Sherill Baker

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1982)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Sherill Baker | image = | nationality = American | conference = Atlantic 10 | team = George Washington Revolutionaries | position = Assistant coach | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lbs = 125 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|12|3}} | birth_place = | high_school = Greater Atlanta Christian School (Norcross, Georgia) | college = Georgia (2002–2006) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2006 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 12 | draft_team = New York Liberty | career_start = 2006 | career_end = 2009 | career_position = Point guard | career_number = 10, 5, 9 | coach_start = 2014 | years1 = {{WNBA Year|2006}}–{{WNBA Year|2007}} | team1 = New York Liberty | years2 = {{WNBA Year|2007}} | team2 = Los Angeles Sparks | years3 = {{WNBA Year|2008}} | team3 = Indiana Fever | years4 = {{WNBA Year|2009}} | team4 = Detroit Shock | cyears1 = 2014–2016 | cteam1 = Auburn (assistant) | cyears2 = 2016–2019 | cteam2 = Kennesaw State (assistant) | cyears3 = 2019–2023 | cteam3 = Georgia State (assistant) | cyears4 = 2023–2025 | cteam4 = Bucknell (assoc. head coach) | cyears5 = 2025-present | cteam5 = George Washington (assistant) | highlights = * SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2006) * First-team All-SEC (2006) * Miss Georgia Basketball (2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naismithawards.com/GeorgiaWinnersHighSchoolPlayers/tabid/152/Default.aspx |title=Georgia Winners - High School Players |accessdate=2010-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211003653/http://www.naismithawards.com/GeorgiaWinnersHighSchoolPlayers/tabid/152/Default.aspx |archivedate=2010-02-11 }}</ref> | bbr_wnba = bakersh01w | letter = b }} '''Sherill Shavette Baker''' (born December 3, 1982) is a current American collegiate women's basketball assistant coach with the George Washington Revolutionaries and former professional women's basketball player in the WNBA, most recently with the Detroit Shock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html|title=2009 WNBA Transactions|accessdate=June 30, 2009}}</ref>

Baker attended Greater Atlanta Christian School, then attended college at the University of Georgia and graduated in 2006. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 12th overall in the 2006 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty and traded to the Los Angeles Sparks on June 20, 2007, in exchange for Lisa Willis.

She signed with the Indiana Fever on May 22, 2008.

She played for Elitzur Ramla in Israel during the 2007–08 WNBA off-season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0708.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2007-08: Overseas Roster|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> She then spent the 2008-09 off-season in Israel again, this time for Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/overseas_0809.html|title=WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===WNBA career statistics=== {{WNBA player statistics legend}}

====Regular season==== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | New York |'''34'''||'''16'''||18.1||38.6||27.3||85.7||1.6||1.0||1.4||0.0||1.5||7.4 |- | align="left" rowspan=2| 2007 | align="left" | New York |3||0||4.3||'''100.0'''||'''100.0'''||0.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||'''0.0'''||1.7 |- | align="left" | Los Angeles |24||11||'''20.5'''||32.8||21.2||83.3||'''2.9'''||'''3.2'''||'''1.5'''||'''0.1'''||2.7||'''8.5''' |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Indiana |13||0||8.5||32.4||0.0||73.5||1.7||1.2||0.7||'''0.1'''||0.8||3.8 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Detroit |1||0||11.0||66.7||0.0||'''100.0'''||1.0||1.0||1.0||0.0||1.0||7.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 3 teams |75||27||16.5||36.3||25.0||82.5||2.0||1.7||1.2||0.1||1.7||6.9 {{S-end}} ===College career statistics=== Source<ref name="NCAA Player stats"/> {{NBA player statistics legend}} {|class="wikitable"; style="text-align:center"; !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2002-03 |Georgia |30 |289 |.375 |.276 |.708 |4.3 |2.8 |3.0 |'''0.4''' |9.6 |- |2003-04 |Georgia |'''35''' |390 |.412 |'''.350''' |.721 |3.8 |'''3.4''' |3.0 |0.1 |11.1 |- |2004-05 |Georgia |34 |388 |.432 |.184 |.770 |4.6 |2.7 |2.5 |0.1 |11.4 |- |2005-06 |Georgia |32 |'''598''' |'''.530''' |.250 |.809 |'''4.7''' |3.2 |'''4.7''' |0.2 |'''18.7''' |- |colspan=2, align=center|Career |131 |1665 |.445 |.268 |.761 |4.4 |3.0 |3.3 |0.2 |12.7 |}

== References == <references>

<ref name="NCAA Player stats">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|accessdate=September 26, 2015}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://ksuowls.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1040&path=wbball Kennesaw State Owls coach bio] *[http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/baker_sherill00.html Auburn Tigers coach bio] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190715200848/https://www.wnba.com/player/sherill-baker/ WNBA Player Profile] *[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/b/bakersh01w.html WNBA stats]

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