Ruth Riley

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Ruth Riley

Miami Heat
Position	Senior Director of Team Development
Personal information
Born	(1979-08-28) August 28, 1979 (age 45) Ransom, Kansas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
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
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBA All-Star (2004, 2005) 2× WNBA champion (2003, 2006) Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2011) WNBA Finals MVP (2003) 2× First-team All-American – AP (2000, 2001) 2x All-American – USBWA (2000, 2001) Kodak All-American (2001) Naismith College Player of the Year (2001) AP Player of the Year (2001) USBWA Player of the Year (2001) NCAA champion (2001) NCAA Tournament MOP (2001) Sports Illustrated Player of the Year (2001) Big East Player of the Year (2001) Academic All-American of the Year for Division I (2001) Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2001) 3× Big East Defensive Player of the Year (1999–2001) Third-team All-American – AP (1999) 3x First-team All-Big East (1999–2001) Big East All-Freshman Team (1998)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals Women's Basketball Representing  United States World University Games 1999 Palma de Mallorca Team Competition Olympics 2004 Athens Team Competition

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]