Andrea Gardner
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Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | December 23, 1979
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Masterman School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
College | Howard (1999–2002) |
WNBA draft | 2002: 2nd round, 27th overall pick |
Selected by the Utah Starzz | |
Position | Forward / Center |
Career history | |
2002 | Utah Starzz |
2008 | Washington Mystics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Andrea Gardner (born December 23, 1979) is an American basketball player. She is 191 cm (6'3") tall and weighs 86 kg (190 lb).
Gardner, a center born in Washington, D.C., was drafted in the second round by the Utah Starzz as the 27th overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft. She had mostly a reserve role with the team, scoring a career high 14 points on 19 July 2002 against the Orlando Miracle. She then had brief stints with the San Antonio Silver Stars and the Seattle Storm before leaving the WNBA for overseas.
She currently[when?] plays in Cyprus. She had previously played for Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey.
Gardner was on the women's basketball team at Howard University, where she was twice named MEAC Player Of The Year (2001 and 2002).[1]
On April 17, 2008, Gardner returned to the WNBA when she signed the Washington Mystics.[2]
Gardner was the assistant coach for Washington Adventist University in 2012 and then left to become the Head Women's basketball coach in the UAE for Sharjah Ladies Club for one season.
After leaving the game of basketball, Gardner made a life for herself in the human services field by working at Woodstock Job Corps.
Career statistics
[edit]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 |
WNBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2002 | Utah | 30 | 2 | 6.6 | 36.7 | 0.0 | 55.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
2008 | Washington | 22 | 0 | 8.1 | 37.9 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 52 | 2 | 7.2 | 37.4 | 0.0 | 54.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2002 | Utah | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
College
[edit]Source[3]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage |
FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high | * | Led Division I |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1999-00 | Howard | 28 | 314 | 47.2% | 0.0% | 60.1% | 11.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 11.2 |
2000–01 | Howard | 31 | 602 | 57.7% | 0.0% | 59.6% | 14.2° | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 19.4 |
2001–02 | Howard | 28 | 437 | 51.2% | 0.0% | 57.4% | 11.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 15.6 |
Career | 87 | 1353 | 52.9% | 0.0% | 59.1% | 12.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 15.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Andrea Gardner (2014) – Hall of Fame". meacsports.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ "Andrea Gardner". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- WNBA profile at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2010)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Cyprus
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
- Fenerbahçe women's basketball players
- Howard Bison women's basketball players
- Utah Starzz draft picks
- Utah Starzz players
- Washington Mystics players
- Centers (basketball)
- American women's basketball biography stubs