Brittany Brewer

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Brittany Brewer
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Personal information
Born (1997-11-06) November 6, 1997 (age 27)
Abilene, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school Wylie (Abilene, Texas)
College Texas Tech (2016–2020)
WNBA draft 2020: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Drafted by Atlanta Dream
Playing career2020–present
Position Power forward
Career history
2020 Atlanta Dream
2020–2021Maccabi Haifa
2021–2022Ladies Liege Panthers
2022–2023 A.O. Eleutheria Moschatou
2023–present Araski AES
2024 Halcones de Xalapa
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team

Brittany Brewer (born November 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player. She played in college for the Texas Tech Lady Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. Brewer is the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. [1] She was also selected as a First-team Academic All-American in 2019. [2]

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College career

Brewer started 17 games in each of her freshman and sophomore seasons with the Lady Raiders. In the 2018–19 season, she started all 31 games as a junior and added 3-point shootings to her repertoire; averaging 34.3% on 99 attempts while attempting none in her prior two years. In the 2019–20 season, Brewer once again started all 29 games as a senior and averaged a double-double of 16.6 ppg and 10.3 rpg.

During her senior year, she also tied the NCAA Division I women's single-game record for blocked shots, recording 16 as part of a triple-double in the Lady Raiders' 83–38 rout of Louisiana–Monroe on December 22, 2019. [3]

Professional career

Brewer was selected with the fifth pick in the second round, 17th overall, of the 2020 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 best°League leader

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2016–17 Texas Tech 311722.3.452.000.6045.70.50.21.71.55.8
2017–18 Texas Tech 301720.2.490.000.5315.00.80.41.32.49.5
2018–19 Texas Tech 313131.0.528.343.6929.11.20.72.32.516.6
2019–20* Texas Tech 292931.5.509.243.67510.30.90.74.42.516.6
Career1219426.2.495.146.6257.50.70.52.42.312.1

* 2020 NCAA tournament cancelled due to coronavirus disease pandemic
Source: texastech.com [4]

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2020 Atlanta 506.6.6671.00.00.60.80.40.8

Source: basketball-reference.com [5]

Personal life

Brittany Brewer is the daughter of Jacob and Melanie Brewer. She has four siblings: Brianna, Brooklyn, Joy and Josh. Brewer majored in Community, Family and Addiction Sciences at Texas Tech.

References

  1. "2019-20 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Teams Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 9, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  2. "2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). College Sports Information Directors of America. March 11, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. Silva Jr., Carlos (December 22, 2019). "Brewer nets first triple-double in 22 years as Lady Raiders roll to 10th straight win before holiday break". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  4. "Brittany Brewer - Women's Basketball". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  5. "Brittany Brewer WNBA stats". Basketball Reference . Retrieved September 14, 2020.