Rebecca Greenwell Explained

Rebecca Greenwell
Width:200px
Position:Guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:27 February 1995
Birth Place:Evansville, Indiana
Nationality:American
High School:Owensboro Catholic
(Owensboro, Kentucky)
College:Duke (2014–2018)
Draft Year:2018
Draft Round:3
Draft Pick:31
Draft Team:Washington Mystics
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:2018
Highlights:

Rebecca Danielle Greenwell[1] (born February 27, 1995) is an American basketball player.

Early life

Greenwell started playing for the Tennessee Flight, an AAU team, in seventh grade. She would go on to win three Nike Nationals championships with the program.[2]

High school career

Greenwell attended Owensboro Catholic in Owensboro, Kentucky, where she was named to the Academic All-State team and set numerous school records. She missed her junior year after tearing her ACL at the 2011 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships.[3] Returning for her senior season, Greenwell hit 17 3-pointers against Whitesville Trinity, breaking a national high school girls basketball record.[4] After narrowing her list down to two, she chose to play basketball for Joanne P. McCallie at Duke University. Greenwell went on to take part in the 2013 McDonald's All-American Game, where she suffered another ACL tear.[5] Her high school career was marked by two stints with the United States U16 and U17 national teams, with whom she won two gold medals.

College career

Greenwell elected to redshirt her freshman year at Duke after undergoing further surgery to repair her meniscus.[6] She later returned and found success, averaging 14.0 and 15.1 points per game during her freshman and sophomore campaigns, respectively.[7] Greenwell was named to the 2015-16 All-ACC second team after her sophomore year. During her junior season, she received espnW's national player of the week honor after scoring 29 points against then-No. 3-ranked South Carolina.[8]

College statistics

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2014-15Duke3447639.635.678.95.52.11.90.214.0
2015-16Duke3045244.341.777.85.92.11.50.215.1
2016-17Duke2440044.138.886.36.02.41.60.116.7
CareerDuke88132842.538.680.75.82.21.70.215.1

Professional career

She was drafted by the Washington Mystics in the 2018 WNBA draft but was suspended after she underwent knee surgery. The Mystics retain her rights.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rebecca Greenwell Bio. GoDuke.com. 3 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Rebecca Greenwell lifts Flight. Smith. Hansen. ESPN. 31 July 2012. 3 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Greenwell worth the wait at Duke. Hays. Graham. ESPN. 11 December 2014. 3 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Kentucky senior sets all-time girls basketball three-point record with 17 in a single game. Smith. Cameron. Yahoo!. 16 January 2013. 3 January 2017.
  5. Web site: Three knee surgeries later, Kentuckian Greenwell 'back to normal' as Duke point guard. Smith. Jennifer. Lexington Herald-Leader. 19 December 2014. 3 January 2017.
  6. News: Greenwell, green light. Pandhare. Sameer. The Chronicle. 18 March 2015. 10 February 2017.
  7. Web site: NCAA Career Statistics. NCAA. 3 January 2017.
  8. Web site: Duke's Rebecca Greenwell is espnW's player of the week. Voepel. Mechelle. ESPN. 5 December 2016. 3 January 2017.