Reshanda Gray

Reshanda Gray
Gray with the California Golden Bears in 2015
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
PositionPower forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-06-01) June 1, 1993 (age 31)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High schoolWashington Prep
(Los Angeles, California)
CollegeCalifornia (2011–2015)
WNBA draft2015: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015Minnesota Lynx
2015–2016Atlanta Dream
2015–2017Dike Napoli
2017–2019Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds
2018–2019New York Liberty
2019–2020Asan Woori Bank Wibee
2020Los Angeles Sparks
2021New York Liberty
2022Seattle Storm
2022Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Reshanda Gray (born June 1, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent 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]

Early life

Born 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

At 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

Source[6]

Legend
  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

WNBA

Gray 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

In 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

Legend
  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

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics
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

WNBA playoff statistics
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

Gray has three brothers and three sisters.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Phoenix Mercury sign forward Reshanda Gray, guard Jennie Simms". Arizona Sports. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2014-15 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "2014-15 Women's Basketball Media Honors" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 4, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  7. ^ "Lynx Acquire Fowles, Sky Get de Souza in Trade". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  8. ^ "Reshanda Gray stats". WNBA.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Cuts, trades & signing around WNBA". Swish Appeal. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  11. ^ Ben Dull (February 28, 2018). "New York Liberty sign Reshanda Gray to training camp contract". highposthoops.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Sparks sign Reshanda Gray". WNBA.com. June 27, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  13. ^ "The Overseas Life - Reshanda Gray - Today's Fastbreak". www.todaysfastbreak.com. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  14. ^ "2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings". Women's Basketball 24.7. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  15. ^ "Reshanda Gray - Women's Basketball". University of California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved 2021-05-31.