Aneika Henry

Aneika A. Henry (born February 13, 1986) is a Jamaican professional basketball player for OGM Orman Genclik Ankara of the Turkish Women's Basketball League. Henry also possesses an Azerbaijani citizenship.

Aneika Henry-Morello

OGM Orman Genclik Ankara
Position	Power forward / Center
League	Turkish Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1986-02-13) February 13, 1986 Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican / Azerbaijani
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school	Coral Gables (Coral Gables, Florida)
College	Seminole CC (2005–2007) Florida (2007–2009)
WNBA draft	2009 / Undrafted
Playing career	2009–present
Career history
2009–2010	CB Gran Canaria
2010–2011	Mann Filter Zaragoza
2011–2012	Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia
2012–2015	Atlanta Dream
2012–2013	Rivas Ecopolis
2013–2014	Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi
2014–2015	Guangdong Dolphins
2015–2016	Mersin S.K.
2016	Connecticut Sun
2016–2017	Osmaniye Genclik
2017	Atlanta Dream
2017–2018	Heilongjiang Shenda
2018–present	OGM Orman Genclik Ankara
Career highlights and awards
Queen's Cup winner (2013)
Stats at WNBA.com

Early life

Henry was born in Jamaica. She was 11 years old when she and her family moved to the United States and lived in Florida.

High school

Henry was a 2004 graduate of Coral Gables Senior High School, where she played basketball. Upon graduation, she became enrolled at Seminole CC.

College career

In the first two years of her college career, Henry attended Seminole State College of Florida and played for the school's team in the National Junior College Athletic Association. In 2007, Henry then attended the University of Florida after graduation from Seminole, playing for the school's team in the more mainstream exposed National Collegiate Athletic Association. During her two years with Florida, she had 8 double-figure scoring games, had 2 double-figure rebounding games and participated in the 2008 Slam Sunk Contest.[1]

College statistics

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
2007-08	Florida	33	152	53.1	-	41.0	5.6	0.4	0.5	1.9	4.6
2008-09	Florida	32	117	54.5	-	61.8	3.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.7
Career	Florida	65	269	53.7	-	50.7	4.5	0.4	0.5	1.7	4.1

Professional career

WNBA

Henry entered the 2009 WNBA draft but went undrafted. She played the next 3 years overseas before playing on a WNBA team. In 2011, Henry had signed with the Seattle Storm to a training camp contract, but was waived before the season started. In 2012, Henry signed with the Atlanta Dream to a training camp contract.[3] Following the training camp she made the final roster for the team, becoming the third Jamaican player in WNBA history. In her rookie season with the Dream, Henry played 34 games with 14 starts as a reserve, averaging 4.8 ppg and 4.1 rpg. During the season, Henry set a franchise record for most field goals made without a miss in a regular season game win against the Tulsa Shock, where she scored 14 points on 7 of 7 field goal shooting. In 2013, Henry re-signed with the Dream.[4] During the 2013 season, Henry played 34 games with 1 start averaging 3.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg. The Dream made it all the way to the 2013 WNBA Finals but were swept by the Minnesota Lynx. In 2015, Henry re-signed once again to the Dream.[5] In the 2015 season, Henry played 29 games with 11 starts and averaged a career-high in scoring but the Dream never made it to the playoffs. In 2016, Henry signed a 2-year contract with the Connecticut Sun.[6] After playing 10 games in her first season with the Sun, Henry would miss the rest of the season while being listed as day-to-day, due to undisclosed health reasons.[7][8] On January 26, 2017, Henry was traded back to the Dream in exchange for Reshanda Gray.[9]

Overseas

Prior to her WNBA career, Henry played in Spain and Poland for CB Gran Canaria, Mann Filter Zaragoza and Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia from 2009 to 2012. In the 2012–13 off-season, Henry played in Spain for Rivas Ecopolis. In the 2013-14 off-season, played in Turkey for Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi.[10] In the 2014-15 off-season, Henry played for Guangdong Dolphins in China. In the 2015-16 off-season, Henry played in Turkey once again for Mersin S.K.. As of June 2016, Henry signed with Osmaniye Genclik of the Turkish League for the 2016-17 off-season.[11] In 2017, Henry signed with Heilongjiang Shenda of the Chinese league for the 2017-18 off-season. In August 2018, Henry signed with OGM Orman Genclik Ankara of the Turkish League for 2018-19.[12]

International competitions

In 2015, Henry along with teammate Tiffany Hayes received Azerbaijani citizenship and competed for the Azerbaijan women's national basketball team at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[13]

WNBA 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 high	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012	Atlanta	34	14	18.0	.468	.000	.762	4.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.8	4.8
2013	Atlanta	34	1	12.8	.450	.000	.765	3.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.9
2014	Atlanta	34	4	12.8	.582	.000	.676	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.9	4.5
2015	Atlanta	29	11	17.9	.485	.000	.750	4.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.5	5.2
2016	Connecticut	10	2	5.0	.385	.000	.400	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.2
2017	Atlanta	6	0	5.1	.857	.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.0
Career	6 years, 2 teams	147	32	14.2	.495	.000	.727	3.8	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.0	4.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012	Atlanta	3	0	10.0	.750	.000	1.000	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	2.7
2013	Atlanta	8	3	22.7	.550	.000	.833	6.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	6.1
2014	Atlanta	3	0	16.2	.727	.000	.750	2.3	0.3	0.6	0.0	1.3	6.3
Career	3 years, 1 team	14	3	18.6	.600	.000	.833	4.6	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.0	5.4

See also

• List of Florida Gators in the WNBA
• List of University of Florida alumni

References

1. Dream, Atlanta (4 September 2014). "THROWBACK THURSDAY: Aneika Henry dunking in a slam dunk contest at the University of Florida in 2008.pic.twitter.com/RkH3GsE5XT".
2. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. "DREAM: Dream Sign Aneika Henry". www.wnba.com.
4. "DREAM: Dream Re-Signs Aneika Henry, Signs Le'Coe Willingham". losangelessparks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
5. Thursday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 1:35 p m; 23, April; Sports, 2015. "Dream re-sign forward Aneika Henry". ajc.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. "Aneika Henry Signs With Connecticut Sun - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA".
7. "Sun welcome Mercury, but not without Tuck, who suffers season-ending knee injury". 1 September 2016.
8. "Aneika Henry - Sun betting odds and trends".
9. "Sun, Dream Swap Henry-Morello, Gray in Trade - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA".
10. "Aneika Anna-Kay HENRY - Season 2013/2014".
11. "EUROBASKET NEWS".
12. Aneika Henry-Morello (ex Heilongjiang) signs at OGM Orman
13. "Tiffany Hayes and Aneika Henry to Miss Five Games While Competing at 2015 European Games - Atlanta Dream".

External links

• Florida Gators bio