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2003-04: Played a key role in Western's run to the Southern Conference Championship game, earning first team All-Tournament honors ... After a slow start, scoring just eight points with four rebounds versus Wofford, she scored 12 points with five boards in a win over Davidson ... Came up big in the Cats' semifinal win over Furman, scoring 20 points with a career-high 15 rebounds and three steals ... Was 6-of-11 from the field and 8-of-11 from the line, pulling down 11 defensive boards ... Also registered a double-double in the championship game with 16 points and 12 rebounds ... For the season, she ranked fifth in the SoCon in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and seventh in scoring (12.9 ppg), while ranking third in field goal percentage (.528) and 14th in free throw percentage (.752) ... Had 10 double-doubles on the year, including five in a seven game span from Jan. 12-Feb. 5 ... Turned up her game against Wofford (Dec. 30), posting a career-high 24 points and 14 rebounds to lead the field ... Notched 23 points and 10 rebounds versus Davidson on Jan. 27 and followed that up with another 24-point, 14-rebound performance versus C of C on the 31st ... Selected as the SoCon's Player of the Week for Feb. 3rd, the second such honor in her career ... Led the Cats to two conference wins that week, averaging 23.5 ppg and 12 rpg during the span ... On the week, she shot 62.5 percent (15-of-24) from the floor and 89.5 percent from the line (17-of-19) ... Recorded her 500th career rebound at Chattanooga on Feb. 5, becoming the second Catamount to do so this season ... She now has 595 in three years at Western Carolina ... Was honored a second time by the SoCon on Feb. 24 by being selected as the league's Player of the Week after leading the Cats to two wins ... Started the week with 12 points and seven rebounds in a 57-45 loss to Elon on Feb. 17 ... Rebounded with a game-high 23 points as WCU toppled second place Furman, 66-58, adding eight rebounds in the effort ... Scored the final five points for the Cats and shot nearly 73 percent on 8-of-11 shooting from the field in the contest and hit seven of her eight free throws ... Ended the week with a game-high 18 points and 11 boards in WCU's 78-59 win over Wofford (Feb. 23), going 7-of-12 from the field and 4-of-6 from the charity stripe ... On the week, Gardner averaged 17.7 points, 8.7 rebounds and shot 61.8 percent (21-of-34) from the floor, picking up her eighth double-double of the season.
2002-03: Named to the 2002-03 All-Southern Conference team... Was a rebounding and scoring threat all year long... Finished the season as the team's third leading scorer and 13th in the SoCon, averaging 11.8 ppg... Also led the league in field goal percentage (.512) and was third in rebounding, averaging 7.7 boards per contest... Posted a career-high 14 rebounds in back-to-back games against the College of Charleston (1/11) and ETSU (1/13)... Grabbed 215 rebounds on the season to lead the team and reached 300 for her career in the win over UTC (2/6), now with 359... Recorded six double-doubles for the season, including four straight against CofC, ETSU, GSU and ASU... Posted a career-high 23 points in the win over Georgia Southern (1/18)... Finished third in the SoCon in offensive rebounds, pulling down 3.11 per game, and sixth in defensive boards, grabbing 4.57 per contest... Only one player in the SoCon went to the line more times than Gardner for the season as she finished 13th with a 76.2 percentage (115-151)... Tied for seventh on WCU's single-season list for free throws made... Reached 300 points for the season after contributing five in the win over UNCG (2/22)... Started in 24 of 28 games for the Cats.
2001-02: Finished the season ranked 33rd in the nation in free throw percentage at 85.4 percent... Averaged a double-double, 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, posted three assists and two steals and shot a perfect 17 of 17 from the free throw line the week Feb. 18 to be named SoCon Player of the Week... Started in 13 of 26 games played... Led the team in field goal percentage at .567, sinking 59 of 104 shots... Finished as the team's fourth leading scorer with 200 points on the season (7.7 per contest)... Scored a career-high 20 points vs. UNCG, including the game-winning shot with 10 seconds left... Tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds at home vs. Furman, which helped WCU end a 12-game losing streak to the Paladins... Led the team in free throws made with 82, averaging 3.2 per game... Finished 16th in the league in rebounding, second in free throw percentage and 12th in offensive rebounds (54)... Scored in double figures in eight games and a double-double five times.
High School: A four-time all-county selection... Named the Gwinnett County Player of the Year and the Atlanta Journal Constitution Prep Player of the Week as a senior... Named Player of the Month as a junior... Averaged 22 points and 17 rebounds per game under Coach Mike Lee... Was a member of the North-South All-Star team as a senior and the North Gwinnett Christmas All-Tournament Team as a freshman.
Personal: Full name is Jennifer Monshay Gardner... Born February 21, 1983... Daughter of Lisa and Robert Green.
