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  • Rebekkah Brunson
  • #32
  • Forward - Sacramento Monarchs
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2008 Statistics

PPG
11.1
RPG
7.30
APG
0.4
EFF
+ 13.10
Born: Dec 11, 1981
Height: 6-3 /  1,91
Weight: 175  lbs. / 79,4  kg.
College: Georgetown
Years Pro: 4








Background

WNBA TRANSACTIONS:
4/17/04: Selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

2007 WNBA SEASON:
Averaged a career-high 11.5 ppg (.473 FG%, .000 3FG%, .686 FT%), 8.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.9 bpg, and 28.2 mpg through 33 games played (28 started)…Named as a reserve for the 2007 All-Star Game, but could not participate due to injury…WNBA All-Defensive Second Team honoree…Finished the season ranked first in the WNBA in offensive rebounds (130) and second in rebounds per game…Scored in double figures in 21 games and recorded 10 double-doubles…Led the league in offensive rebounds…Scored a career-high 24 points at Phoenix (8/19)…Grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds at San Antonio (8/9)…Recorded a career-high four blocks at San Antonio (8/15)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 15 ppg (.613 FG%, --- 3FG%, .700 FT%), 6.3 rpg, 0.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.7 bpg and 29.3 mpg through three playoff games (three started).

WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 7.6 ppg (.449 FG%, --- 3FG%, .646 FT%), 5.9 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.5 bpg and 20.4 mpg in 135 games and four WNBA seasons with Sacramento…Played over 2,500 minutes in a Monarchs uniform…Scored over 1,000 career points and grabbed over 750 rebounds…2006: Averaged 6.8 ppg (.461 FG%, --- 3FG%, .587 FT%), 5.6 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.4 bpg and 17.6 mpg through 34 game played (14 started)…Scored a season-high 18 points at Detroit (7/30)…Recorded two double-doubles and scored in double figures eight times…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 6.0 ppg (.333 FG%, .000 3FG%, .643 FT%), 3.6 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.3 spg, 0.7 bpg and 17.2 mpg in nine playoff games…2005: Averaged 7.8 ppg (.427 FG%, --- 3FG%, .598 FT%), 5.5 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.8 spg, 0.4 bpg and 21.2 mpg through 34 game played (16 started)…Scored a season-high 17 points at Los Angeles (8/16)…Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Detroit (7/24)…Recorded four double-doubles and scored in double figures 12 times…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 6.9 ppg (.446 FG%, --- 3FG%, .455 FT%), 5.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.5 bpg and 24.3 mpg in eight playoff games (eight started)…2004: Averaged 4.4 ppg (.421 FG%, --- 3pt%, .717 FT%), 3.6 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.7 spg, 0.4 bpg, and 14.5 mpg through 34 games played (one started)…Scored a season-high 12 points vs. Washington (7/18)…Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds on four occasions…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 3.2 ppg (.350 FG%, --- 3PT%, .714 FT%), 2.8 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.3 spg, 0.7 bpg, 13.3 mpg in six playoff games.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played for Cras Basket Taranto in Italy during the 2007-08 off-season, averaging 20 ppg, 14 rpg, 1 apg, 2.2 spg, 0.5 bpg and 33.4 mpg…Played for Dynamo in Russia during the 2006-2007 off-season and averaged 11.2 ppg (.462 FG%, .167 3FG%, .686 FT%), 10.0 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.5 bpg and 23.8 mpg…Won the 2007 FIBA Women’s EuroCup…Played for Dexia Namur in Belgium for a second season during the 2005-06 off-season, averaging 34.7 mpg, 17.6 ppg (47.6 FG%), 11.0 rpg and 2.5 spg and played in the 2006 FIBA All-Star Game…Played for Dexia Namur in Belgium during the 2004-05 off-season and averaged 16 ppg and 8.9 rpg.

NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE:
Helped the USA Women’s National Team earn the gold medal and qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics during the FIBA Americas Tournament in Chile…Won a silver medal with the USA team at the 2003 USA Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

COLLEGE:
Georgetown’s all-time leading rebounder (1,093) and single season rebound record holder with 336 (2004)…Ranks first and second in blocked shots for a single season at Georgetown (51 in 2003, 50 in 2004)…2003-04: AP All-America honorable mention…BIG East Defensive Player of the Year…All-BIG East First Team…Candidate for Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award…Started all 28 games…Led Georgetown in scoring (19.1 ppg), rebounding (12.0 rpg), and blocks (50)…Second on the team in field-goal percentage (.485) and steals (48)…2002-03: All-BIG East First Team…Led the BIG East in rebounding (10.7 rpg), ranked second in blocks (1.8 bpg) and ranked seventh in points (16.6 ppg)…Led Georgetown in scoring in 18 times and in rebounding 27 times…Stole the ball a career-high 7 times vs. UNH (12/4/02)…2001-02: All-BIG East honorable mention…Led Georgetown in scoring (15.1 ppg) and rebounds (8.5 rpg)…Started 15 of 18 games…Missed nine games in the middle of the season with a stress fracture in her lower right leg…Led team in scoring 10 times and rebounding in eight games…Third on the team in shooting percentage (.481)…Set two Georgetown records, free throws made and attempted, netting 19-of-20 from the charity stripe vs. GW (12/5/01) and also scored a career-high 29 points in that game…2000-01: BIG East Rookie of the Year…All-BIG East honorable mention…Led the conference with 13 double-doubles…Became the first freshman to win the BIG East rebounding title (9.2 rpg)…Started all 30 games…Second on the team in scoring (14.8 ppg) and scored 20-plus points six times.




Personal

  • Nickname is Bekky
  • Born in Washington, D.C.
  • Has a twin brother
  • Launched 32 Foundation in 2005, a non-profit corporation based in Maryland, but serves the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area, providing academic and athletic enrichment programs, award scholarships, initiate programs to spur amateur play and mentoring
  • Loves to buy and remodel houses
  • First Team All-Met selection her senior year in high school and a third team selection as a junior
  • Averaged 20.5 points and 15.2 rebounds per game her senior year at OHHS
  • Her first job was lifeguard duty (for three years)
  • Favorite TV show is Court TV
  • Loves to sleep and watch movies, especially scary ones

Career Transactions

Selected in the first round (10th overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft, April 17, 2004.

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