Rhyne Howard

Rhyne Howard
	Howard with Kentucky in 2022
No. 10 – Atlanta Dream
Position	Shooting guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	April 29, 2000 (age 24); Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
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: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2022–present
Coaching career	2023–present
Career history
As player:
2022–present	Atlanta Dream
2022–2023	Beretta Famila Schio
As coach:
2023–present	Florida (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA Rookie of the Year (2022); 2x WNBA All-Star (2022, 2023); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022); Unanimous first-team All-American (2021); 3× First-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020-2022); WBCA Coaches' All-American (2021, 2022); 2× SEC Player of the Year (2020, 2021); SEC Tournament MVP (2022); 4× First-team All-SEC (2019–2022); SEC All-Defensive Team (2020); USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2019); WBCA Freshman of the Year (2019); SEC Freshman of the Year (2019); SEC All-Freshman Team (2019); Tennessee Miss Basketball (2018); FIBA AmeriCup MVP (2021); FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship MVP (2018);
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA AmeriCup
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship
Women's 3x3 basketball
Olympic Games

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 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, 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.^[1] Following her freshman season at Kentucky, Howard was named USBWA National Freshman of the Year.^[2] In 2020 and 2021, she was named SEC Player of the Year.^[3]

^ "Rhyne Howard - Women's Basketball". University of Kentucky Athletics. July 27, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ Gear, Camille (December 5, 2019). "Rhyne Howard named to USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list". www.wymt.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
^ "SEC Announces 2021 Women's Basketball Postseason Awards" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

[1] "Rhyne Howard - Women's Basketball". University of Kentucky Athletics. July 27, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[2] Gear, Camille (December 5, 2019). "Rhyne Howard named to USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award watch list". www.wymt.com. Retrieved January 26, 2020.

[3] "SEC Announces 2021 Women's Basketball Postseason Awards" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

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