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Dearica Hamby
	Hamby in 2019
No. 5 – Las Vegas Aces
Position	Forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	November 6, 1993 (age 30)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Marietta (Marietta, Georgia); Norcross (Norcross, Georgia);
College	Wake Forest (2011–2015)
WNBA draft	2015: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015–present	San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
	2x WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2019, 2020); 2x WNBA All-Star (2021, 2022); First-team All-ACC (2014);

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Dearica Marie Hamby (born November 6, 1993) is an American basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

College

During her senior year Hamby averaged 20.3 points, the highest scoring average in the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's and 10.7 rebounds, the second highest in the conference. During her junior year she had one of the best single-seasons in school-history. In 31 games she led the nation's top conference in both scoring (22.0) and rebounding (11.0) She would become the first Demon Deacon to lead the ACC in both categories in the same season. She finished as Wake Forest's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, with 1,801 points and 1,021 rebounds.^[1]

Wake Forest statistics

Source^[2]

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
2011-12	Wake Forest	34	128	39.7%	25.0%	44.7%	4.1	0.4	1.2	0.6	3.8
2012-13	Wake Forest	32	340	54.2%	25.0%	62.0%	6.2	0.9	1.8	1.1	10.6
2013-14	Wake Forest	31	683	55.2%	26.8%	67.6%	11.0	2.0	2.1	1.1	22.0
2014-15	Wake Forest	32	650	49.9%	25.6%	70.9%	10.7	2.3	1.7	0.6	20.3
Career		129	1801	51.6%	25.8%	66.5%	7.9	1.4	1.7	0.8	14.0

WNBA career

Drafted 6th overall in 2015, Hamby played for the San Antonio Stars which became the Las Vegas Aces. She shot an average of 11 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.97 steals per game. She tied the WNBA record for the most double-doubles by a reserve off the bench with five.

Hamby was voted WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year in 2019, almost unanimously (41 of 43 votes).^[3]

On the same day she received her award, in the second round, single-elimination 2019 WNBA Playoffs game against the Chicago Sky, with 6.5 seconds remaining and her team behind 92–90, Hamby made what the WNBA website termed "the shot of the year." Hamby stole a pass from Courtney Vandersloot intended for Diamond DeShields, dribbled once past half court, and threw in the game-winning basket, securing an Aces win.^[4]

On September 20, 2020, Hamby was named Sixth Woman of the Year for the second year in a row.

Hamby signed a multi-year contract extension with the Aces on June 29, 2022.^[5]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
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

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2015	San Antonio	31	16	17.4	.354	.353	.642	4.1	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	6.1
2016	San Antonio	25	25	25.3	.422	.143	.723	5.1	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.6	9.0
2017	San Antonio	34	3	20.2	.457	.375	.608	4.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	1.4	7.8
2018	Las Vegas	33	0	14.4	.526	.289	.742	3.6	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.1	7.4
2019	Las Vegas	34	9	24.8	.488	.321	.718	7.6	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.8	11.0
2019	Las Vegas	22	0	28.3	.539	.474	.716	7.1	2.7	1.7	0.2	2.0	13.0
2021	Las Vegas	23	0	25.1	.531	.226	.673	7.0	1.8	1.0	0.1	1.5	11.3
Career	7 years, 1 team	202	53	21.7	.473	.320	.686	5.4	1.4	0.9	0.3	9.1

Postseason


Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2019	Las Vegas	5	28.4	.556	.462	.400	7.0	3.0	0.8	0.0	1.6	12.0
2020	Las Vegas	3	25.0	.529	.200	.625	3.0	2.3	0.7	2.7	8.0
2021	Las Vegas	5	17.4	.292	.000	.500	4.8	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	3.8
Career	3 years, 1 team	13	23.4	.477	.304	.500	5.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.4	7.9

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References

^ Journal, Scott Hamilton/Winston-Salem. "Hamby selected 6th by San Antonio in WNBA Draft". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2017-09-08.
^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
^ "Las Vegas' Dearica Hamby Named 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman Of The Year" (Press release). NBA Media Ventures. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
^ WNBA says "5 seconds" left in "Hamby's Steal, 3-Pointer Help Aces Advance, Eliminate Sky". NBA Media Ventures. Associated Press. September 15, 2019. and Michelle Smith says she took her shot with "6.5 seconds to go", in Smith, Michelle (September 15, 2019). "Hamby Gives The Aces, WNBA An Unforgettable Moment". NBA Media Ventures. and, Mechelle Voepel says "about 8.8 seconds left" in Voepel, Mechelle (September 15, 2019). "Dearica Hamby's ill-advised shot lifts Las Vegas Aces into WNBA semifinals". ESPN. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^ "Aces Sign Dearica Hamby To Contract Extension". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
^ "Dearica Hamby WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

External links

"Dearica Hamby Bio". Wake Forest Women's Basketball. WakeForestSports.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
@WNBA (September 15, 2019). "The @dearicamarie game-winner in #PhantomCam" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[1] Journal, Scott Hamilton/Winston-Salem. "Hamby selected 6th by San Antonio in WNBA Draft". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2017-09-08.

[2] "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.

[3] "Las Vegas' Dearica Hamby Named 2019 WNBA Sixth Woman Of The Year" (Press release). NBA Media Ventures. September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.

[4] WNBA says "5 seconds" left in "Hamby's Steal, 3-Pointer Help Aces Advance, Eliminate Sky". NBA Media Ventures. Associated Press. September 15, 2019. and Michelle Smith says she took her shot with "6.5 seconds to go", in Smith, Michelle (September 15, 2019). "Hamby Gives The Aces, WNBA An Unforgettable Moment". NBA Media Ventures. and, Mechelle Voepel says "about 8.8 seconds left" in Voepel, Mechelle (September 15, 2019). "Dearica Hamby's ill-advised shot lifts Las Vegas Aces into WNBA semifinals". ESPN. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

[5] "Aces Sign Dearica Hamby To Contract Extension". aces.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 29, 2022.

[6] "Dearica Hamby WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

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 ==WNBA career statistics==

v t e 2015 WNBA draft
First round	Jewell Loyd Amanda Zahui B. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Elizabeth Williams Cheyenne Parker Dearica Hamby Crystal Bradford Ally Malott Brittany Boyd Samantha Logic Kiah Stokes Isabelle Harrison
Second round	Brianna Kiesel Cierra Burdick Natasha Cloud Reshanda Gray Betnijah Laney Alex Harden Brittany Hrynko Vicky McIntyre Chelsea Gardner Aleighsa Welch Amber Orrange Žofia Hruščáková

v t e Las Vegas Aces current roster
0 Young 1 Bell 2 Fair 7 Clark 10 Plum 12 Gray 17 Gustafson 20 Martin 22 Wilson 32 Cannon 41 Stokes 51 Colson Head coach B. Hammon Assistant coaches N. Nakase T. Marsh C. Thomas-Swinson
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