Shyra Ely
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Personal information | |
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Born | Indianapolis, Indiana,U.S. | August 9, 1983
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 182 lb (83 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Ben Davis(Indianapolis, Indiana) |
College | Tennessee(2001–2005) |
WNBA draft | 2005:2nd round, 14th overall pick |
Selected by theSan Antonio Silver Stars | |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
2005–2006 | San Antonio Silver Stars |
2007–2008 | Seattle Storm |
2009 | Chicago Sky |
2011 | Indiana Fever |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Statsat WNBA.com | |
Shyra Quontae Ely(born August 9, 1983) is an American basketball player who last played in theWomen's National Basketball Association(WNBA) for theIndiana Fever.The 6–2power forwardhad originally played for two seasons with theSan Antonio Silver Stars.She was selected with the 14th overall pick in the2005 WNBA draftin the second round, out ofTennessee.
Tennessee statistics[edit]
Source[1]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goalpercentage | 3P% | 3-point field goalpercentage | FT% | Free throwpercentage |
RPG | Reboundsper game | APG | Assistsper game | SPG | Stealsper game |
BPG | Blocksper game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001-02 | Tennessee | 33 | 308 | 49.0 | - | 58.5 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9.3 |
2002-03 | Tennessee | 36 | 354 | 49.5 | 37.5 | 71.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 9.8 |
2003-04 | Tennessee | 35 | 508 | 48.1 | - | 67.8 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
2004-05 | Tennessee | 35 | 503 | 45.6 | 29.4 | 72.3 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 14.4 |
Career | Tennessee | 139 | 1673 | 47.8 | 29.6 | 67.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.0 |
High school[edit]
Ely played for Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was named aWBCAAll-American. She was also recognized as the 2001Indiana Miss Basketballaward winner. She participated in the 2001WBCA High School All-America Gamewhere she scored two points.[2]
Professional[edit]
Through three seasons in the league, she has scored 245 points, and has collected 132 rebounds, 48 assists, 17 steals, and 5 blocks. She scored a career high 15 points, in the 2005 season, against thePhoenix Mercury.
WNBA career statistics[edit]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Reboundsper game |
APG | Assistsper game | SPG | Stealsper game | BPG | Blocksper game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnoversper game | FG% | Field-goalpercentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goalpercentage | FT% | Free-throwpercentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Regular season[edit]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | San Antonio | 31 | 11 | 17.0 | 37.9 | 29.0 | 76.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
2006 | San Antonio | 12 | 1 | 11.3 | 27.3 | 22.2 | 57.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
2007 | Seattle | 29 | 0 | 9.7 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 64.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
2008 | Seattle | 34 | 1 | 11.4 | 40.9 | 36.4 | 62.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
2009 | Chicago | 34 | 9 | 14.6 | 41.8 | 38.3 | 80.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
2011 | Indiana | 33 | 0 | 10.8 | 35.8 | 20.8 | 69.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
Career | 6 years, 4 teams | 173 | 22 | 12.6 | 38.0 | 32.0 | 70.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
Playoffs[edit]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Seattle | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2011 | Indiana | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 5 | 0 | 3.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
Personal[edit]
Her brotherShyron Elyis also a professional basketball player who played for theMLP Academics Heidelbergfor most of his career.[3]
References[edit]
- ^"Women's Basketball Player stats".NCAA.RetrievedSeptember 26,2015.
- ^"WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores".Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived fromthe originalon July 15, 2014.RetrievedJune 29,2014.
- ^Shyron Ely verlässt die Heidelberger Basketballerlive.vodafone.de, 28 July 2023. Accessed 28 July 2023.(in German)
External links[edit]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Indianapolis
- Chicago Sky players
- Indiana Fever players
- Jiangsu Phoenix players
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- Power forwards
- San Antonio Stars players
- Seattle Storm players
- Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players