Dearica Hamby
Dearica Marie Hamby is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association and for the Vinyl of Unrivaled.
College career
During her senior year at Wake Forest, 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 season, she had one of the best single-seasons in school-history. In 31 games, Hamby led the nation's top conference in both scoring and rebounding She would become the first Demon Deacon to lead the ACC in both categories in the same season. Hamby finished as Wake Forest's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, with 1,801 points and 1,021 rebounds.Professional career
WNBA
San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces (2015–2022)
Drafted sixth overall in 2015, Hamby played for the San Antonio Stars, which became the Las Vegas Aces in 2018.In 2019, Hamby shot an average of 11 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.97 steals per game and 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 Award|WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year] in 2019, almost unanimously. On the same day she received this 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 the win for the Aces.
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. Hamby, and the Aces, won the 2022 WNBA Championship.