Gabriela Mărginean is a Romania

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n professional women's basketball

Women's basketball

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 player playing for Panathinaikos

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 of Greece

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. She is the second Romania

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n who has played in the WNBA after Florina Paşcalău who was the player of Seattle Storm

Seattle Storm

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 in 2008. She was drafted 26th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft

2010 WNBA Draft

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 to the Minnesota Lynx

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. Marginean was a two-sport athlete at Drexel University

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 and led the NCAA in made free throws in her sophomore season.

College career

While playing for the Drexel Dragons

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 women's basketball team Marginean played in 125 games and averaged 20.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Her 2,581 career points while at Drexel makes her Philadelphia's highest scoring women's basketball player as well as the highest scoring athlete in the history of the CAA.

Statistics

Season			GP	FG-FGA	Pct	3FG-FGA	Pct	FT-FTA	Pct	Reb Avg	A	Blk	Stl	Pts Avg
2010			31	255-530	.481	39-98	.398	178-200	.890	7.7	60	5	60	23.5
2009			33	252-529	.476	22-63	.349	243-271	.897	7.3	29	2	52	23.3
2008			30	213-428	.498	26-75	.347	118-129	.915	7.1	50	3	53	19.0
2007			31	184-434	.424	2-13	.154	145-169	.858	8.2	33	4	38	16.6
Totals			125	904-1921	.471	89-249	.357	FT-FTA	Pct	Reb Avg	A	Blk	Stl	20.6

Professional career

Marginean was drafted to the Minnesota Lynx

Minnesota Lynx

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, the 26th pick of the 2010 WNBA Draft

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. In May the Lynx activated Rebekkah Brunson

Rebekkah Brunson

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 and Marginean was waived from the roster. During her four games with the Lynx Marginean averaged 0.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 3 minutes.

Awards and honors

College

• 2010 All-CAA
  Colonial Athletic Association
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   First Team
• 2009 PSWA Outstanding Amateur Athlete
• 2009 CAA Player of the Year
• 2009 All-CAA First Team
• 2009 Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
• 2009 CAA Tournament MVP

• 2009 University of Colorado Coors Classic All-Tournament Team
• 2009 CAA Preseason Player of the Year
• 2008 All-CAA First Team
• 2007 All-CAA Third Team
• 2007 CAA Rookie of the Year

External links

• Profile
• Drexel Dragons Roster #44 Gabriela Marginean