Rebekah Gardner (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who is a player for the New York Liberty. She played college basketball at UCLA.

Rebekah Gardner
Personal information
Born (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 34)
Palm Spring, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High schoolAyala High School
(Chino Hills, California)
College
WNBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
PositionGuard/forward
Career history
2016-2017Osmaniye
2020-2021Uni Girona Club de Basquet
2021-2023Spar CityLift Girona
20222023Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
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College career

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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

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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

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Overseas

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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

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Chicago Sky

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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

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

WNBA career statistics

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.
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