Andrea Gardner

Andrea Gardner
Personal information
Born (1979-12-23) December 23, 1979 (age 44)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolMasterman School
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CollegeHoward (1999–2002)
WNBA draft2002: 2nd round, 27th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Starzz
PositionForward / Center
Career history
2002Utah Starzz
2008Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

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

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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

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
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

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Source[3]

Legend
  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
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

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  1. ^ "Andrea Gardner (2014) – Hall of Fame". meacsports.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  2. ^ "Andrea Gardner". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  3. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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