Andrea Gardner

Andrea Gardner (born December 23, 1979) is an American basketball player. She is 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall and weighs 86 kg (190 lb).

Andrea Gardner

Personal information
Born	(1979-12-23) December 23, 1979 (age 45) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school	Masterman School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College	Howard (1999–2002)
WNBA draft	2002: 2nd round, 27th overall pick
Drafted by	Utah Starzz
Position	Forward / Center
Career history
2002	Utah Starzz
2008	Washington Mystics
Career highlights
2x MEAC Player of the Year (2001, 2002) MEAC Tournament MVP (2001) 2x First-team All-MEAC (2001, 2002) NCAA season rebounding leader (2001)
Stats at Basketball Reference

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

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

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics

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
2003	Did not play (waived)
2004
2005	Did not appear in league
2006
2007
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

WNBA playoff statistics

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

NCAA statistics^[3]

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