Brittany Brewer (born November 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player. She played in college for the Texas Tech Lady Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. Brewer is the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. She was also selected as a First-team Academic All-American in 2019.

College career

Brewer started 17 games in each of her freshman and sophomore seasons with the Lady Raiders. In the 2018–19 season, she started all 31 games as a junior and added 3-point shootings to her repertoire; averaging 34.3% on 99 attempts while attempting none in her prior two years. In the 2019–20 season, Brewer once again started all 29 games as a senior and averaged a double-double of 16.6 ppg and 10.3 rpg. During her senior year, she also tied the NCAA Division I women's single-game record for blocked shots, recording 16 as part of a triple-double in the Lady Raiders' 83–38 rout of

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on December 22, 2019.

Professional career

Brewer was selected with the fifth pick in the second round, 17th overall, of the 2020 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Career statistics

College

, - , style="text-align:left; , 2016–17 , style="text-align:left;", Texas Tech , 31 , , 17 , , 22.3 , , .452 , , .000 , , .604 , , 5.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 1.7 , , 1.5 , , 5.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;", Texas Tech , 30 , , 17 , , 20.2 , , .490 , , .000 , , .531 , , 5.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 1.3 , , 2.4 , , 9.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , style="text-align:left;", Texas Tech , 31 , , 31 , , 31.0 , , .528 , , .343 , , .692 , , 9.1 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 2.3 , , 2.5 , , 16.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20* , style="text-align:left;", Texas Tech , 29 , , 29 , , 31.5 , , .509 , , .243 , , .675 , , 10.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.7 , , 4.4 , , 2.5 , , 16.6 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 121 , , 94 , , 26.2 , , .495 , , .146 , , .625 , , 7.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.5 , , 2.4 , , 2.3 , , 12.1 * 2020 NCAA tournament cancelled due to coronavirus disease pandemic
Source: texastech.com

WNBA

Regular season

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Personal life

Brittany Brewer is the daughter of Jacob and Melanie Brewer. She has four siblings: Brianna, Brooklyn, Joy and Josh. Brewer majored in Community, Family and Addiction Sciences at Texas Tech.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewer, Brittany 1997 births Living people American women's basketball players Atlanta Dream draft picks Atlanta Dream players Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Basketball players from Texas Pan American Games medalists in basketball Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Power forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Abilene, Texas Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games