games…ankle injury had Coleman sidelined for six consecutive games…posted a season-high 16 points in the regular season opener against the Connecticut Sun (6/6)…also scored a season-high of four three-pointers against the Connecticut Sun (6/6)...averaged 18.8 minutes and 6.1 points in her rookie season

Off-Season: Played in Italy and worked out with Mystics coaches

College: Named All-American by the WBCA, USBWA and Associated Press (2nd team)…four-time ACC Player of the Week…named first team All-ACC selection and ACC Tournament MVP…became first player in ACC history with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 400 assists, 200 steals, and 100 blocks…Second leading scorer (2,205) and rebounder (1,139) in school history…WBCA Player of the Month (March 2009)…Averaged 18.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game as a senior…Set a Maryland record with her 42-point performance, the most points in Sweet 16 history, with 15 rebounds in 40 minutes during the team’s come-from-behind victory over Vanderbilt in the Sweet 16 in 2009

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Letters & Sciences...daughter of Joni and Tony Coleman...has a sister, Tonya, and a brother, Anthony...chose Maryland over Duke, Connecticut, Tennessee, and Florida...born in Portland, Ore.

Career Transactions:

Selected by the Washington Mystics in the first round (second overall) of the 2009 WNBA Draft