Career Totals
AT ILLINOIS WESLEYAN: Has earned four letters (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)...
Finished her career as the Titans' all-time leader in games played with 122...Ranked 13th all-time in points scored with 1086 in her career...Ranked 17th all-time in field goals made with 382...Second all-time in three point field goals made with 235...Ranked 15th all-time in three point field goal percentage with .362...
2012-13: Received the "All-American Titan" Award...Chosen unanimously to first team College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-league squad...Named to all-tournament team of Wartburg Holiday Classic (Dec. 28-29) ... Selected "Player of the Week" in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin for Dec. 3...
Played in and started all 26 games… Averaged 12.7 points and 2.4 rebounds … had 61 assists and 35 steals for the season…Had single-game season highs of 24 points vs. Elmurst, 7 rebounds at North Central, and 5 assists vs. Wartburg, North Park and Carthage…Led the team in scoring five times...Led the team in 3 point field goals made with 63 (32 more than the next closest player)…
2011-12: Chosen to second team College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-league squad...Chosen to all-tournament team at Whittier (Calif.) Purple & Gold Poet Classic Dec. 20-30...Played and started all 33 games … Averaged 13.0 points, second on the team, and 1.8 rebounds … Had 51 assists, fifth most on the team … Led team in scoring five times … Had season-high game of 25 points in NCAA game against Thomas More … Had five rebounds in three different games … Handed out four assists in three games...Her 430 total points scored is ninth all-time for a single season...Broke the record for most three point field goals made in a single season with 94...
2010-11: Played in all 33 games...Averaged 6.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game...Shot 41.1 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from 3-point range...Had game highs of 19 points (vs. Webster), four rebounds (at Olivet Nazarene), and two assists (five times)…
2009-10: Played in all 30 games...Averaged 4.3 points and grabbed 25 rebounds...Scored in double figures four times including season-best 16 points in win over North Park...
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Henry Hines… Earned four letters in basketball and three in volleyball…Served as team captain in basketball...Chosen all-conference and all-area in both basketball and volleyball...Won the 2009 Class 2A 3-point contest by hitting 11 shots in final round...
PERSONAL: Melissa Ann Gardner…Born January 4, 1991…Majoring in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan…She is the daughter of Ron and Vicki Gardner.
