Rebecca Greenwell
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| Born | February 27, 1995 Evansville, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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 |
Professional career
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rebecca Greenwell Bio". GoDuke.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Hansen (July 31, 2012). "Rebecca Greenwell lifts Flight". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Hays, Graham (December 11, 2014). "Greenwell worth the wait at Duke". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Cameron (January 16, 2013). "Kentucky senior sets all-time girls basketball three-point record with 17 in a single game". Yahoo!. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Jennifer (December 19, 2014). "Three knee surgeries later, Kentuckian Greenwell 'back to normal' as Duke point guard". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Pandhare, Sameer (March 18, 2015). "Greenwell, green light". The Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "NCAA Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (December 5, 2016). "Duke's Rebecca Greenwell is espnW's player of the week". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.