Kerri Gardin (born May 19, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics.
Early life and college career Gardin was born in Burke County, North Carolina. As a senior at Freedom High School in Morganton, North Carolina, she led the girls basketball team to win the 2002 NCHSAA 4A state championship and was named North Carolina Miss Basketball for the 2001–02 season.
At Virginia Tech, Gardin led her Hokies to four consecutive NCAA appearances. As a senior, she averaged a double-double with 12.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Her performance at the university led to her induction into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
Gardin is currently employed as an assistant women's basketball at coach Mars Hill University in Mars Hill, North Carolina.
WNBA career Gardin was drafted 34th overall in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. Before the season started, the Sky waived her. Before the 2007 WNBA season, Gardin was signed by the Seattle Storm. Like in Chicago, she was waived by the Storm before seeing any regular season action. In 2008, the Connecticut Sun signed Gardin as a free agent. She retained a roster spot and went on to start 15 games, helping the Sun post a 21–13 overall record. In the 2008 WNBA Playoffs, Gardin ranked first in the league in steals per turnover (5.0).
She played for Jolly JBS Sibenik in Croatia during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.
Career statistics WNBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Connecticut |34||15||15.9||35.3||37.5||53.7||3.3||1.2||0.9||0.2||1.3||4.0 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Connecticut |33||23||18.1||36.5||25.6||60.7||4.3||1.2||0.8||0.7||1.2||5.5 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Connecticut |25||0||8.2||27.0||9.1||66.7||1.2||0.6||0.4||0.1||0.4||1.2 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Washington |28||5||14.0||23.7||0.0||51.7||2.7||1.0||0.9||0.5||0.9||1.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams |120||43||14.4||33.2||28.1||57.9||3.0||1.0||0.7||0.4||1.0||3.2
Playoffs
| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Connecticut |3||3||19.0||40.0||33.3||50.0||2.3||1.0||1.7||0.3||0.3||3.7 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 years, 1 team |3||3||19.0||40.0||33.3||50.0||2.3||1.0||1.7||0.3||0.3||3.7
College career statistics Source
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Virginia Tech 30 130 40.2 – 63.2 3.2 1.7 0.8 0.7 4.3
2003–04 Virginia Tech 31 242 34.4 33.3 67.4 5.4 2.9 1.2 0.5 7.8
2004–05 Virginia Tech 29 322 44.9 24.1 61.5 8.0 1.7 1.3 1.0 11.1
2005–06 Virginia Tech 29 367 45.0 35.3 59.2 10.0 2.4 2.0 0.9 12.7
Career Virginia Tech 119 1061 41.7 28.8 62.7 6.6 2.2 1.3 0.8 8.9
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