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| wnba_profile = ruth_riley | bbr_wnba = rileyru01w | letter = r }} Ruth Ellen Riley (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. ==Early years== Riley was born in Ransom, Kansas and grew up in Macy, Indiana. She has always been tall, measuring at birth, and six feet (1.83 m) by the time she was 12 years old.〔Goldberg p 31〕 While attending North Miami Middle/High School outside Denver, Indiana, she was on the basketball, volleyball and track teams. It was in high school that she began her practice of wearing a headband while playing. During her four years at high school she scored 1,372 points, acquired 1,011 rebounds and blocked 427 shots.〔Goldberg p 31–32〕 She averaged 26 points a game as a senior, and had her jersey number (25) retired by the high school.〔Goldberg p 32〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruth Riley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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