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Ebony Hoffman

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Ebony Hoffman
Hoffman in 2015
Seattle Storm
PositionAssistant Coach
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 42)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolNarbonne (Harbor City, California)
CollegeUSC (2000–2004)
WNBA draft2004: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2004–2019
Coaching career2022–present
Career history
As player:
2004–2010Indiana Fever
2011–2013Los Angeles Sparks
2014Connecticut Sun
As coach:
2022–presentSeattle Storm (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2000 U18 Argentina Team Competition

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]

Personal life

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According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, of people from Sierra Leone.[2]

High school

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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

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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.

Career statistics

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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 best ° League leader

WNBA career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2004 Indiana 30 13 11.1 31.3 29.4 75.0 2.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.0
2005 Indiana 33 0 15.1 40.5 50.0 83.3 2.9 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 3.6
2006 Indiana 34 33 25.1 39.4 0.0 77.1 5.7 1.4 1.1 0.5 2.1 6.4
2007 Indiana 34 10 17.1 44.5 40.0 82.4 4.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.2 4.2
2008 Indiana 33 33 30.7 46.5 45.6 82.9 7.8 1.8 1.4 0.8 2.4 10.4
2009 Indiana 34 34 29.6 39.0 34.7 89.6 5.9 1.5 1.7 0.4 2.4 9.9
2010 Indiana 34 33 24.0 39.7 31.7 85.0 4.2 1.3 1.2 0.4 1.6 8.0
2011 Los Angeles 34 16 22.1 43.7 42.9 84.4 4.2 1.1 1.1 0.3 1.5 7.5
2012 Los Angeles 20 0 10.4 34.6 26.3 80.0 2.1 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.7 2.5
2013 Los Angeles 33 0 12.5 42.6 7.1 88.9 1.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.7 3.1
2014 Connecticut 8 0 8.5 33.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.8 1.5
Career 11 years, 3 teams 327 172 20.0 41.1 34.5 83.6 4.2 1.1 0.9 0.4 1.4 5.8

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2006 Indiana 2 2 26.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.5 1.5 2.0 1.5 6.0
2007 Indiana 4 0 10.5 41.7 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5 2.5
2008 Indiana 3 3 34.0 42.4 36.4 66.7 8.3 1.7 2.0 0.7 1.0 11.3
2009 Indiana 10 10 29.5 55.3 40.0 86.4 4.8 0.8 1.1 0.5 1.8 11.9
2010 Indiana 3 3 29.7 33.3 33.3 87.5 4.7 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 11.0
2012 Los Angeles 2 0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
2013 Los Angeles 1 0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Career 7 years, 2 teams 25 18 23.7 48.0 35.3 73.7 4.1 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.2 8.3

College career statistics

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Source[4]

Legend
  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

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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]

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Hoffman appears as herself on season 3, episode 3 of the IFC television series Comedy Bang Bang!.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ WNBA.com: Ebony Hoffman profile Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzRe5wtmsVM Ebony Hoffman Ancestry Reveal
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Ebony Hoffman". IMDB.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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