Rhyne Howard

Rhyne Howard

File:Rhyne Howard.jpg Howard with Kentucky in 2022
No. 10 – Atlanta Dream
Position	Shooting guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(2000-04-29) April 29, 2000 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Bradley Central (Cleveland, Tennessee)
College	Kentucky (2018–2022)
WNBA draft	2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2022–present
Career history
2022–present	Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Star (2022) Unanimous first-team All-American (2021) 2× First-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020, 2021) WBCA Coaches' All-American (2021) USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2019) WBCA Freshman of the Year (2019) 2× SEC Player of the Year (2020, 2021) 3× First-team All-SEC – Coaches (2019–2021) Second-team All-SEC – AP (2019) SEC All-Defensive Team (2020) SEC Freshman of the Year (2019) Tennessee Miss Basketball (2018) FIBA AmeriCup MVP (2021) FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship MVP (2018)
Medals Women's basketball Representing the United States FIBA AmeriCup 2021 Puerto Rico Team FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2019 Thailand Team FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship 2018 Mexico Team

Rhyne Howard (born April 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. She graduated from Bradley Central High School located in Cleveland, Tennessee in 2018. She was drafted first overall by the Dream in the 2022 WNBA draft.

In her senior year of high school at Bradley Central located in Tennessee, she was named 2018 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and Tennessee Miss Basketball. Howard participated on the USA team in 2018 and 2019, leading them to a gold medal and was awarded MVP honors in 2018. She participated in the Jordan Brand Classic among the top rated recruits in the U.S. Following her freshman season at Kentucky, Howard was named USBWA National Freshman of the Year. In 2020 and 2021, she was named SEC Player of the Year.

College career

Howard notched SEC player of the year in 2020 and 2021, her sophomore and junior years at UK. She also earned All-SEC defensive team and All-SEC first team honors in 2021. In her freshman year, she earned the honors of All-SEC first team and SEC freshman of the year. Entering the Wildcats' 2021 postseason, Howard is the only player in the nation averaging 19 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game, while snatching 40 steals and 70 assists.

On January 27, 2022, Howard scored her 2,000th point in her college career, becoming the third Wildcat to reach that benchmark.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high		League leader

Professional career

On April 11, 2022, Howard was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2022 WNBA draft.

Personal life

Howard is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She was initiated through the Iota Mu Chapter at the University of Kentucky. She has a girlfriend.

External links

• Kentucky Wildcats bio