Marie Ferdinand inks new deal with Silver Stars

Published on February 8, 2006 under Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
San Antonio Stars News Release


SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio Silver Stars Head Coach and General Manager Dan Hughes announced today that the Silver Stars have re-signed Silver Stars guard Marie Ferdinand. Per team policy terms of the deal have not been released.

"Going into the offseason we felt it was very important to keep Marie in a Silver Stars uniform," Hughes said. "We are pleased to sign Marie and are looking forward to continuing our relationship with her. She's been a fixture in the San Antonio community the past three seasons and I know our fans will be looking forward to her return."

Ferdinand recently announced that she and her fiancée are expecting their first child in June. She is expected to miss the first half of the 2006 season and has plans of returning sometime after the WNBA All-Star Game, which takes place midway through the season.

A five-year WNBA veteran, Ferdinand has spent her entire career with the Silver Stars/Utah Starzz organization. She is the only player remaining on the Silver Stars roster from the team that moved from Utah. In her three seasons in San Antonio, Ferdinand has started in all 82 games she has appeared in, averaging 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.71 steals in 31.6 minutes per game. Her 2004 season was cut short after she dislocated her right elbow midway through the campaign. She was selected to the 2005 and 2003 WNBA All-Star Teams and was a member of the WNBA Select-Team that represented the United States in the 2003 FIBA Women's World Cup.

After being selected by the Utah Starzz with the eighth overall pick in the 20001 WNBA Draft, Ferdinand enjoyed two successful seasons with the Starzz before they relocated to the Alamo City. In 2002 she helped lead Utah to the Western Conference Finals, averaging a career-best 15.3 points while starting all 32 games.

Ferdinand has her name spread throughout the franchise's All-Time Top 10 lists. She ranks first in steals (227) and ranks within the top 10 in 14 other statistical categories. For her career, Ferdinand has appeared in 146 games averaging 13.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.56 steals in 31.2 minutes per game.

"I'm extremely excited and happy to be returning to the Silver Stars," Ferdinand said. "We've got a lot of great, young players and Coach Hughes has us going in the right direction. Everyone at Spurs Sports & Entertainment is great and they've been really good to me since my first day in San Antonio. The fans have been absolutely wonderful and I can't wait to get back on the court and here them cheer us on. "

The Silver Stars are currently preparing for the 2006 WNBA Draft which will be held April 1, in conjunction with the NCAA Women's Final Four held in Boston. Fans interested in purchasing Silver Stars season tickets can do so by calling 444-5050 for tickets and information. Full-season ticket prices are $150.30, $312.30, $402.30 and $636.30, while the 10-Game All-Star Plan prices are $93.50, $183.50, $243.50 and $373.50.

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