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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 22, 2003 Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British / American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Fremont (Plain City, Utah) | ||||||||||||||
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Timea Gardiner (born October 22, 2003) is a British-American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played for the Oregon State Beavers.
Gardiner was born in England, where her father was playing professional basketball. She played basketball for Fremont High School in Plain City, Utah. [1] As a senior, Gardiner was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game. [2] Rated a five-star recruit and the number 6 player in the 2022 class by ESPN, [3] she committed to play college basketball for Oregon State over offers from Stanford and UCLA. [4] She became the highest-ranked recruit to ever sign with the program. [2]
Before her freshman season at Oregon State, Gardiner crashed her scooter while riding around campus, leading to a minor injury and a CT scan that revealed blood clots in her lungs. After being sidelined for the first half of the season, she averaged 8.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, earning Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention. [5] [6] As a sophomore, Gardiner averaged 11.6 points and 7 rebounds per game, helping her team reach the Elite Eight of the 2024 NCAA tournament. She was named Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year and was selected to the coaches' all-conference team. [7] For her junior season, Gardiner transferred to UCLA. [8]
Gardiner played for the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in Chile. She averaged 7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, helping her team win the gold medal. [4]
Gardiner is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. Her father, Andy, is a native of England and played basketball for Hawaii Pacific and professionally in England and Belgium. Gardiner's mother, Cory, played volleyball for Hawaii Pacific. [1]
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