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Position | Senior Director of Team Development | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ransom, Kansas, U.S. | August 28, 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | North Miami (Denver, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||||||||
College | Notre Dame (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2001: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Miami Sol | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2001–2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward / center | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Miami Sol | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Detroit Shock | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | San Antonio Silver Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Ellen Riley Hunter (born August 28, 1979) is a retired American professional basketball player (a center), playing most recently for the Atlanta Dream in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006. Riley was the Most Valuable Player in the 2001 and 2003 championship series, becoming the first person to win the MVP awards in both the NCAA and the WNBA championships. She has also played on teams that won the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL) championship, the gold medal at the Olympic Games, and the 2010 EuroCup Championship. In 2019, Riley was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
In March 2016, Riley participated in Mogul's IAmAMogul campaign for inspiring women to believe that they have the "power to shape the world through their voices and actions."[1][2] She was the general manager for the San Antonio Stars from May 2016 until the team's sale and relocation to Las Vegas in the 2017–18 off-season. In 2022, she joined the Miami Heat front office as the Senior Director of Team Development.[3]