Ruthy Hebard

Hebard in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1998-04-28)April 28, 1998 (age 27) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	West Valley (Fairbanks, Alaska)
College	Oregon (2016–2020)
WNBA draft	2020: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Drafted by	Chicago Sky
Playing career	2020–present
Position	Power forward
Coaching career	2023–2024
Career history
Playing
2020–2023	Chicago Sky
2020–2021	Nesibe Aydın
2021–2022	Passalacqua Ragusa
2022–2023	Atomerőmű Szekszárd
2024-	VBW Gdynia
Coaching
2023–2024	TCU (assistant)
Career 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)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats atBasketball Reference
Medals 3x3 basketball Representingthe United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima 3x3 tournament USA Basketball 3x3 National Championship 2019 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 Oregon Ducks 2018 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 Oregon Ducks Representing United States Women'sbasketball FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2017 Italy Team FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship 2016 Chile Team

Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professionalbasketball player forVBW Gdynia.^[1] She playedcollege basketball for theOregon Ducks. While atWest Valley High School inFairbanks, Alaska, Hebard was a three-time Gatorade State Player of the Year from 2013 to 2015,^[2][3] and two-timeUSA Today Alaska Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.^[4][5]

As a member of a highly touted freshman class that also included future two-time national player of the yearSabrina 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.^[6]

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.^[6] In the same month, she set the NCAA men's and women's record for most consecutive made field goal attempts at 33.^[7] She was once again named All-Pac-12.

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.^[6]

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.^[8]

In the2020 WNBA draft, theChicago Sky selected Hebard with the 8th overall pick.^[9]

Hebard announced that she was pregnant and gave birth prior to the2023 WNBA season.^[10] 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.^[11]

After her firstWNBA season, Hebard signed to the newly-promotedNesibe Aydın of theWomen's Basketball Super League.^[12] Her team finished theregular season in third place. In theplayoff they lost againstGalatasaray 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 againstBeşiktaş 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.

At the summer of 2022, Hebard signed toKSC Szekszárd whom played in theNemzeti Bajnokság the top tier Hungarian women's basketball leagues, and theEuroLeague.^[13] She terminated her contract with the team in mid-February 2023, for personal reasons.^[14]

As of 2025 Hebard plays for VBW Gdynia.

Hebard, who isAfrican American, was born in Chicago.^[9] She was adopted by twowhite parents and grew up inFairbanks, Alaska. She is the second of three children adopted by John and Dorothy Hebard.^[15] She is a Christian and a member of theFellowship of Christian Athletes.^[16]

* 2020 NCAA tournament canceled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Season	Team	League	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2020–21	Nesibe Aydın	KBSL	26	—	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

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

• 1998 births
• Living people
• All-American college women's basketball players
• American women's 3x3 basketball players
• American women's basketball players
• Basketball players from Alaska
• Basketball players from Chicago
• Chicago Sky draft picks
• Chicago Sky players
• Oregon Ducks women's basketball players
• Pan American Games 3x3 basketball players
• Basketball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in basketball
• Power forwards
• Sportspeople from Fairbanks, Alaska
• 21st-century African-American sportswomen
• 21st-century American sportswomen

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