Rebekkah Brunson

Rebekkah Brunson

260px Brunson in 2012
No. 32 – Minnesota Lynx
Position	Forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1981-12-11) December 11, 1981 Washington D.C.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Oxon Hill (Oxon Hill, Maryland)
College	Georgetown (2000–2004)
WNBA draft	2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the Sacramento Monarchs
Playing career	2004–present
Career history
2004–2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2004–2006	Dexia Namur
2006–2007	Dynamo Moscow
2007–2010	Taranto Cras Basket
2010–present	Minnesota Lynx
2010–2011	Ros Casares Valencia
2011–2012	Nadezhda Orenburg
2012–2013	USK Praha
2013–present	Dynamo Kursk
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBA All-Star (2007, 2011, 2013) WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2011) 4× WNBA champion (2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Representing the USA Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Rebekkah Brunson (born December 11, 1981) is an American basketball player playing forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. Brunson played for the Georgetown University women's basketball team in college.

Brunson was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Oxon Hill High School in Maryland.

Brunson graduated from Georgetown in 2004 as its women's basketball program's all-time leading rebounder. She also played on the U.S. team in the 2003 Pan American Games.

Georgetown statistics

Source

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
2000–01	Georgetown	32	474	50.9	–	56.3	9.2	0.7	1.8	0.9	14.8
2001–02	Georgetown	18	272	48.1	8.3	67.0	8.5	0.6	1.9	1.1	15.1
2002–03	Georgetown	29	481	46.3	43.8	67.0	10.7	1.5	2.0	1.8	16.6
2003–04	Georgetown	28	535	48.5	18.2	60.8	12.0	1.3	1.7	1.8	19.1
Career	Georgetown	107	1762	48.5	25.6	62.5	10.2	1.1	1.9	1.4	16.5

WNBA career

The Sacramento Monarchs chose Brunson in the 1st round of the 2004 WNBA Draft as the tenth overall pick. She played in Sacramento for six seasons and contributed to the Monarchs' 2005 WNBA Championship victory. She led the league in offensive rebounds per game (3.9) and total offensive rebounds (130) for the 2007 regular season.

After the Monarchs suspended operations in the fall of 2009, the Minnesota Lynx acquired Brunson in a dispersal draft.

In 2011, Brunson tied a WNBA record with six consecutive double-doubles, and was named WNBA Player of the Month for June, the first member of the Lynx to be so honored. She was later named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star game, and started in place of an injured Candace Parker. Brunson led the Lynx in field goal percentage and rebounds in a year where the team had the best record in the WNBA. She was honored with her first appearance on the WNBA All-Defensive First Team; she had earned second-team honors three previous times. The Lynx would go on to win the 2011 WNBA Championship.

Brunson won her third league title in 2013. Brunson again made the All-Star Game, starting in place of the injured Brittney Griner. Brunson set the career mark for rebounds in the Finals, with 130, breaking the record held by former teammate Taj McWilliams-Franklin. She also broke McWilliams-Franklin's record for Finals games played, with 19.

Overseas career

During WNBA offseasons, Brunson has played for Taranto, an Italian professional basketball team, for the Dynamo team based in Russia, and Dexia Namur, a professional club in Belgium, and for Nadezhda team based in Orenburg, Russia. She then played for USK Prague, with which she won the Czech League title (4–2 vs BK Brno) and reached the Women's Euroleague Top 16. She is currently playing with Dynamo Kursk, along with Lynx teammate Seimone Augustus.

USA Basketball

Brunson was named to the team representing the USA at the 2003 Pan American Games. The team lost the opening game to Cuba, then rebounded to win their next five games, including an overtime win against Brazil. They then faced Cuba for the gold medal, falling short 75–64 to take home the silver medal. Brunson shot 57% from the field, and ended up as the leading scorer as well as the leading rebounder for the USA team.

Brunson was one of 21 finalists for the 2012 U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women's basketball payers, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the USA at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Personal life

Brunson established and manages the 32 Foundation (named for her jersey number), which sponsors academic and athletic opportunities for youth in the metropolitan DC area.

External links

• Lynx look to keep ‘Special Season’ going as second half begins