Rebecca Greenwell
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| Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 27, 1995 Evansville, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Owensboro Catholic (Owensboro, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Duke (2014–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2018: 3rd round, 31st overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Danielle Greenwell[1] (born February 27, 1995) is an American Basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.
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
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2014-15 | Duke | 34 | 476 | 39.6 | 35.6 | 78.9 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| 2015-16 | Duke | 30 | 452 | 44.3 | 41.7 | 77.8 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 15.1 |
| 2016-17 | Duke | 24 | 400 | 44.1 | 38.8 | 86.3 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 16.7 |
| Career | Duke | 88 | 1328 | 42.5 | 38.6 | 80.7 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 15.1 |
References
- ^ "Rebecca Greenwell Bio". GoDuke.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Smith, Hansen (31 July 2012). "Rebecca Greenwell lifts Flight". ESPN. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Hays, Graham (11 December 2014). "Greenwell worth the wait at Duke". ESPN. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Smith, Cameron (16 January 2013). "Kentucky senior sets all-time girls basketball three-point record with 17 in a single game". Yahoo!. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Smith, Jennifer (19 December 2014). "Three knee surgeries later, Kentuckian Greenwell 'back to normal' as Duke point guard". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Pandhare, Sameer (18 March 2015). "Greenwell, green light". The Chronicle. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (5 December 2016). "Duke's Rebecca Greenwell is espnW's player of the week". ESPN. Retrieved 3 January 2017.