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

Rebekah Gardner

No. 35 – Chicago Sky
Position	Guard/Forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 32) Upland, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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	Uni Girona Club de Basquet
2021-2022	Spar CityLift Girona
2022–present	Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022) Pac-12 Second Team (2012)

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 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]

Personal life

Gardner is cousins with former NFL player Toussaint Tyler.[9]

References

External links

• WNBA bio
• UCLA bio

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