Ruthy Hebard

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ruthy Hebard

| image =

| league = WNBA

| team =

| number =

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 190

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|4|28}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| high_school = West Valley
(Fairbanks, Alaska)

| college = Oregon (2016–2020)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2020

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 8

| draft_team = Chicago Sky

| career_start = 2020

| coach_start = 2023

| coach_end = 2024

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}–{{WNBA Year|2023}}

| team1 = Chicago Sky

| years2 = 2020–2021

| team2 = Nesibe Aydın

| years3 = 2021–2022

| team3 = Passalacqua Ragusa

| years4 = 2022–2023

| team4= Atomerőmű Szekszárd

| years5 =

| team5 =

| cyears1 = 2023–2024

| cteam1 = TCU (assistant)

| bbr_wnba = hebarru01w

| wnba_profile = ruthy-hebard

| highlights =

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)

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Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent.{{cite web |title=Ruth Cecilia HEBARD at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2017 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19women/2017/player/Ruth-Cecilia-Hebard |website=FIBA.basketball |accessdate=26 January 2020 |language=en}} She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. While at West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska, Hebard was a three-time Gatorade State Player of the Year from 2013 to 2015,{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsminer.com/sports/high_school/west-valley-s-ruthy-hebard-wins-third-straight-gatorade-player/article_030e85fa-e768-11e5-9b53-373ead3ea666.html|title=West Valley's Ruthy Hebard wins third straight Gatorade Player of the Year award|last=Cline|first=Jaryd|website=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/state|title=Gatorade State High School Players of the Year|website=playeroftheyear.gatorade.com|access-date=2020-01-20}} and two-time USA Today Alaska Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://usatodayhss.com/2015/gatorade-alaska-girls-basketball-poy-ruthy-hebard-2|title=Alaska Girls Basketball POY: Ruthy Hebard|date=2015-03-12|website=USA TODAY High School Sports|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://usatodayhss.com/2016/gatorade-alaska-girls-basketball-poy-ruthy-hebard|title=Alaska Girls Basketball POY: Ruthy Hebard|date=2016-03-10|website=USA TODAY High School Sports|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}

Career

=College career=

==2016–2017 season==

As a member of a highly touted freshman class that also included future two-time national player of the year Sabrina Ionescu, Hebard averaged a team-best 14.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. On January 15, 2017 against no. 17 UCLA, Hebard recorded a season high 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting. She was named both All-Pac-12 Conference and Pac-12 all freshman in the same year; the 18th player in Pac-12 history to achieve the feat.{{Cite web|url=https://goducks.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/ruthy-hebard/8583|title=Ruthy Hebard - Women's Basketball|website=University of Oregon Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}}

==2017–2018 season==

Hebard started 37 of Oregon's 38 games and helped the Ducks advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row. She averaged 17.6 points and a team high 9.0 rebounds per game. On February 9, 2018, Hebard scored a career high 30 points on 13-of-15 shooting and 14 rebounds in a game against Washington. In the same month, she set the NCAA men's and women's record for most consecutive made field goal attempts at 33.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story?id=22506805&_slug_=ruthy-hebard-oregon-ducks-sets-ncaa-record-men-women-33-consecutive-made-field-goals|title=Oregon's Hebard hits NCAA-best 33 FGs in row|date=20 February 2018|work=ESPN.com|accessdate=26 January 2020|language=en}} She was once again named All-Pac-12.

==2018–2019 season==

Hebard averaged 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game for the season and helped the Ducks to their first ever Final Four in the NCAA tournament. She shot 67% from the floor for the second best shooting efficiency in NCAA, and was perfect in two games where she went 9-of-9 in a win against Air Force and 10-of-10 in a win against Colorado. She was named to the All-Pac-12 team for the third year in a row.

==2019–2020 season==

In a 104–46 rout of Colorado on January 3, 2020, Hebard scored 21 points and became the 12th player in Pac-12 history to surpass the 2,000 career points milestone. She joined Ionescu as the only two active Pac-12 players in the 2,000 club.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ruthy-hebard-passes-2-000-042005146.html|title=Ruthy Hebard passes 2,000 point milestone as Oregon routs previously undefeated Colorado|website=sports.yahoo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-10}}

=Professional career=

==WNBA==

In the 2020 WNBA draft, the Chicago Sky selected Hebard with the 8th overall pick.{{Cite web|url=https://sky.wnba.com/news/chicago-sky-ruthy-hebard-wnba-draft/|title=Chicago Sky Select Ruthy Hebard With No. 8 Overall Pick of 2020 WNBA Draft|last=|first=|date=2020-04-17|website=Chicago Sky|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-20}}

Hebard announced that she was pregnant and gave birth prior to the 2023 WNBA season.{{cite web |last1=Hruby |first1=Emma |title=Chicago Sky player reveals offseason surprise: A baby boy |url=https://justwomenssports.com/reads/ruthy-hebard-baby-boy-chicago-sky-wnba/ |website=justwomanssports.com |publisher=Just Women's Sports |access-date=6 July 2023}} Due to giving birth, Hebard was placed on the Inactive/Pregnancy List to start the season. On July 3, 2023, the Sky activated Hebard and she was placed on the active roster.{{cite tweet|user=chicagosky|date=July 3, 2023|number=1675976287238668291|title=We have activated Ruthy Hebard off of Pregnancy/Childbirth absence, and have released Kristine Anigwe. Thanks for everything, Kristine! 👊🏾}}

==Overseas career==

===Nesibe Aydın===

After her first WNBA season, Hebard signed to the newly-promoted Nesibe Aydın of the Women's Basketball Super League.{{cite news |title=Next Chapter: Ruthy Hebard arrives in Turkey for new season |url=https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2020/10/02/next-chapter-ruthy-hebard-arrives-in-turkey-for-new-season/ |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=www.webcenterfairbanks.com |first= Jordan|last= Rodenberger|date=2 October 2020}} Her team finished the regular season in third place. In the playoff they lost against Galatasaray in the semifinal after being defeated 58-70 in the last game of the best-of-five series. Hebard's best match in the regular season was in round 9 against Beşiktaş when she scored 34 points and grabbed 20 rebounds. In the playoffs her best game was the first match of the semifinal against Galatasaray, where she scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Nesibe won 71-68.

===KSC Szekszárd===

At the summer of 2022, Hebard signed to KSC Szekszárd whom played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság the top tier Hungarian women's basketball leagues, and the EuroLeague.{{cite news |title=Felfrissített kerettel kezdi a szezont a KSC |url=https://www.teol.hu/helyi-sport/2022/07/jelentosen-atalakitott-kerettel-kezdi-az-evet-a-ksc |access-date=27 September 2022 |work=www.teol.hu |date=11 July 2022 |language=hu}} She terminated her contract with the team in mid-February 2023, for personal reasons.{{cite news |title=Ruthy Hebard távozik a KSC Szekszárdtól |url=https://www.teol.hu/helyi-sport/2023/02/ruthy-hebard-tavozik-a-ksc-szekszardtol |access-date=10 March 2023 |work=www.teol.hu |date=13 February 2023 |language=hu}}

Personal life

Hebard, who is African American, was born in Chicago. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.registerguard.com/rg/sports/36505124-81/for-oregon-ducks-basketball-star-ruthy-hebard-family-goes-more-than-skin-deep.html.csp|title=Family more than skin-deep for Hebard|website=The Register-Guard|language=en|access-date=2020-02-08}} She is a Christian and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.{{cite news |last1=Pease |first1=Joshua |title=Oregon forward Ruthy Hebard's focus, faith have guided her from Fairbanks to the Final Four |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/basketball/2019/04/05/oregon-forward-ruthy-hebards-focus-faith-have-guided-her-from-fairbanks-to-the-final-four/ |accessdate=26 January 2020 |work=Sports Spectrum |date=5 April 2019}}

Career statistics

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 92%; white-space: nowrap;"

|+ Legend

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | GP

| Games played

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | GS

| Games started

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | MPG

| Minutes per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | FG%

| Field goal percentage

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | 3P%

| 3-point field goal percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FT%

| Free throw percentage

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | RPG

| Rebounds per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | APG

| Assists per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | SPG

| Steals per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | BPG

| Blocks per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | TO

| Turnovers per game

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | PPG

| Points per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Bold

| Career high

| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | *

| Led Division I

=College=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon

| 37 || 35 || 27.3 || .588 || .000 || .701 || 8.5 || 0.8 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 2.2 || 14.9

| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon

| 37 || 37 || 30.3 || .660 || .000 || .684 || 9.0 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 1.6 || 1.6 || 17.6

| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19

| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon

| 37 || 36 || 28.7 || .670 || .000 || .678 || 9.1 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 1.3 ||16.1

| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20*

| style="text-align:left;"| Oregon

| 33 || 33 || 28.7 || bgcolor=#cfecec|.685 || .000 || .695 || 9.6 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 1.5 || 17.3

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 144 || 141 || 28.7 || .651 || .000 || .689 || 9.0 || 0.9 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 16.4

* 2020 NCAA tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

=WNBA=

class="wikitable"

| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;" |†

|Denotes seasons in which Hebard won a WNBA championship

==Regular season==

| style="text-align:left;"|2020

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 22 || 6 || 14.5 || .682 || .000 || .750 || 3.9 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 5.7

| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;'|2021^†

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 30 || 6 || 16.8 || .529 || .000 || .794 || 4.4 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 5.8

| style="text-align:left;"|2022

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 24 || 0 || 9.7 || .510 || .000 || .750 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 2.3

| style="text-align:left;"|2023

| style="text-align:left;"|Chicago

| 19 || 0 || 9.2 || .585 || .000 || .650 || 2.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 3.9

| style="text-align:left;"| Career

| style="text-align:left;"| 4 years, 1 team

| 95 || 12 || 13.0 || .575 || .000 || .743 || 3.2 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 4.5

==Playoffs==

| style="text-align:left;"| 2020

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 1 || 1 || 18.0 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 4.0

| style='text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;' |2021^†

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 5 || 0 || 3.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2022

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 4 || 0 || 4.3 || .200 || .000 || .000 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 0.5|| 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.5

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 2 || 0 || 7.0 || .250 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.0

| style="text-align:left;"| Career

| style="text-align:left;"| 4 years, 1 team

| 12 || 1 || 5.3 || .400 || .000 || .000 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 1.0

=Overseas=

==National competition==

===Regular season===

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" ! Season ! Team ! League ! {{Tooltip\|GP\|Games played}} ! {{Tooltip\|GS\|Games started}} ! {{Tooltip\|MPG\|Minutes per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|FG%\|Field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|3P%\|3 point field goal percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|FT%\|Free throw percentage}} ! {{Tooltip\|RPG\|Rebounds per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|APG\|Assists per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|SPG\|Steals per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|BPG\|Blocks per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|TO\|Turnovers per game}} ! {{Tooltip\|PPG\|Points per game}}
2020–21	Nesibe Aydın	align=left\| {{flagicon\|TUR}} 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	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} LBF	7	5	23.1	.565	.000	.875	5.6	0.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	13.0
2022–23	Atomerőmű Szekszárd	align=left\| {{flagicon\|HUN}} NB I/A	12	8	23.3	.551	.000	.906	7.3	0.8	1.1	0.2	1.2	12.4