Rebekah Gardner

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Rebekah Gardner
New York Liberty
Position Guard/forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 33)
Palm Spring, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight130 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High school Ayala High School
(Chino Hills, California)
College
WNBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2016-2017Osmaniye
2020-2021Uni Girona Club de Basquet
2021-2022Spar CityLift Girona
20222023 Chicago Sky
2024–present New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards

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

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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]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
08-09UCLA31136.346.346.7691.80.30.60.24.4
09-10UCLA34234.414.300.8332.10.91.40.76.9
10-11UCLA32254.427.354.7503.31.01.30.37.9
11-12UCLA30477.415.263.7356.42.12.00.115.9
Career1271101.408.306.7603.31.11.30.38.6

Professional career

Overseas

For the 2020–2021 season, Gardner had signed to play with Uni Girona Club de Basquet for the Liga Dia season. 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
  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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Chicago 35221.7.542.357.8003.31.31.40.51.68.4
2023 Chicago 3019.7.429.6001.0003.72.32.00.31.77.0
Career2 years, 1 team38221.6.535.383.8183.31.31.40.51.68.3

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2022 Chicago 8017.9.389.000.8573.31.80.80.40.95.0
Career1 year, 1 team8017.9.389.000.8573.31.80.80.40.95.0

Personal life

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

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