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Dearica Hamby

Dearica Marie Hamby (born November 6, 1993) is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Vinyl of Unrivaled.

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 (22.0) and rebounding (11.0) 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.

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 in 2019, almost unanimously (41 of 43 votes). 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.

On January 21, 2023 Hamby was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks alongside a 2024 WNBA draft first-round pick in exchange for the rights of Amanda Zahui B. and a 2024 WNBA draft 2nd round pick. On June 13, 2024, Hamby signed a one-year contract extension with the Sparks.

On August 12, 2024, it was announced that Hamby would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women's 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.

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