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Ruthy Hebard

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Personal information
Born	(1998-04-28) April 28, 1998 (age 27) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
High school	West Valley (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Oregon (2016–2020)
NBA Draft	2020 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Pro career	2020–present
Coaching career	2023–2024
League	WNBA
Career history
As player:
2020–2023	Chicago Sky
2020–2021	Nesibe Aydın
2021–2022	Passalacqua Ragusa
2022–2023	Atomerőmű Szekszárd
As coach:
2023–2024	TCU (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2021) 2× Katrina McClain Award (2018, 2020) WBCA Coaches' All-American (2020) First-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020) 4x All-Pac–12 (2017–2020) Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2017) 3× Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013–2015)
Medals 3x3 basketball Representing the  United States Pan American Games Gold 2019 Lima 3x3 tournament USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship Gold 2019 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 Oregon Ducks Gold 2018 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 Oregon Ducks Representing  United States Women's basketball FIBA Under-19 World Cup Silver 2017 Italy Team FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship Gold 2016 Chile Team

Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player. She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. While at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ruthy was named Gatorade State Player of the Year three times. This was from 2013 to 2015. She was also USA Today Alaska Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

Ruthy's Basketball Journey

College Basketball Highlights

Ruthy Hebard played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. She was part of a very talented group of new players.

Freshman Year: 2016–2017 Season

As a freshman, Ruthy was a top player for her team. She scored about 15 points and grabbed 8.5 rebounds per game. In one game against UCLA, she scored a season-high 29 points. She was named to the All-Pac-12 Conference team and the Pac-12 All-Freshman team. This was a special achievement, as only 18 players in Pac-12 history had done both in the same year.

Sophomore Year: 2017–2018 Season

Ruthy started almost every game for the Oregon Ducks. She helped her team reach the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. She averaged 17.6 points and 9 rebounds per game. In February 2018, she scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed 14 rebounds against Washington. That same month, she set a new NCAA record for making 33 shots in a row without missing. She was again named All-Pac-12.

Junior Year: 2018–2019 Season

In her junior year, Ruthy averaged 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. She helped the Ducks reach the NCAA Final Four for the first time ever. She was very accurate with her shots, making 67% of them. This was the second-best shooting percentage in the NCAA. She had two perfect games where she made all her shots. For the third year in a row, she was named to the All-Pac-12 team.

Senior Year: 2019–2020 Season

On January 3, 2020, Ruthy scored 21 points in a game against Colorado. This made her the 12th player in Pac-12 history to score over 2,000 career points. She and Sabrina Ionescu were the only two active Pac-12 players to reach this milestone.

Professional Basketball Career

After college, Ruthy Hebard began her professional basketball career.

Playing in the WNBA

In the 2020 WNBA draft, the Chicago Sky team chose Ruthy as the 8th overall pick. This meant she was one of the top players chosen to play in the WNBA.

Ruthy announced she was pregnant and had her baby before the 2023 WNBA season. She was on the Inactive/Pregnancy List at the start of the season. On July 3, 2023, the Chicago Sky added her back to their active team roster.

Playing Overseas

Ruthy also played basketball in other countries during the WNBA off-season.

Playing for Nesibe Aydın

After her first WNBA season, Ruthy joined Nesibe Aydın, a team in Turkey. Her team finished third in their league's regular season. In the playoffs, they lost in the semifinals. Ruthy had a great game against Beşiktaş, scoring 34 points and getting 20 rebounds.

Playing for KSC Szekszárd

In the summer of 2022, Ruthy signed with KSC Szekszárd in Hungary. This team played in Hungary's top league and also in the EuroLeague Women, a major European competition. She left the team in February 2023 for personal reasons.

Ruthy's Life Outside Basketball

Ruthy Hebard was born in Chicago. She is African American. She was adopted by two white parents and grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is the second of three children adopted by John and Dorothy Hebard. Ruthy is a Christian and is part of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Career Statistics

Here are some statistics from Ruthy Hebard's basketball career.

College Statistics

* The 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WNBA Statistics

Regular Season

Playoffs

Overseas Statistics

National Competition

Regular Season

Season	Team	League	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020–21	Nesibe Aydın	KBSL	26	N/A	32.1	.556	.000	.820	11.8	1.7	1.6	0.7	2.7	20.2
2021–22	Passalacqua Ragusa	LBF	7	5	23.1	.565	.000	.875	5.6	0.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	13.0
2022–23	Atomerőmű Szekszárd	NB I/A	12	8	23.3	.551	.000	.906	7.3	0.8	1.1	0.2	1.2	12.4

Playoffs

Season	Team	League	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020–21	Nesibe Aydın	KBSL	7	7	31.2	.457	.000	.828	8.1	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.0	14.0
2021–22	Passalacqua Ragusa	LBF	5	5	30.5	.476	.000	.737	5.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	2.0	10.8

International Competition

Regular Season