Ruthy Hebard

Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

* 2020 NCAA tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic