Mikaela Ruef

Mikaela Ruef
No. 3 – Sydney Flames
PositionForward
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990 (age 34)
Dayton, Ohio
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolBeavercreek (Beavercreek, Ohio)
CollegeStanford (2009–2014)
WNBA draft2014: 3rd round, 31st overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2015Sydney Uni Flames
2015–2016Adelaide Lightning
2016–2017Canberra Capitals
2017–2018Toulouse Métropole Basket
2019–2020Canberra Capitals
2020-2021Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud
2022-2023Townsville Fire
2024-presentSydney Flames
Career highlights and awards
2023 WNBL Champion - Townsville Fire
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Mikaela Ruef (born 15 January 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Sydney Flames in the WNBL.

Career

College

In college, Ruef attended Stanford University and whilst majoring in Management Science & Engineering before receiving a Master's Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering, she played for the Stanford Cardinal from 2009–2014. During her time with Stanford, she reached the NCAA Sweet 16 each season. She reached the NCAA Final Four in four of her five seasons and was a part of Stanford's 2009–10 Championship runner-up team as a freshman.

Australia

Ruef signed with the Sydney Uni Flames in Australia for the 2014–2015 WNBL season.[1] During the off-season, Ruef played for the Launceston Tornadoes in the South East Australian Basketball League. She then returned for the following season of the WNBL only suiting in the colours of the Adelaide Lightning.[2] In May 2016 she was signed by the Canberra Capitals, her third team in three years.[3][4] In 2020 Ruef left Canberra due to immigration delays playing for Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud in France.[5][6] In 2022 Ruef signed with the Townsville Fire[7] helping them to the WNBL Championship in 2022/23.

France

One season in South-West of France, in Toulouse, in TMB club in LF2 (Women's League 2) in 2017-2018. She is one of the centerpieces[8] of the team but gets a knee injury before the play-offs.

One season with Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud W in South-East France 2020-21.

Stanford statistics

Source[9]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Stanford 23 19 40.0 12.5 40.0 0.7 0.3 - - 0.8
2010-11 Stanford 34 72 40.6 16.7 52.0 2.9 1.4 0.4 0.3 2.1
2011-12 Stanford 3 0 - - - 2.3 0.3 0.3 - 0.0
2012-13 Stanford 36 151 40.9 8.3 52.8 6.6 2.2 0.5 0.6 4.2
2013-14 Stanford 37 262 41.9 21.7 59.0 9.3 3.3 1.0 0.4 7.1
Career Totals 133 504 41.0 16.4 55.4 5.3 1.9 0.5 0.3 3.8

References

  1. ^ "Mikaela Ruef Basketball Player Profile, Launceston Tornadoes, Stanford, News, State League stats, Career, Games Logs, Bests, Awards". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Player statistics for Mikaela Ruef". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ Tuxworth, Jon (12 May 2016). "WNBL: Canberra Capitals begin rebuild by signing Lauren Mansfield, Mikaela Ruef". Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ Page, Fleta (13 May 2016). "Mikaela Ruef and Lauren Mansfield sign with Canberra Capitals". Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. ^ FFBB. "Fiche de présentation de Mikaela Ruef". LF2 (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  6. ^ uccapitals (2020-01-14). "Mikaela Ruef to leave for France as immigration delays put her WNBL comeback on hold - UC Capitals". UC Capitals. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  7. ^ townsville (2023-05-25). "Mikaela Ruef is back in Fire colours. - Townsville Fire". Townsville Fire. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
  8. ^ "French Professional Championship Statistics". Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  9. ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-05-21.