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Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982) is a former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for the
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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
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, Besiktas in
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, TEO Vilnius in
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, and Ramat Hasharon in
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.


Personal life

According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, of people from
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.


High school

Hoffman played for
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in
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, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2000 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored nine points.


College and professional

She was selected by the Indiana Fever as the ninth overall pick in the
2004 WNBA draft The 2004 in sports, 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ. Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WBNA held a 2004 WNBA dispersal draft, disp ...
. She attended the
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(USC). In
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, Hoffman was selected as the WNBA's Most Improved Player.


Career statistics


WNBA career statistics


Regular season

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Playoffs

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College career statistics

Source


USA Basketball

Hoffman was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in
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. 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. Hoffman was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009. 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.


In popular culture

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


Notes


Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster


External links



{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Ebony 1982 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Lithuania American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American people of Sierra Leonean descent American women's basketball players Basketball players from Los Angeles Centers (basketball) Connecticut Sun players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Indiana Fever draft picks Indiana Fever players Los Angeles Sparks players Seattle Storm coaches Shanxi Flame players USC Trojans women's basketball players Narbonne High School alumni