Rebekah Gardner

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PositionGuard/forward
LeagueWNBA
Born (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 35)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rebekah Gardner
No. 7 – New York Liberty
PositionGuard/forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 35)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight130 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High schoolAyala High School
(Chino Hills, California)
College
WNBA draft2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2016–2017Osmaniye
2020–2021ACS Sepsi SIC
2021–2024Uni Girona CB
2022–2023Chicago Sky
2025–presentNew York Liberty
Career highlights
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Rebekah Gardner (born July 9, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at UCLA.

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 2021–2022 season, Gardner signed to play with Uni Girona CB of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. 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]

New York Liberty

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

WNBA career statistics

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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Chicago 35221.7.542.357.8003.31.31.40.51.68.4
2023 Chicago 3019.7.429.6001.0003.72.32.00.31.77.0
2025 New York 41512.2.500.476.8151.80.60.60.20.63.7
Career 3 years, 2 teams 79716.7.524.427.8172.51.01.00.31.15.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Chicago 8017.9.389.000.8573.31.80.80.40.95.0
2025 New York 3014.4.333.500.0000.30.00.00.00.05.0
Career 2 years, 2 teams 11014.4.385.125.8572.51.30.50.30.63.9

Personal life

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