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Ruthy Hebard
Power forward
Personal information
Born (1998-04-28) April 28, 1998 (age 26)
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
League WNBA
Career history
2020–2023 Chicago Sky
2020–21 Nesibe Aydın
2021–22 Passalacqua Ragusa
2022– Atomerőmű Szekszárd
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBA champion (2021)
  • 2× Katrina McClain Award (2018, 2020)
  • First-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020)
  • 3× Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year (2013–2015)
Medals
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

Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. 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, and two-time USA Today Alaska Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

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.

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. 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.

Professional career

WNBA

In the 2020 WNBA draft, the Chicago Sky selected Hebard with the 8th overall pick.

Hebard announced that she was pregnant and gave birth prior to the 2023 WNBA season. 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.

Overseas career

Nesibe Aydın

After her first WNBA season, Hebard signed to the newly-promoted Nesibe Aydın of the Women's Basketball Super League. 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. She terminated her contract with the team in mid-February of 2023, for personal reasons.

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. She is a Christian and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016–17 Oregon 37 35 27.3 .588 .000 .701 8.5 0.8 1.3 0.5 2.2 14.9
2017–18 Oregon 37 37 30.3 .660 .000 .684 9.0 0.6 1.2 1.6 1.6 17.6
2018–19 Oregon 37 36 28.7 .670 .000 .678 9.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.3 16.1
2019–20* Oregon 33 33 28.7 .685 .000 .695 9.6 1.5 1.0 1.1 1.5 17.3
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

Denotes seasons in which Hebard won a WNBA championship

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Chicago 22 6 14.5 .682 .000 .750 3.9 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 5.7
2021 Chicago 30 6 16.8 .529 .000 .794 4.4 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 5.8
2022 Chicago 24 0 9.7 .510 .000 .750 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.5 2.3
2023 Chicago 19 0 9.2 .585 .000 .650 2.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 3.9
Career 4 years, 1 team 95 12 13.0 .575 .000 .743 3.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 4.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Chicago 1 1 18.0 .500 .000 .000 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 4.0
2021 Chicago 5 0 3.0 1.000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
2022 Chicago 4 0 4.3 .200 .000 .000 1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.3 0.5
2023 Chicago 2 0 7.0 .250 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 1.0
Career 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
Season Team League GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020–21 Nesibe Aydın Turkey 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 Italy LBF 7 5 23.1 .565 .000 .875 5.6 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.7 13.0
2022–23 Atomerőmű Szekszárd Hungary 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 Turkey KBSL 7 7 31.2 .457 .000 .828 8.1 2.4 1.7 1.0 2.0 14.0
2021–22 Passalacqua Ragusa Italy LBF 5 5 30.5 .476 .000 .737 5.0 1.0 0.8 0.4 2.0 10.8

International competition

Regular season
Season Team League GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022–23 Atomerőmű Szekszárd EuroLeague 4 3 33.2 .548 .000 1.000 8.8 1.0 0.8 0.3 2.8 13.5
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