Reshanda Gray (born June 1, 1993) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] She played college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year as a senior in 2015. She was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2015 WNBA draft.[2]
 Gray with the California Golden Bears in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 1, 1993 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Washington Prep (Los Angeles, California) |
| College | California (2011–2015) |
| WNBA draft | 2015: 2nd round, 16th overall pick |
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |
| Playing career | 2015–2022 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 21, 12, 1, 22 |
| Career history | |
| 2015 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2015–2016 | Atlanta Dream |
| 2015–2017 | Dike Napoli |
| 2017–2019 | Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds |
| 2018–2019 | New York Liberty |
| 2019–2020 | Asan Woori Bank Wibee |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2021 | New York Liberty |
| 2022 | Seattle Storm |
| 2022 | Phoenix Mercury |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Early life
editBorn in Los Angeles, California, Gray grew up in a low-income family, moving from place to place. At age 11, she and her six siblings settled in a one-room apartment long-term. She and her siblings were put into foster care, due to her parents drug use. She attended Bret Harte Middle School, where she first played basketball. After middle school she attended Washington Prep, where she played volleyball, track, and basketball.
College career
editAt the University of California, Berkeley, Gray helped lead the Golden Bears to its first NCAA Final Four in 2013. In the 2013-14 season she scored 43 points and 16 rebounds against Washington State. She ended that season averaging 17.6 points and 9 rebounds.[3] In her senior season of 2014–15, Gray was named Pac-12 Player of the Year by the league's head coaches,[4] although she would lose out to Oregon State's Ruth Hamblin for the media version of the award.[5]
California statistics
editSource[6]
| 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 | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2011-12 | California | 35 | 367 | 53.3% | 100.0% | 68.0% | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| 2012-13 | California | 33 | 273 | 51.0% | 0.0% | 65.1% | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.3 |
| 2013-14 | California | 32 | 539 | 59.1% | 0.0% | 74.1% | 8.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 16.8 |
| 2014-15 | California | 34 | 590 | 56.8% | 50.0% | 68.8% | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 17.4 |
| Career | 134 | 1769 | 55.8% | 40.0% | 69.4% | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 13.2 |
Professional career
editWNBA
editGray was drafted with the 16th pick in the second round of the 2015 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx. After 10 games played with the Lynx, Gray was acquired by the Atlanta Dream along with teammate Damiris Dantas in a three-team trade deal that sent Érika de Souza to the Chicago Sky and Sylvia Fowles to the Lynx midway through the season.[7] For the rest of the season, Gray averaged a career-high in scoring for the Dream as a reserve. During the 2016 season, Gray had career highs in scoring and rebounding in a win against the Dallas Wings where she scored 22 points along with 10 rebounds in one of her five starts of the season for the Dream.[8] On January 26, 2017, Gray was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Aneika Henry.[9] In May 2017, Gray was waived by the Sun following training camp.[10] On February 28, 2018, the New York Liberty signed Gray to a training camp contract.[11]
Gray spent the 2019 season with the Liberty, partaking in her first regular season action since 2016. Along with All-Star guard Kia Nurse, she was one of two players to partake in each of the Liberty's 34 games that season. Gray reached double-figures in scoring in each of her first three games. On June 28, Gray sank the winning free throw and posted a double-double in the Liberty's 69–68 win over the Dallas Wings. Two days later, Gray put up a career-best 15 rebounds in a win over Atlanta. The year ended with Gray posting matching career-best averages of 5.2 points and rebounds a game. Gray was waived by the Liberty on May 26, 2020.
The following season, Gray signed with the Los Angeles Sparks.[12]
Overseas
editIn the 2015-16 WNBA off-season, Gray played in Italy for Dike Napoli.[13] In August 2016, Gray re-signed with Dike Napoli for the 2016-17 WNBA off-season.[14] In 2017, Gray signed with the Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds of the South Korean league for the 2017-18 WNBA off-season. In 2018, Gray signed with the Uni Győr of the Hungarian league for the 2018-19 WNBA off-season. 2019-2020 South Korean League (WKBL) was drafted with the 4th pick in the second round of the 2019-20 WKBL Draft by the Asan Woori Bank Wibee
Career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
editRegular season
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 3.7 | .429 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 2015 | Atlanta | 17 | 1 | 14.8 | .493 | .000 | .733 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | Atlanta | 28 | 5 | 9.6 | .521 | .000 | .556 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | New York | 34 | 10 | 15.3 | .473 | .500 | .565 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles | 10 | 0 | 6.2 | .364 | .000 | .857 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | New York | 15 | 0 | 14.0 | .531 | .222 | .692 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | Seattle | 11 | 0 | 7.7 | .500 | .667 | .833 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | Phoenix | 16 | 0 | 9.5 | .405 | .091 | .333 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Career | 6 years, 6 teams | 141 | 16 | 11.2 | .485 | .231 | .628 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
Playoffs
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | New York | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1.000° | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .400 | .000 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Career | 4 years, 4 teams | 6 | 0 | 5.5 | .545 | 1.000 | .667 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Personal life
editGray has three brothers and three sisters.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Phoenix Mercury sign forward Reshanda Gray, guard Jennie Simms". Arizona Sports. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ Staff, Alaina Getzenberg | Senior (2015-04-16). "At WNBA draft, Brittany Boyd taken 9th by Liberty, Reshanda Gray goes 16th to Lynx". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ Murdock, Logan (2015-01-04). "The Transformative Rise Of Reshanda Gray". ASAS Ohio. Archived from the original on 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "2014-15 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "2014-15 Women's Basketball Media Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ "Lynx Acquire Fowles, Sky Get de Souza in Trade". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Reshanda Gray stats". WNBA.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "Sun, Dream Swap Henry-Morello, Gray in Trade - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Cuts, trades & signing around WNBA". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ Ben Dull (February 28, 2018). "New York Liberty sign Reshanda Gray to training camp contract". highposthoops.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "Sparks sign Reshanda Gray". WNBA.com. June 27, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "The Overseas Life - Reshanda Gray - Today's Fastbreak". www.todaysfastbreak.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings". Women's Basketball 24.7. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- ^ "Reshanda Gray - Women's Basketball". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-31.