Rebecca Greenwell
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Born | Evansville, Indiana | February 27, 1995|||||||||||||||||||
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 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31st overall | |||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2018–present | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 .[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 |
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.
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.
External links[]
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players
- Guards (basketball)
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Sportspeople from Owensboro, Kentucky
- Washington Mystics draft picks