Ebony Hoffman

Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is a professional basketball player. She played and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey. She currently plays for Beşiktaş İstanbul in Turkey. She also played for Polisportiva Ares Ribera in Italy and TEO Vilnius in Lithuania, Ramat Hasharon in Israel.[1]

Ebony Hoffman
Personal information
Born (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
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 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2004–present
PositionForward
Career history
2004–2010Indiana Fever
2011–2013Los Angeles Sparks
2014Connecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
2000 U18 ArgentinaTeam Competition

Personal life

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

High school

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

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

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

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]

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

Notes
  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. "USA Basketball Women's National Team To Tip-Off Training Tomorrow In D.C." USA Basketball. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  7. "Ebony Hoffman". IMDB.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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