Mikaela Ruef

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

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. 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. In May 2016 she was signed by the Canberra Capitals, her third team in three years. In 2020 Ruef left Canberra due to immigration delays playing for Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud in France. In 2022 Ruef signed with the Townsville Fire 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 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
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