RuthHamblin

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WNBA TRANSACTIONS

WNBA CAREER 

2016 (Dallas)

• Scored a season-high 4 points vs. San Antonio on May 21
• Grabbed a season-high 5 rebounds vs. Minnesota on June 4

RUTH HAMBLIN IN THE NEWS

• After A State Of Limbo, Faith And A Clear Mind Is Fueling Ruth Hamblin Potential WNBA Return (March 8, 2019)
• Olympic Basketball Dreams Fuel Ruth Hamblin’s Devotion To Training With Team Canada (May 23, 2017)
• Ruth Hamblin: How A Small-Town B.C. Girl Became the Final Four’s Canadian Hammer  (April 4, 2016)
• A Day With Oregon State’s Ruth Hamblin Is A Study In Success On And Off The Court (March 16, 2016)

OVERSEAS CAREER 

2018-19 [Castors Braine—Belgium (BEL)] 

• Scored in double figures in 2 out of 8 games, including a season-high 12 against Spirou on October 17
• Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds vs. Laarne on November 3

2018-19 [Castors Braine—EuroLeague (EL)] 

• Established season highs in scoring (13), rebounding (8) and blocked shots on November 28 vs. Nadezhda O.

2017-18 [Adelaide—Australia (WNBL)] 

• Named Eurobasket.com All-Commonwealth Games Honorable Mention
• Scored in double figures on 7 occasions, including a season-high 23 points vs. Bendigo on December 29
• Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on 3 occasions, including a season-high 17 vs. Bendigo on October 27
• Blocked a season-high 4 shots vs UC Capitals on October 8

2017-18 [Bourges—France (FR)] 

• Scored a season-high 17 points and grabbed a season-high 8 rebounds vs. Nice on March 10

2017-18 [Bourges—EuroLeague (EL)] 

• Advanced to the EuroLeague quarterfinals
• Scored a season-high 12 points, and grabbed a season-high 8 rebounds on March 7 vs Yakin Dogu

2016-17 [Perth—Australia (WNBL)] 

• Named Australiabasket.com All-Australian WNBL Honorable Mention
• Advanced to the WNBL Semifinals
• Scored in double figures on 17 occasions, including a season-high 21 vs. Bendigo on January 7
• Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on 8 occasions, including 3 games of a season-high 11 boards
• Blocked a season-high 7 shots on December 18 vs. Adelaide

OVERSEAS STATISTICS 

COLLEGE

Career (Oregon State, 2012-16)

• Finished her career as the Pac 12’s and Oregon State’s career leader in blocked shots
• Finished her career ranked 10th in NCAA history in blocked shots
• The Academic All-American …
• Finished her career as Oregon State’s career and single season record holder for rebounds, and is among the top-10 scorers in program history
• Recorded 28 career double-doubles, to go along with 65 double-digit scoring games

Senior (Oregon State, 2015-16)

• Led the Beavers to the Final Four
• Won the Pac-12 Regular Season and Tournament Championships
• Named All-America Honorable Mention
• Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
• Named an Academic All-American
• Named Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year
• Named to the All-Pac-12 First Team
• Named to the All-Pac-12 Tournament Team
• Named WBCA All-District
• Named Senior Class Award All-America
• Received the Elite 90 Award (best GPA among players at Final Four)
• Named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List
• Set the Pac-12 record for career blocks
• Set Oregon State single-season record for rebounds
• Set the OSU career rebounding record

Junior (Oregon State, 2014-15)

• Advanced to the NCAA Round of 32
• Won the Pac-12 Regular Season Championship
• Named Third-Team All-American (AP)
• Was a WBCA All-America Finalist
• Named Pac-12 Player of the Year (media)
• Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (media and coaches)
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic First Team, an CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors
• Broke the school record for career blocked shots
• Grabbed the sixth most rebounds in Beaver history
• Recorded the second most blocked shot sin a season in program history
• Scored a career-high 31 points vs. Washington on January 16, and tied her career high with 16 rebounds in the same game
• Handed out a career-high 4 assists at Tennessee on December 28

Sophomore (Oregon State, 2013-14)

• Advanced to the NCAA Round of 32
• Named to the All-Pac-12 Team (media)
• Named ll-PAc-12 Honorable Mention (coaches)
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (coaches, media)
• Named Capital One Academic All-District
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
• Set the Pac-12 and Oregon State record for blocked shots in a season
• Blocked a league record 18 shots in the Pac-12 Tournament
• Rebound total was the fourth most in program history
• Led the conference in field goal percentage in league games (.678)
• Posted 8 double-doubles
• Scored in double-figures on 15 occasions, including two games with 20 or more points
• Produced the first triple-double at Oregon State in 30 years on January 13 against Oregon with totals of 23 points, 12 rebounds and a school-record 10 blocks

Freshman (Oregon State, 2012-13)

• Picked up a career-high 3 steals vs. Michigan State on December 19

COLLEGE STATISTICS 

HIGH SCHOOL

• Lettered four years at center, starting three, under head coach Wendall Ewald
• Averaged 27 points, 13 rebounds and 11 blocks per game as a senior
• Led team to a combined 61-2 record during junior and senior seasons
• Won back-to-back British Columbia Senior Girls ‘A’ Basketball Championships
• Three-time Northwest Zone Most Valuable Player
• Twice named Provincial Most Valuable Player
• Member of the Basketball BC U17 Elite Provincial Team in 2011, winning silver at the Canadian Juvenile National Championships
• Participated in the British Columbia High School All-Star game
• Tabbed team captain in 2011-12
• Also earned four letters in volleyball

PERSONAL

• Daughter of Lance and Shirley Hamblin
• Has two older siblings, Gavin and Vicki
• Father is a rental property manager and mother is an agrologist
• Nicknamed “The Canadian Hammer”
• Majored in mechanical engineering
• Lists winning back-to-back provincial championships as her biggest athletic thrill to date
• Rides and shows horses
• Favorite athletes growing up were Canadian show jumping champion and Olympic silver medalist Ian Millar and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan
• Raised on a cattle ranch 100 miles from the Alaskan border, she didn’t play hoops until 9th grade; but by 11th grade was on a provincial team comprised of BC’s best and routinely made the 12-hour trek to/from Vancouver on weekends to play with that team
• Her high school graduating class consisted of 10 people; she was valedictorian