Markeisha Gatling

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Markeisha Gatling
Markeisha Gatling at 2 August 2015 game cropped.jpg
No. 34Casademont Zaragoza
Position Center
League Liga Femenina (Spain)
Personal information
Born (1992-07-14) July 14, 1992 (age 31)
NationalityAmerican / Montenegrin
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school Athens Drive
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
College
WNBA draft 2014: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career2014–2023
Career history
2014 Chicago Sky
2015 Artego Bydgoszcz
2015–2016 Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds
2015–2016 Seattle Storm
2016 Atlanta Dream
2016–2017 Beşiktaş JK
2017–2018 Basket Landes
2018–2019 Verga Palermo
2020–2021 Casademont Zaragoza
2021–2022 Nadezhda Orenburg
2022–2023 Casademont Zaragoza
2024– Casademont Zaragoza
Stats at WNBA.com

Markeisha Gatling (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of Spanish Liga Femenina.

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College career

Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years. [1]

Professional career

WNBA

Gatling was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. Gatling averaged 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 2014, her rookie year with the Sky. [2] Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the Seattle Storm. [3] [4] During the 2015 season, she averaged a career-high in scoring. In the 2016 season, Gatling was waived by the Storm after 11 games played and the signed with the Atlanta Dream. [5] [6] In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract. [7] In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream. [8]

Overseas

On 8 January 2015 she joined Artego Bydgoszcz in the Polish league. [9] In the 2015-16 WNBA off-season, Gatling played in Korea for Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds. In August 2016, she signed a short-term deal with Beşiktaş JK of the Turkish League for the 2016-17. In 2018-2019 she played in France for Basket Landes . In 2019-2020 she played in Italy for Sicily by car . WNBA off-season. In 2022 she come back to Casademont Zaragoza and in 2023 she won the Copa de la Reina title. [10] At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza. [11]

She announces her retirement in May 2023, [12] but on 30 May 2024, she returns to active basketball to sign for Casademont Zaragoza, [13] in the Spanish Liga Femenina.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2014 Chicago 29111.064.80.072.72.40.00.10.40.73.7
2015 Seattle 25413.749.50.086.83.70.30.40.61.05.3
2016 Seattle 1105.852.90.0100.00.80.10.10.30.92.3
Atlanta 16210.544.70.088.92.40.40.30.30.62.6
Career4 years, 3 teams81711.053.70.084.22.60.20.20.40.83.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2014 Chicago 504.260.00.00.00.60.00.00.00.01.2
2016 Atlanta 207.00.00.075.00.50.00.00.50.01.5
Career2 years, 2 teams705.060.00.075.00.60.00.00.10.01.3

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2012–13 NC State 343023.557.70.069.46.30.20.60.92.29.6
2013–14 NC State 323227.566.30.074.27.21.30.71.11.917.4
Career666225.62.80.072.46.70.70.71.02.113.4
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [14]

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