2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Ruthy Hebard
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- West Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Fairbanks, Alaska
PRONUNCIATION - Ruthy HEE-Bird
CAREER
» Oregon and Pac-12 all-time leader in career field-goal percentage (65.1).
» Oregon all-time leader in career field goals made (987).
» NCAA record-holder for consecutive field goals made (33).
» No. 2 in Oregon history in points (2,368), double-figure scoring games (123) and games played (144).
» No. 3 in Oregon history in rebounds (1,299) and No. 5 in double-doubles (55).
» One of only five UO players ever to surpass 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
» 51 career games of 20 points or more, five with 30 points or more.
» 60 career double-figure rebounding games.
2020 WNBA DRAFT
Selected by the Chicago Sky with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft ... Joined in the top 10 by teammates Sabrina Ionescu (No. 1 overall) and Satou Sabally (No. 2), marking the first three first-round picks in Oregon history ... Oregon's "Big Three" became the seventh trio of players from the same team to all be selected in the top 10 of the same WNBA Draft.
AS A SENIOR | 2019-20
- Katrina McClain Award Winner (nation's top power forward)
- Associated Press First-Team All-America
- WBCA First-Team All-America
- USBWA First-Team All-America
- Wooden Award All-America
- Senior CLASS Award Second-Team All-America
- All-Pac-12
- Katrina McClain Award Final Five Finalist (nation's top power forward)
- Wooden Award Watch List
- Naismith Trophy Watch List
- Wade Trophy Watch List
- Pac-12 Tournament All-Tournament Team
- Preseason all-Pac-12
Won the Katrina McClain Award as the nation's top power forward for the second time in a three-year span ... A unanimous first-team all-American after a stellar senior season, joining Sabrina Ionescu as the only unanimous all-Americans in program history ... An all-Pac-12 selection for the fourth straight year ... Led the Ducks to a third straight Pac-12 regular-season title as well as the Pac-12 Tournament championship ... Missed out on one final run in the NCAA Tournament, which was cancelled due to COVID-19 ... Led the nation in field-goal percentage with a career-high mark of 68.5 percent, helping her solidify herself as the Oregon and Pac-12 all-time leader in career field goal percentage (65.1) ... Started all 33 games for the Ducks while averaging 17.3 points per game and a career-high 9.6 rebounds per game, the top mark in the Pac-12 ... Led the conference with 3.4 offensive rebounds per game ... Racked up a career-high 16 double-doubles as a senior to finish with 55 in her career, fifth-most in Oregon history ... Led Oregon with 14 games of 20 points or more and three of 30 points or more ... Scored in double figures 29 times to give her 123 double-figure scoring games in her career, second-most in Oregon history ... Surpassed 1,000 career rebounds on 11/13/19 vs. Utah State and 2,000 career points on 1/3/20 vs. Colorado, becoming one of just five players in Oregon history in the 2K/1K club ... Opened the season with five straight double-doubles, including a 31-point, 13-rebound game vs. Texas Southern on 11/16/19 and a 30-point, 18-rebound performance on 11/28/19 vs. Oklahoma State ... 18 rebounds vs. the Sooners matched career-high ... Helped start Oregon's 19-game win streak with 19 points and 14 rebounds in a top-25 road win at Arizona on 1/12/20 ... Impressed with 22 points and 12 rebounds in Oregon's historic road win at No. 4 UConn on 2/3/20 ... Dominated in a top-10 road win at No. 7 UCLA on 2/14/20, going 14-of-19 from the floor for 30 points while pulling down 17 rebounds ... Followed UCLA performance with 22 points and 10 rebounds at USC to solidify Pac-12 and Naismith national player of the week honors ... Posted a 20-point, 15-rebound game on 2/21/20 at California ... Dominated against Washington State on 2/28/20 with 28 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Ducks clinch the Pac-12 title ... Finished with 24 points in the final home game of her career on 3/1/20 vs. Washington while matching career-high with five steals ... Went 9-of-11 from the floor for 24 points in the Pac-12 Tournament final against No. 7 Stanford, the final game of her career, earning a spot on the all-tournament team.
AS A JUNIOR | 2018-19
- WBCA honorable mention All-American
- All-Pac-12
- Katrina McClain Award finalist for nation's top power forward
- No. 10 in ESPNW's preseason list of the top players in the NCAA
- Preseason all-Pac-12
- Wooden Award Watch List
- Naismith Trophy Watch List
- Wade Trophy Watch List
Played in 37 of the Ducks' 38 games with 36 starts...Helped the Ducks to their first ever Final Four...Lone missed game was a loss to UCLA after injury her knee against Oregon State in the previous contest...Averaged 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in 28.7 minutes per game...Shot 67.0 percent from the floor, second-best in the NCAA...Was perfect from the field in two games, going 9-for-9 in a win over Air Force and 10-for-10 in a win against Colorado...Season-high 34 points on 16-of-21 shooting in a win over Washington State...Tallied 20+ points in 12 games...Had two double-doubles in the NCAA Tournament, highlighted by 24 points and 14 rebounds in the Ducks' Sweet 16 win over South Dakota State...Also had two double-doubles in the Pac-12 Tournament, with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Arizona in the second round and 28 points and 12 rebounds against UCLA in the semifinals.
AS A SOPHOMORE | 2017-18
- Katrina McClain Award Winner for national power forward of the year
- Associated Press honorable mention All-American
- WBCA honorable mention All-American
- All-Pac-12
- Wade Trophy watch list
- NCAA all-Spokane Regional Team
Played in and started 37 of Oregon's 38 games as the Ducks won both the Pac-12 regular season and tournament titles and advanced to the Elite Eight for the second straight year...Averaged 17.6 points and a team-high 9.0 rebounds...Also led the team with 60 blocked shots...Named the top power forward in the NCAA when the WBCA selected her as the winner of the Katrina McClain Award...Named all-Pac-12 for the second straight season...Ranked second in the NCAA and led the Pac-12, shooting 66.0 percent from the field...Set an NCAA record for both men's and women's basketball for consecutive field goals made with 33 straight, stretching from Feb. 9 at Washington to Feb. 19 against No. 10 UCLA...Set the program’s single-game field goal percentage record by going 12-for-12 against Washington State on Feb. 11...Matched the record, going 12-for-12 again in the very next game against USC...Also went a perfect 10-for-10 at No. 19 Texas A&M on Nov. 16, 7-for-7 against Eastern Washington on Nov. 21 and 9-for-9 against No. 18 Arizona State on Jan. 14...Posted 14 double-doubles, including two in the Pac-12 Tournament and three in the NCAA Tournament...Had a monster game at Washington on Feb. 9 with a career-high 30 points on 13-of-15 shooting with 14 rebounds...Tallied 15 points and 15 rebounds against Oklahoma on Nov. 25...Had 23 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high six blocks in UO's Sweet 16 win over Central Michigan...Had 17 points on 8-of-12 shooting plus 10 rebounds against Notre Dame in the Elite Eight.
AS A FRESHMAN | 2016-17
- All-Pac-12
- Pac-12 All-Freshman
Averaged a team-high 14.9 points per game and a team-best 8.5 rebounds per game in her freshman season with the Ducks...Shot 58.8 percent from the floor, the best in the Pac-12 and 15th-best in the NCAA...Hit the game-winning shot with six seconds remaining and blocked a potential game-winning layup on defense to beat Temple in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18...Tallied a team-high 11 double-doubles...Had a double-double against No. 9 Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with 20 points and 15 rebounds...Posted 28 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in a win over Portland State at the Moda Center on Dec. 17...Recorded a season-high 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting at No. 17 UCLA on Jan. 15...Scored 20+ points 11 times...Grabbed 10+ rebounds 12 times...Named Pac-12 freshman of the week twice...Just the 18th player in Pac-12 history to be named both all-Pac-12 and Pac-12 all-freshman in the same season...Oregon was the only team in the 2017 NCAA Tournament to start three freshmen - Mallory McGwire, Sabrina Ionescu and Ruthy Hebard.
CAREER-HIGHS (final)
| Points: 34, vs. Washington State -- 1/06/19 |
| Rebounds: 18, 2x, last vs. Oklahoma State -- 11/28/19 |
| Assists: 5, vs. Utah State -- 11/13/19 |
| Steals: 5, 2x, last vs. Washington -- 3/1/20 |
| Blocks: 6, vs Central Michigan -- 3/24/18 |
| FG made: 16, vs. Washington State -- 1/06/19 |
| FG attempts: 21, vs. Washington State -- 1/06/19 |
| FT made: 10, at Utah State -- 11/14/18 |
| FT attempts: 12, 2x, last at UCLA -- 1/15/17 |
USA NATIONAL TEAM
Won a second straight USA Basketball 3x3 national title in 2019, winning the event in Las Vegas with Sabrina Ionescu, Oti Gildon and Lydia Giomi...Invited to USA Basketball senior team training camp in South Carolina on Sept. 1, 2018...Along with fellow UO teammates Ionescu, Erin Boley and Gildon, represented the USA at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup in the Philippines during the summer of 2018, finishing fifth with a 4-1 record...Earned the bid after going undefeated at the USA Basketball 3x3 championship in the spring...Helped USA U19 national team to a silver medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Italy in the summer of 2017...As a starter, averaged 11.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in 19.1 minutes over seven games for the U19 team...Started for the U18 national team in the summer of 2016 prior to her freshman season...Competed in the FIBA Americas Tournament in Valdivia, Chile...Played in the USA Basketball 3-on-3 tournament in the spring of 2017 with teammates Justine Hall, Gildon and Lexi Bando...Team took second in the women's open division.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Jesse Craig at West Valley HS...Three-time Alaska Gatorade State Player of the Year...Two-time AABC 4A State Player of the Year...Ranked the No. 40 recruit in the nation by ESPNW...A three-time first team all-state selection…Averaged 25.9 points, 15.1 rebounds, 2.9 steals, 2.1 blocks and 1.5 assists during her senior season...Scored 2,227 points in her high school career and is the first player in West Valley HS history to get her jersey retired...Averaged 24.5 points, 13.9 rebounds, three steals, 2.6 assists and two blocks per contest as a junior…As a sophomore, averaged 21.2 points, 14.5 rebounds, 2.9 steals, 2.5 assists and four blocked shots per game...Helped West Valley HS to the state tournament three times.
CLUB
Played for head coach Ryan Hales and the Alaska Lady Hoops Club.
