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Shyra Ely

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Shyra Ely
Personal information
Born(1983-08-09)August 9, 1983(age 40)
Indianapolis, Indiana,U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High schoolBen Davis(Indianapolis, Indiana)
CollegeTennessee(2001–2005)
WNBA draft2005:2nd round, 14th overall pick
Selected by theSan Antonio Silver Stars
PositionForward
Career history
2005–2006San Antonio Silver Stars
2007–2008Seattle Storm
2009Chicago Sky
2011Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
  • SEC TournamentMVP (2005)
  • Third-team All-American –AP(2004)
  • WBCACoaches' All-American (2004)
  • All-American –USBWA(2004)
  • 2x First-team All-SEC(2004, 2005)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2002)
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]

Legend
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]

Legend
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]

  1. ^"Women's Basketball Player stats".NCAA.RetrievedSeptember 26,2015.
  2. ^"WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores".Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived fromthe originalon July 15, 2014.RetrievedJune 29,2014.
  3. ^Shyron Ely verlässt die Heidelberger Basketballerlive.vodafone.de, 28 July 2023. Accessed 28 July 2023.(in German)

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