Jacki Gemelos
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Gemelos in 2011 with USC. | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
| League | Serie A1 | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
November 22, 1988 Stockton, California | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American/Greek | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | St. Mary's (Stockton, California) | ||||||||||||
| College | USC (2009–2012) | ||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2012 / Round: 3 / Pick: 31st overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Panathinaikos (Greece) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | PF Umbertide (Italy) | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Perfumerias Avenida (Spain) | ||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Saces Mapei Napoli (Italy) | ||||||||||||
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Jacqueline Ann "Jacki" Gemelos (born November 22, 1988) is an American-Greek professional basketball player. She plays for Perfumerias Avenida in Spain.
Early life and college career
Born and raised in Stockton, California, Jacqueline Ann Gemelos graduated from St. Mary's High School in 2006.[1]
Gemelos was widely regarded as the most recruited player in her high school class, but she suffered five knee injuries during her high school and college career.[2][1] At USC, Gemelos missed the 2006–07 through 2008–09 seasons due to injuries, before making her collegiate debut on February 4, 2010 at Cal and had eight points, five rebounds, and five assists. She ended the 2009–10 season averaging 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds.[1]
Gemelos completed her bachelor's degree in sociology at USC in 2010 and master's degree in gerontology in 2012.[1] She played all 37 games (28 starts) of the 2010–11 season and averaged 12.4 points and 4.6 rebounds. In the 2011–12 season, Gemelos started the first nine games before a season-ending injury on December 18, 2011. That season, she averaged 11.0 points and 7.3 rebounds.[1]
Professional career
In the 2012 WNBA draft, the Minnesota Lynx drafted Gemelos in the third round.[1] Gemelos was signed to the team in April 2013 but was released prior to the regular season.[3]
Gemelos debuted professionally with Panathinaikos of the Greek Women's Basketball League in the 2013–14 season. She averaged 17.6 points and 6.2 rebounds in 15 games. In 2014–15, Gemelos played for PF Umbertide of the Italian Serie A1, averaging 14.2 points and 5.8 rebounds.[3]
In 2015, Gemelos made her WNBA debut with the Chicago Sky. In 17 games with Chicago, Gemelos averaged 1.1 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0.4 assists. She returned to Europe for the 2015–16 season with Perfumerias Avenida of the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, who went 25–1 for the season. In 25 games, Gemelos averaged 10.2 points and 4.8 rebounds.[3]
On May 23, 2016, Gemelos again signed with a Serie A1 team in Italy, Saces Mapei Napoli.[4]
USA Basketball
Gemelos played on the team presenting the USA at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. The team won all six games to earn the gold medal. Gemelos was tied for third for assists on the team, with 11 over the course of the tournament. Gemelos averaged 4.8 points per game.[5]
Personal life
Her father Steve Gemelos, of Greek descent, played college basketball at Weber State and San Joaquin Delta, followed by two years of professional basketball in Greece.[6] In 2012, Jacki Gemelos became a dual citizen of the US and Greece.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jacki Gemelos". USC. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ↑ Shelburne, Ramona (March 2, 2010). "Postponed dreams". ESPN Los Angeles. Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Jacki Gemelos Bio". WNBA. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ↑ Tagliabue, Daniele (May 23, 2016). "A1- Gemelos pronta a tornare in Italia: firma con Napoli in arrivo". La Gazetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Twenty-Sixth World University Games -- 2011". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ↑ Matthews, Jim (July 27, 2002). "Ex-Tracy High star passes the torch". Stockton Record. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ↑ Gemelos, Jacki. Chicago Sky Fans!. October 14, 2015.