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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Markeisha Gatling
| name = Markeisha Gatling
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| team = [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]]
| team = [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]]
| number = 34
| number = 34
| league = [[:es:Liga Femenina de baloncesto|La Liga Feminina]]
| league = [[:es:Liga Femenina de baloncesto|Liga Femenina (Spain)]]
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 227
| weight_lbs = 227
| nationality = American
| nationality = American / Montenegrin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|07|14}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|07|14}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place =
| high_school = [[Athens Drive High School|Athens Drive]]<br/>([[Raleigh, North Carolina]])
| high_school = [[Athens Drive High School|Athens Drive]]<br/>([[Raleigh, North Carolina]])
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| college = *[[Gulf Coast Community College|Gulf Coast CC]] (2010–2012)
| college =
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*[[Gulf Coast Community College|Gulf Coast CC]] (2010–2012)
*[[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|NC State]] (2012–2014)
*[[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|NC State]] (2012–2014)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_league = WNBA
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| draft_team = [[Chicago Sky]]
| draft_team = [[Chicago Sky]]
| career_start = 2014
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| career_end = 2023
| years1 = 2014
| years1 = 2014
| team1 = [[Chicago Sky]]
| team1 = [[Chicago Sky]]
| years2 = 2015–2016
| years2 = 2015
| team2 = [[Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds]]
| team2 = [[Artego Bydgoszcz]]
| years3 = 2015–2016
| years3 = 2015–2016
| team3 = [[Seattle Storm]]
| team3 = [[Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds]]
| years4 = {{WNBA Year|2016}}
| years4 = 2015–2016
| team4 = [[Atlanta Dream]]
| team4 = [[Seattle Storm]]
| years5 = 2016
| years5 = {{WNBA Year|2016}}
| team5 = [[Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)|Beşiktaş JK]]
| team5 = [[Atlanta Dream]]
| years6 = 2016–2017
| team6 = [[Beşiktaş JK (women's basketball)|Beşiktaş JK]]
| years7 = 2017–2018
| team7 = [[Basket Landes]]
| years8 = 2018–2019
| team8 = [[Verga Palermo]]
| years9 = 2020–2021
| team9 = [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]]
| years10 = 2021–2022
| team10 = [[Nadezhda Orenburg]]
| team11 = [[Casademont Zaragoza]]
| years11 = 2022–2023
| highlights =
| highlights =
| wnba_profile = markeisha-gatling
| wnba_profile = markeisha-gatling
| team12 = [[Casademont Zaragoza]]
| years12 = 2024–
}}
}}
'''Markeisha Gatling''' (born July 14, 1992) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]] of [[:es:Liga Femenina de baloncesto|La Liga Feminina]].
'''Markeisha Gatling''' (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional [[basketball]] player for [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]] of Spanish [[Liga Femenina de Baloncesto|Liga Femenina]].


==College career==
==College career==
Gatling spent two years at [[Gulf Coast Community College]] and then attended [[North Carolina State University]] the next two years.<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-04-14/sports/ct-sky-wnba-draft-spt-0415-20140415_1_courtney-vandersloot-epiphanny-prince-pokey-chatman Markeisha Gatling fills big need for Sky – Chicago Tribune]</ref>
Gatling spent two years at [[Gulf Coast Community College]] and then attended [[North Carolina State University]] the next two years.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/04/14/markeisha-gatling-fills-big-need-for-sky/ Markeisha Gatling fills big need for Sky – Chicago Tribune]</ref>


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
===WNBA===
===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.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/markeisha_gatling/ WNBA.com: Markeisha Gatling Playerfile]</ref> Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the [[Seattle Storm]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Phil|title=Sky waive center Markeisha Gatling|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-wnba-sky-waive-markeisha-gatling-20150603-story.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usbasket.com/WNBA/news/406409/Markeisha-Gatling-signs-at-Seattle-Storm|title=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings|website=www.usbasket.com}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://storm.wnba.com/news/seattle-completes-trade-phoenix-acquires-noelle-quinn/|title=Seattle Completes Trade with Phoenix, Acquires Noelle Quinn|website=Seattle Storm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-adds-markeisha-gatling-roster/|title=Dream Adds Markeisha Gatling to Roster|website=Atlanta Dream}}</ref> In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-sign-markeisha-gatling-whitney-knight-training-camp-contracts/|title=Atlanta Dream Sign Markeisha Gatling and Whitney Knight to Training Camp Contracts|website=Atlanta Dream}}</ref> In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/transactions/|title=Transactions - WNBA|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/markeisha_gatling/ WNBA.com: Markeisha Gatling Playerfile]</ref> Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the [[Seattle Storm]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Phil|title=Sky waive center Markeisha Gatling|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-wnba-sky-waive-markeisha-gatling-20150603-story.html|access-date=2021-06-11|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usbasket.com/WNBA/news/406409/Markeisha-Gatling-signs-at-Seattle-Storm|title=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings|website=www.usbasket.com}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://storm.wnba.com/news/seattle-completes-trade-phoenix-acquires-noelle-quinn/|title=Seattle Completes Trade with Phoenix, Acquires Noelle Quinn|website=Seattle Storm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-adds-markeisha-gatling-roster/|title=Dream Adds Markeisha Gatling to Roster|website=Atlanta Dream}}</ref> In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/atlanta-dream-sign-markeisha-gatling-whitney-knight-training-camp-contracts/|title=Atlanta Dream Sign Markeisha Gatling and Whitney Knight to Training Camp Contracts|website=Atlanta Dream}}</ref> In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/transactions/|title=Transactions - WNBA|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA}}</ref>


===Overseas===
===Overseas===
2014 Poland (Artego). 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 (women's basketball)|Beşiktaş JK]] of the [[Turkish Women's Basketball League|Turkish League]] for the 2016-17. In 2018-2019 she played in France for Basket Landes . In 2019-2020 she played in Italy for Sicily by car . WNBA off-season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/08/2016-2017-wnba-overseas-signings/ |title=2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings |access-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930125329/http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/08/2016-2017-wnba-overseas-signings/ |archive-date=2017-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 8 January 2015 she joined [[Artego Bydgoszcz]] in the Polish league.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wielki talent z WNBA wzmocni Artego |url=https://www.przegladsportowy.pl/koszykowka/polska-liga-koszykowki/noelle-quinn-i-markeisha-gatling-nowymi-zawodniczkami-artego-bydgoszcz/b357mv0 |access-date=24 November 2021 |work=Przegląd Sportowy |date=8 January 2015 |language=pl}}</ref> 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 (women's basketball)|Beşiktaş JK]] of the [[Turkish Women's Basketball League|Turkish League]] for the 2016-17. In 2018-2019 she played in France for Basket Landes . In 2019-2020 she played in Italy for Sicily by car . WNBA off-season.
In 2022 she come back to Casademont Zaragoza and in 2023 she won the Copa de la Reina title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/08/2016-2017-wnba-overseas-signings/ |title=2016-2017 WNBA Overseas Signings |access-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930125329/http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/08/2016-2017-wnba-overseas-signings/ |archive-date=2017-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-05 |title=Gatling dice adiós al Casademont tras dos temporadas inolvidables |language=Spanish |work=aragondigital.es |url=https://aragondigital.es/deportes/2023/05/02/gatling-dice-adios-al-casademont-tras-dos-temporadas-inolvidables/ |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref>

She announces her retirement in May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vallejo |first=Luis |date=2023-05-06 |title=Markeisha Gatling anuncia su retirada. Estas han sido sus palabras |url=https://www.gigantes.com/baloncesto-femenino/liga-femenina/markeisha-gatling-anuncia-su-retirada-estas-han-sido-sus-palabras/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Gigantes del Basket |language=es}}</ref> but on 30 May 2024, she returns to active basketball to sign for [[Basket Zaragoza|Casademont Zaragoza]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rived |first=Silvia |date=2024-05-30 |title=Markeisha Gatling regresa de nuevo a casa |url=https://www.aragondigital.es/articulo/basket-zaragoza/casademont-zaragoza-markeisha-gatling-vuelven-encontrarse/20240530140619875928.html |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=AragonDigital.es |language=es}}</ref> in the Spanish [[Liga Femenina de Baloncesto|Liga Femenina]].

==Career statistics==
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| align="left" | [[2014 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
|'''29'''||1||11.0||'''64.8'''||0.0||72.7||2.4||0.0||0.1||0.4||0.7||3.7
|-
| align="left" | [[2015 WNBA season|2015]]
| align="left" | [[2015 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
|25||'''4'''||'''13.7'''||49.5||0.0||86.8||'''3.7'''||0.3||'''0.4'''||'''0.6'''||1.0||'''5.3'''
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 | [[2016 WNBA season|2016]]
| align="left" | [[2016 Seattle Storm season|Seattle]]
|11||0||5.8||52.9||0.0||'''100.0'''||0.8||0.1||0.1||0.3||0.9||2.3
|-
| align="left" | [[2016 Atlanta Dream season|Atlanta]]
|16||2||10.5||44.7||0.0||88.9||2.4||'''0.4'''||0.3||0.3||'''0.6'''||2.6
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams
|81||7||11.0||53.7||0.0||84.2||2.6||0.2||0.2||0.4||0.8||3.8
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]
| align="left" | [[2014 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
|'''5'''||0||4.2||'''60.0'''||0.0||0.0||'''0.6'''||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2016 WNBA Playoffs|2016]]
| align="left" | [[2016 Atlanta Dream season|Atlanta]]
|2||0||'''7.0'''||0.0||0.0||'''75.0'''||0.5||0.0||0.0||'''0.5'''||0.0||'''1.5'''
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams
|7||0||5.0||60.0||0.0||75.0||0.6||0.0||0.0||0.1||0.0||1.3
{{S-end}}

===College===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|NC State]]
|'''34'''||30||23.5||57.7||0.0||69.4||6.3||0.2||0.6||0.9||2.2||9.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[NC State Wolfpack women's basketball|NC State]]
|32||'''32'''||'''27.5'''||'''66.3'''||0.0||'''74.2'''||'''7.2'''||'''1.3'''||'''0.7'''||'''1.1'''||'''1.9'''||'''17.4'''
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career'''
|66||62||25.||62.8||0.0||72.4||6.7||0.7||0.7||1.0||2.1||13.4
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from [[Sports-Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Markeisha-Gatling-1.html|title= Markeisha Gatling College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}</ref>
{{s-end}}


==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070505/http://www.gopack.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/markeisha_gatling_803150.html NC State profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070505/http://www.gopack.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/markeisha_gatling_803150.html NC State profile]
*[http://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2014/5/13/5711386/wnba-chicago-sky-interview-markeisha-gatling-wnba-draft Q&A – Swish Appeal]
*[http://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2014/5/13/5711386/wnba-chicago-sky-interview-markeisha-gatling-wnba-draft Q&A – Swish Appeal]
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 29 September 2024

Markeisha Gatling
No. 34 – Casademont Zaragoza
PositionCenter
LeagueLiga Femenina (Spain)
Personal information
Born (1992-07-14) July 14, 1992 (age 32)
NationalityAmerican / Montenegrin
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
Selected by the Chicago 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–Casademont Zaragoza
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Markeisha Gatling (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of Spanish Liga Femenina.

College career

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

Professional career

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WNBA

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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

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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. In 2018-2019 she played in France for Basket Landes . In 2019-2020 she played in Italy for Sicily by car . WNBA off-season. In 2022 she come back to Casademont Zaragoza and in 2023 she won the Copa de la Reina title.[10] At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza.[11]

She announces her retirement in May 2023,[12] but on 30 May 2024, she returns to active basketball to sign for Casademont Zaragoza,[13] in the Spanish Liga Femenina.

Career statistics

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WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 Chicago 29 1 11.0 64.8 0.0 72.7 2.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.7 3.7
2015 Seattle 25 4 13.7 49.5 0.0 86.8 3.7 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.0 5.3
2016 Seattle 11 0 5.8 52.9 0.0 100.0 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.3
Atlanta 16 2 10.5 44.7 0.0 88.9 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.6
Career 4 years, 3 teams 81 7 11.0 53.7 0.0 84.2 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.8 3.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014 Chicago 5 0 4.2 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2
2016 Atlanta 2 0 7.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.5
Career 2 years, 2 teams 7 0 5.0 60.0 0.0 75.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.3

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012–13 NC State 34 30 23.5 57.7 0.0 69.4 6.3 0.2 0.6 0.9 2.2 9.6
2013–14 NC State 32 32 27.5 66.3 0.0 74.2 7.2 1.3 0.7 1.1 1.9 17.4
Career 66 62 25. 62.8 0.0 72.4 6.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.1 13.4
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[14]

References

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  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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