Rebekah Gardner

American basketball player

Rebekah Gardner
New York Liberty

Position	Guard/forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-07-09) July 9, 1990 (age 33) Palm Spring, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	130 lb (59 kg)
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
2022–2023	Chicago Sky
2024–present	New York Liberty

Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022) Pac-12 Second Team (2012)

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

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]

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	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


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

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

References

^ "UCLA women's basketball team flexes its muscles in beating USC". dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ Salter, Kendall. "Sophomore Rebekah Gardner leads UCLA basketball to victory over Washington State". dailybruin.com. Daily Bruin. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "Rebekah Gardner". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "2011-12 Pac 12 Season Review". catalog.e-digitaledition.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "Career Statistics". uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "Onyenwere, Gardner, and Burke Sign with Uni Girona in Spain". pac-12.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "Chicago Sky add Kamiah Smalls, Rebekah Gardner to training camp roster". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ "Chicago Sky Sign Rebekah Gardner to Training Camp Contract". sky.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
^ Magliocchetti, Geoff (14 March 2024). "Liberty Trade for Chicago Sky's Rebekah Gardner". Sports Illustrated.
^ "2011-2012 UCLA WBB Media Guide". issuu.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2022.