Andrea Gardner

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 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.

Howard statistics

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  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
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
  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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