Air Hearn

Personal: Hearn studied communications at Memphis. She enjoys reading, cooking, and learning, and she also knows how to juggle. She lists former Memphis head women’s basketball coach Melissa McFerrin as a person who has made a difference in her life. She also played volleyball as a child.

2024 Season: Hearn posted the best finish of her Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball career after securing fifth place in the league standings with 5,176 leaderboard points. She ranked third in the league with 2,356 stat points and posted a 7-5 game record, including a perfect 3-0 mark during Week Three. She registered three games with 500 or more leaderboard points. Hearn was a starter in all 12 games and averaged a career-best 18.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest, ranking seventh in the league in scoring. She shot 54.6 percent from the field, which was good for third among the league’s 40 players. Hearn paced the league with a .917 free throw percentage after converting 22 of 24 opportunities. She also collected a league-high 26 steals and dished out 44 assists. She ranked fourth in the league with 29 made three-pointers and a .433 three-point field goal percentage. Hearn was one of seven players in the league to play 400 or more minutes. She reached double figures in scoring 11 times, including six outings with 20 or more points. She secured MVP 2 distinction in the season finale against Team Gray after pouring in 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field. She also grabbed seven rebounds with six assists, earning a career-high 650 leaderboard points. Hearn set a new career high after tallying 25 points against Team Gray on March 14, where she shot 10-for-16 from the floor, including a 5-of-6 performance from three-point range, while adding six assists and three steals. She grabbed a career-best nine rebounds in the Week Two opener against Team Sims while adding 20 points. She finished Week Three by scoring 23 points against Team Mitchell before adding 21 points in the Week Four opener against Team Cloud.

2023 Season: Hearn compiled 4,479 leaderboard points to end her second Athletes Unlimited season in 14th place. She tied with forward Naz Hillmon and guard CC Andrews for the league lead with 3,300 win points. She registered seven games with 300 or more leaderboard points, including a career-high 529 points in the season finale against Team Sims. Hearn appeared in all 15 games with two starts against Team Harrison on March 3 and Team Smith on March 4. She averaged 9.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. She ranked ninth in the league in three-point field goals made (21), attempted (58), and percentage (.362). She also tied for eighth in the circuit with .864 free throw percentage. Hearn authored nine double-digit scoring performances, including five in the final six games. She closed the season with an AU Pro Basketball career-high 19 points against Team Sims after making 7-of-8 field goal attempts, including a 3-for-4 effort from beyond the arc. She matched her AU career high with six rebounds against Team Cole on February 26. She dished out six assists against Team Harrison on March 3 and Team Mitchell on March 10. Hearn posted three steals in a game three times to match her career high. 

2022 Season: Hearn finished 15th on the leaderboard with 3,861 points. She reached 300 or more points in a game six times, including a season-high 399 points in Week Five opener against Team Brown on Feb. 23. She appeared in all 15 games during the inaugural season with two starts. Hearn ranked ninth in the league with 19 steals while averaging 7.5 points and 2.3 rebounds. She closed Week Five with a season-high 17 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field in 32 minutes against Team Cloud. She also set a season high with three steals. Hearn started the final two games of Week One, scoring 13 points against Team Sims and 11 points against Team Russell.  

Other Professional Experience: Hearn has played professionally in Germany and Iceland.

College Experience: Hearn was a four-year letter winner at Memphis who earned All-American Athletic Conference honors twice. She ranks eighth on the career scoring list with 1,945 points. She owns the Memphis career record with 218 made three-point field goals and ranks ninth on the Tigers’ career list in free throws made (341) and attempted (508). Hearn dished out 441 career assists, the fourth-highest mark in program history. She amassed 234 career assists and recorded four career double-doubles. She was named to the 2012-13 Conference USA All-Freshman Team.