Born on November 6, 1993, Dearica Hamby grew up in Marietta, Georgia and attended Marietta High School. She later transferred to Norcross High School for her senior year and led the team to a 5-A state title in 2010-11. As a four-star recruit coming out of high school, Hamby played college basketball for Wake Forest. She finished her college career as the leading scorer and rebounder and was one of two Wake Forest players to have played in the WNBA.
Dearica Hamby was drafted as the sixth overall pick by the San Antonio Stars, now known as the ‘Las Vegas Aces’, in the 2015 WNBA Draft. She is a three-time All-Star and has won two Sixth Woman of the Year awards (2019 and 2020). The forward also won the 2022 WNBA championship with the Las Vegas Aces and was later traded to the Los Angeles Spark in 2023. In the current season with the Sparks, Hamby is averaging a career-high 19.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals and shooting a whooping 52.1% from the field and 42.3% from the three-point line.
Dearica Hamby Nationality
Dearica Hamby is an American national and has represented Team USA in multiple international competitions. In a recent turn of events, an injury to her Spark’s teammate, Cameron Brink resulted in a call-up for Hamby to represent Team USA in 3x3 basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She would be making her Olympics debut and would hope to lead the team to the second consecutive gold medal.
The 6-foot-3 forward has represented Team USA at both 5x5 and 3x3 levels of basketball and made her USA basketball debut in 2022 and was part of the World Cup qualifying team (5x5). In her recent contribution to Team USA, Hamby was named the MVP and led them to a gold medal finish in the 2023 FIBA 3x3 Ameri Cup tournament. She averaged 6.6 points, 10 assists and 7.0 rebounds per game and hit the match-winner in the final against Brazil.
In 2024, Hamby was part of the team that finished fourth at the 2024 FIBA 3X3 Women’s Series Springfield Stop and participated in the 3x3 Women’s National Team training camp in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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A. Dearica Hamby plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA.
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A. Dearica Hamby played college basketball at Wake Forest University.
A. Dearica Hamby has won one WNBA championship with the Las Vegas Aces in 2022.
