2017-18 (Senior Year): Voted to the All-MEAC second team … Joined teammate Alexa Rodriguez as the second and third Spartan bowlers ever to earn all-conference distinction in three separate seasons … Garnered the MEAC Bowler of the Week Award on Jan. 30 after the Red Flash Invitational … Named to the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team, as well as National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic … Averaged 191.7, the best of her four-year career, second on the team to Rodriguez and the eighth-highest in school history … Had a total pin fall of 7,094 … Rolled a 200 game in eight of the nine tournaments … Bowled 17 200 games on the season … Had a season-high 254 as part of a five-game set at the Kutztown Invitational on Jan. 20, the highest game by an NSU bowler all year … Averaged a season-best 203.6 that day and also rolled a 234 … The very next tournament on Jan. 27, rolled a 232 as part of a 202.8 average in five games at the Red Flash Invitational … Tied her season high by averaging 203.6 in five games at the MEAC Championship on March 23 … Finished with a high game of 22 and a 195.0 average in five games at the James Brown Invitational on Feb. 17 … Tallied a 233 and averaged 193.7 in three games at the last MEAC Southern Divisional of the year on Feb. 24 … Rolled her second-highest game of the season, a 236, at the Hawk Flight Classic on March 3 … Competed in all 59 Baker games.
2016-17 (Junior Year): Garnered second-team All-MEAC honors for the second year in a row … Joined teammate Alexa Rodriguez in becoming the third and fourth NSU bowlers to earn all-conference accolades twice in a career … Named MEAC Bowler of the Week on Jan. 17 and 31 on Feb. 21 … Team MVP … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters … Also earned a spot on the MEAC All-Academic Team and the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic Team … Finished second on the team with a 188.1 average in 45 games, knocking down a total of 8,465 pins … Rolled a 279, the highest game by a MEAC bowler all season, during the James Brown Invitational on Feb. 18 … Averaged 189.2 in five games there … Her 279 stands as the third-highest game ever by an NSU bowler … Was one of her 16 200 games on the season … Had a 200 game in nine of the season’s 10 tournaments … Ended the year with her best tournament of the season, averaging 205.0 in five games at the MEAC Championship on March 24 … Named to the all-tournament team at the Red Flash Invitational … Averaged 196.4 in five games there on Jan. 28 … Began the year with a 190.6 average in five games at the Virginia Union Invitational on Nov. 5 … Rolled a 227, her second-highest game of the season … Averaged at least 178 in every other tournament and at least 180 in all but one tourney on the year … Competed in 58 Baker games, tops on the team.
2015-16 (Sophomore Year): Named to the All-MEAC second team, one of three Spartan players voted to the second team … Garnered the MEAC Bowler of the Week award on Jan. 19 after setting the school record for highest individual game … Finished third on the team with a 185.1 average in all 38 games … Knocked down a total of 7,033 pins … Earned the team’s Most Improved Player award … Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Set the school record with a 289 on Jan. 16 in the Lady Bulldog Classic … Bowled five games that day and posted a career-best 215.2 average, the second-highest at the tournament … Also had a 234, the second-best game of the season … Topped the previous NSU best of 280 set by Sheila-Marie Smith on Jan. 24, 2009 … Bowled 11 200 games on the season, including at least one in seven of the year’s eight tournaments … Posted a 196.2 average with a high of 231 in six games at the UMES Hawk Classic on Nov. 21 … Topped out at 212 and averaged 190.5 in four games at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Nov. 14 … Also competed in all 44 Baker games.
2014-15 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll … Competed in three games on the year, averaging 168.7 while knocking down 506 pins … Also saw time in six Baker matches … The team’s Rookie of the Year … Rolled a 179 and averaged 174.0 in two games at the MEAC Southern Divisional on Feb. 28 during her first career games … Also bowled in one match at the MEAC Championship on March 20 … Played in her first Baker games on Nov. 9 at the MEAC Southern Divisional.
High School: A standout bowler since her youth days … Member of the Georgia Interstate 16-and-Over All-Star team … Won gold in the Division 7 classification at the 2013 Georgia State Games Championships … Averaged 189 with a high game of 221 at the tournament … In 2010-11, averaged 189 with a high series of 691, both the best in the junior division (12-14) in the greater Atlanta area … Competed at the 47
th Georgia State Youth Championships in May of 2013 … Took second there in the 175 and over, handicapped singles division … Also finished fourth in the scratch singles division, fifth in the all-events handicapped division, and fourth in the 349 and over, doubles handicapped division at the championships … Posted the highest average (151) and game (226) in the ages 9-11 prep division of the Georgia Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA) … Competed in volleyball and basketball all four years … Ran track for her final three years at Greenforest … Advanced to the regionals in the shot put her sophomore year … Competed in the sessional meet in the 400 meters her junior year and in the 100 meters her senior season … Captain of the volleyball and basketball teams her senior year and co-captain of the basketball team her junior year.
Personal: Full name is Briana Nicole Gardner … Born on July 30, 1996 … Daughter of Dollicia David and James Gardner … Has one older sister, Jasmine, and two older brothers, James Jr. and James III … Majoring in sociology … Wants to eventually become a teacher or professor or become an organizational spokesperson … Enjoys drawing, listening to music, reading, dancing, going out to eat, watching movies and YouTube, playing video games and hanging out with family and friends.
Gardner's Career Statistics
| YEAR |
Pinfall |
GP |
Avg. |
High |
| 2014-15 |
506 |
3 |
168.7 |
179 |
| 2015-16 |
7,033 |
38 |
185.1 |
289 |
| 2016-17 |
8,465 |
45 |
188.1 |
279 |
| 2017-18 |
7,094 |
37 |
191.7 |
254 |
| Totals |
23,098 |
123 |
187.8 |
289 |
Baker
| YEAR |
GP |
| 2014-15 |
6 |
| 2015-16 |
44 |
| 2016-17 |
58 |
| 2017-18 |
59 |
| Totals |
167 |
