Ebony Hoffman

American basketball player (born 1982)

Ebony Hoffman

Hoffman in 2015

Seattle Storm
Position| Assistant Coach
League| WNBA
Personal information
Born|  (1982-08-27) August 27, 1982 (age 42)
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

* WNBA Most Improved Player Award (2008)
* 3x All Pac-10 (2002–2004)
* Pac-10 All-Freshman Team (2001)

Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Medals

Women's Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
| 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

## In popular culture

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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.

* Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster

## External links

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* WNBA player profile
* 2004 chat transcript
* USC player profile Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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