Rebecca Greenwell

Rebecca Greenwell

Greenwell in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1995-02-27) February 27, 1995 (age 29) 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
Position	Guard
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-ACC (2016) McDonald's All-American (2013)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing  United States Americas U16 Championship 2011 Mérida Team U17 World Championship 2012 Amsterdam Team

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

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

1. "Rebecca Greenwell Bio". GoDuke.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
2. Smith, Hansen (July 31, 2012). "Rebecca Greenwell lifts Flight". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
3. Hays, Graham (December 11, 2014). "Greenwell worth the wait at Duke". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Pandhare, Sameer (March 18, 2015). "Greenwell, green light". The Chronicle. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
7. "NCAA Career Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
8. Voepel, Mechelle (December 5, 2016). "Duke's Rebecca Greenwell is espnW's player of the week". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

External links

• Duke Blue Devils bio