Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982) is a former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA. She played and won the EuroLeague Women's championship with Fenerbahce Istanbul in Turkey. She also played for Polisportiva Ares Ribera in Italy, Besiktas in Turkey, TEO Vilnius in Lithuania, and Ramat Hasharon in Israel.[1]
_(cropped).jpg) Hoffman in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Assistant Coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1982 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Narbonne (Harbor City, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | USC (2000–2004) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2004: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Seattle Storm (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Personal life edit
According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, of people from Sierra Leone.[2]
High school edit
Hoffman played for Narbonne High School in Harbor City, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored nine points.[3]
College and professional edit
She was selected by the Indiana Fever as the ninth overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft. She attended the University of Southern California (USC).
In 2008, Hoffman was selected as the WNBA's Most Improved Player.
USC statistics edit
Source[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–01 | USC | 28 | 350 | 44.9 | 21.4 | 75.8 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 12.5 |
| 2001–02 | USC | 28 | 416 | 45.2 | 31.8 | 75.7 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 14.9 |
| 2002–03 | USC | 31 | 504 | 46.1 | 41.1 | 76.0 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 16.3 |
| 2003–04 | USC | 28 | 417 | 43.4 | 37.3 | 68.8 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 14.9 |
| Career | USC | 115 | 1687 | 44.9 | 35.8 | 74.0 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 14.7 |
USA Basketball edit
Hoffman was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. The event was held in July 2000, when the USA team defeated Cuba to win the championship. Hoffman helped the team win all five games, scoring 6.8 points per game.[5]
Hoffman was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.[6] The team selected to play for the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Olympics is usually chosen from these participants. At the conclusion of the training camp, the team will travel to Ekaterinburg, Russia, where they compete in the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.[6]
In popular culture edit
Hoffman appears as herself on season 3, episode 3 of the IFC television series Comedy Bang Bang!.[7]
Notes edit
- ^ WNBA.com: Ebony Hoffman profile Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzRe5wtmsVM Ebony Hoffman Ancestry Reveal
- ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ "Fourth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team – 2000". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C." USA Basketball. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
- ^ "Ebony Hoffman". IMDB.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
External links edit
- WNBA player profile
- 2004 chat transcript
- USC player profile Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine