Ebony Vernice Hoffman (born August 27, 1982) is a former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for the
Seattle Storm
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. 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
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and TEO Vilnius in
Lithuania
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, Ramat Hasharon in
Israel
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.
Personal life
According to a DNA analysis, she descended, mainly, of people from
Sierra Leone
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.
High school
Hoffman played for
Narbonne High School
Nathaniel Narbonne High School (NHS) is a school located at 24300 South Western Avenue, in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles, California. Narbonne serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Narbonne serve ...
in
Harbor City, California
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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. She attended the
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...
(USC).
In
2008
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, Hoffman was selected as the WNBA's
Most Improved Player.
USC 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
Mar Del Plata
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,
Argentina
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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