Markeisha Gatling
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Markeisha Gatling
| profile =
| image = Markeisha Gatling at 2 August 2015 game cropped.jpg
| width =
| caption =
| team = Casademont Zaragoza
| number = 34
| league = Liga Femenina (Spain)
| position = Center
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 227
| nationality = American / Montenegrin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1992|07|14}}
| birth_place =
| high_school = Athens Drive
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
| college = *Gulf Coast CC (2010–2012)
- NC State (2012–2014)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2014
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 10
| draft_team = Chicago Sky
| career_start = 2014
| career_end = 2023
| years1 = 2014
| team1 = Chicago Sky
| years2 = 2015
| team2 = Artego Bydgoszcz
| years3 = 2015–2016
| team3 = Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds
| years4 = 2015–2016
| team4 = Seattle Storm
| years5 = {{WNBA Year|2016}}
| team5 = Atlanta Dream
| years6 = 2016–2017
| team6 = Beşiktaş JK
| years7 = 2017–2018
| team7 = Basket Landes
| years8 = 2018–2019
| team8 = Verga Palermo
| years9 = 2020–2021
| team9 = Casademont Zaragoza
| years10 = 2021–2022
| team10 = Nadezhda Orenburg
| team11 = Casademont Zaragoza
| years11 = 2022–2023
| highlights =
| wnba_profile = markeisha-gatling
| team12 = Casademont Zaragoza
| years12 = 2024–
}}
Markeisha Gatling (born July 14, 1992) is an American and Montenegrin professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of Spanish Liga Femenina.
College career
Gatling spent two years at Gulf Coast Community College and then attended North Carolina State University the next two years.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/04/14/markeisha-gatling-fills-big-need-for-sky/ Markeisha Gatling fills big need for Sky – Chicago Tribune]
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.[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/markeisha_gatling/ WNBA.com: Markeisha Gatling Playerfile] Upon the 2015 season, she was waived by the Sky and then signed with the Seattle Storm.{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/dream-adds-markeisha-gatling-roster/|title=Dream Adds Markeisha Gatling to Roster|website=Atlanta Dream}} In February 2017, Gatling re-signed with the Dream to a training camp contract.{{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}} In May 2017, Gatling was waived by the Dream.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/transactions/|title=Transactions - WNBA|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA}}
=Overseas=
On 8 January 2015 she joined Artego Bydgoszcz in the Polish league.{{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}} 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.{{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 }} At the end of the season he announces his goodbye to Casademont Zaragoza.{{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}}
She announces her retirement in May 2023,{{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}} but on 30 May 2024, she returns to active basketball to sign for Casademont Zaragoza,{{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}} in the Spanish Liga Femenina.
Career statistics
| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 92%; white-space: nowrap;"
|+ Legend |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP
| Games played | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS | Games started | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG | Minutes per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG% | Field goal percentage |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P%
| 3-point field goal percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT% | Free throw percentage | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG | Rebounds per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG | Assists per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG
| Steals per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG | Blocks per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | TO | Turnovers per game | style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG | Points per game |
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold
| Career high | style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | * | Led Division I |
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2014
| align="left" | 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
| align="left" | 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
| align="left" | 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" | 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
| align="left" | 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
| align="left" | 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
| style="text-align:left;" | 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
| style="text-align:left;" | NC State
|32||32||27.5||bgcolor=#cfecec|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.{{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}}
{{s-end}}
References
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External links
- [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]
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{{2014 WNBA draft}}
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Category:21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen
Category:Naturalized citizens of Montenegro