Markeisha Gatling

Markeisha Gatling
No. 34 – AZS UMCS Lublin
PositionCenter
LeagueBasket Liga Kobiet
Personal information
Born (1992-07-14) July 14, 1992
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High schoolAthens Drive
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
College
WNBA draft2014: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Drafted byChicago Sky
Playing career2014–2023
Career history
2014Chicago Sky
2015Artego Bydgoszcz
2015–2016Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds
2015–2016Seattle Storm
2016Atlanta Dream
2016–2017Beşiktaş JK
2017–2018Basket Landes
2018–2019Verga Palermo
2020–2021Casademont Zaragoza
2021–2022Nadezhda Orenburg
2022–2023Casademont Zaragoza
2024–2025Casademont Zaragoza
2025–presentAZS UMCS Lublin
Career highlights
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference 

Markeisha Gatling (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for AZS UMCS Lublin of Polish Basket Liga Kobiet.

College career

Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years.[1]

Professional career

WNBA

Gatling was drafted with the 10th overall pick in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. Gatling averaged 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 2014, her rookie year with the Sky.[2] Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the Seattle Storm.[3][4] During the 2015 season, she averaged a career-high in scoring. In the 2016 season, Gatling was waived by the Storm after 11 games played and the signed with the Atlanta Dream.[5][6] In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract.[7] In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream.[8]

Overseas

On 8 January 2015, she joined Artego Bydgoszcz in the Polish league.[9] In the 2015–16 WNBA off-season, Gatling played in Korea for Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds. In August 2016, she signed a short-term deal with Beşiktaş JK of the Turkish League for the 2016-17 season. In 2018–19, she played in France for Basket Landes. In 2019–20 she played in Italy. In 2022, she returned to Casademont Zaragoza, with whom she won the Copa de la Reina title in 2023.[10] At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza.[11]

She announced her retirement in May 2023,[12] but on 30 May 2024, she returned to active basketball and rejoined Casademont Zaragoza in the Spanish Liga Femenina.[13]

Career statistics

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  TO  Turnovers per game  PPG  Points per game
 Bold  Career high  *  Led Division I

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 Chicago 29111.064.80.072.72.40.00.10.40.73.7
2015 Seattle 25413.749.50.086.83.70.30.40.61.05.3
2016 Seattle 1105.852.90.0100.00.80.10.10.30.92.3
Atlanta 16210.544.70.088.92.40.40.30.30.62.6
Career 4 years, 3 teams 81711.053.70.084.22.60.20.20.40.83.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 Chicago 504.260.00.00.00.60.00.00.00.01.2
2016 Atlanta 207.00.00.075.00.50.00.00.50.01.5
Career 2 years, 2 teams 705.060.00.075.00.60.00.00.10.01.3

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012–13 NC State 343023.557.70.069.46.30.20.60.92.29.6
2013–14 NC State 323227.566.3*0.074.27.21.30.71.11.917.4
Career 666225.62.80.072.46.70.70.71.02.113.4
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Markeisha Gatling fills big need for Sky – Chicago Tribune
  2. ↑ WNBA.com: Markeisha Gatling Playerfile
  3. ↑ Thompson, Phil. "Sky waive center Markeisha Gatling". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  4. ↑ "US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". www.usbasket.com.
  5. ↑ "Seattle Completes Trade with Phoenix, Acquires Noelle Quinn". Seattle Storm.
  6. ↑ "Dream Adds Markeisha Gatling to Roster". Atlanta Dream.
  7. ↑ "Atlanta Dream Sign Markeisha Gatling and Whitney Knight to Training Camp Contracts". Atlanta Dream.
  8. ↑ "Transactions - WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  9. ↑ "Wielki talent z WNBA wzmocni Artego". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 8 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  11. ↑ "Gatling dice adiós al Casademont tras dos temporadas inolvidables". aragondigital.es (in Spanish). 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  12. ↑ Vallejo, Luis (2023-05-06). "Markeisha Gatling anuncia su retirada. Estas han sido sus palabras". Gigantes del Basket (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  13. ↑ Rived, Silvia (2024-05-30). "Markeisha Gatling regresa de nuevo a casa". AragonDigital.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  14. ↑ "Markeisha Gatling College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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