| Andrea Gardner | |
| Position: | Forward / Center |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Birth Date: | December 23, 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| High School: | Masterman School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Howard (1999–2002) |
| Draft Year: | 2002 |
| Draft Round: | 2 |
| Draft Pick: | 27 |
| Draft Team: | Utah Starzz |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Team1: | Utah Starzz |
| Team2: | Washington Mystics |
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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.
|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Utah|30||2||6.6||36.7||0.0||55.3||2.0||0.2||0.1||0.1||0.4 ||1.9 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Washington|22||0||8.1||37.9||0.0||54.2||2.3||0.3||0.1||0.0||0.5 ||2.6 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 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
|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Utah|3||0||4.7||66.7||0.0||50.0||1.3||0.0||0.0||0.3||0.3 ||1.7|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 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
Source[3]
| 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 | ||