Rebekah Gardner

Rebekah Gardner

No. 7–New York Liberty
Position	Guard/forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 34) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High school	Ayala High School (Chino Hills, California)
College	UCLA (2008–2012)
WNBA draft	2012: undrafted
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2016–2017	Osmaniye
2020–2021	ACS Sepsi SIC
2021–2024	Uni Girona CB
2022–2023	Chicago Sky
2025–present	New York Liberty
Career highlights
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022) Pac-12 Second Team (2012)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Rebekah Gardner (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at UCLA.

College career

During her first three years at UCLA, Gardner was mainly a role player off the bench for the Bruins. Her freshman season Gardner scored a then career-high 13 points over USC. ^[1] During her sophomore year, Gardner made 7 starts for the Bruins and then increased her career-high in points to 19 against Washington State. ^[2] She also was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention Team. ^[3] During her senior season, Gardner started in all 30 games for UCLA and became a focal point to their offense. She increased her scoring to 15.9 points and gathered in 6.4 rebounds. This got her named to the All-Pac-12 Team. ^[4]

College statistics

^[5]

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
08-09	UCLA	31	136	.346	.346	.769	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.2	4.4
09-10	UCLA	34	234	.414	.300	.833	2.1	0.9	1.4	0.7	6.9
10-11	UCLA	32	254	.427	.354	.750	3.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	7.9
11-12	UCLA	30	477	.415	.263	.735	6.4	2.1	2.0	0.1	15.9
Career	127	1101	.408	.306	.760	3.3	1.1	1.3	0.3	8.6

Professional career

Overseas

For the 2021–2022 season, Gardner signed to play with Uni Girona CB of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. Fellow UCLA Bruin alums, Michaela Onyenwere and Kennedy Burke also signed to play with the club. ^[6]

WNBA

Chicago Sky

Gardner signed a training camp contract with the Sky on March 22, 2017.

On February 10, 2022, Gardner signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky. ^[7] The undrafted 31 yr old made the Sky's roster & has been a vital cog in the teams' 2nd best record in the league, as of 6-28-2022. ^[8]

New York Liberty

On March 15, 2024, Gardner was traded to the New York Liberty in exchange for 2025 & 2026 second round picks. ^[9]

WNBA career 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 best	°	League leader

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2022	Chicago	35	2	21.7	.542	.357	.800	3.3	1.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	8.4
2023	Chicago	3	0	19.7	.429	.600	1.000	3.7	2.3	2.0	0.3	1.7	7.0
Career	2 years, 1 team	38	2	21.6	.535	.383	.818	3.3	1.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	8.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2022	Chicago	8	0	17.9	.389	.000	.857	3.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	5.0
Career	1 year, 1 team	8	0	17.9	.389	.000	.857	3.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	5.0

Personal life

Gardner is cousins with former NFL player Toussaint Tyler. ^[10]

References

1. "UCLA women's basketball team flexes its muscles in beating USC". dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
2. Salter, Kendall. "Sophomore Rebekah Gardner leads UCLA basketball to victory over Washington State". dailybruin.com. Daily Bruin. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
3. "Rebekah Gardner". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
4. "2011-12 Pac 12 Season Review". catalog.e-digitaledition.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
5. "Career Statistics". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
6. "Onyenwere, Gardner, and Burke Sign with Uni Girona in Spain". pac-12.com. UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
7. "Chicago Sky add Kamiah Smalls, Rebekah Gardner to training camp roster". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
8. "Chicago Sky Sign Rebekah Gardner to Training Camp Contract". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
9. Magliocchetti, Geoff (14 March 2024). "Liberty Trade for Chicago Sky's Rebekah Gardner". Sports Illustrated.
10. "2011-2012 UCLA WBB Media Guide". issuu.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.

External links

• WNBA bio
• UCLA bio