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American basketball player (born 1983)

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Shyra Ely
Personal information
Born (1983-08-09) August 9, 1983 (age 41)
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 the San Antonio Silver Stars
PositionForward
Career history
2005–2006San Antonio Silver Stars
2007–2008Seattle Storm
2009Chicago Sky
2011Indiana Fever
Career highlights and awards
  • SEC Tournament MVP (2005)
  • Third-team All-American – AP (2004)
  • Kodak All-American (2004)
  • All-American – USBWA (2004)
  • 2x First-team All-SEC (2004, 2005)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (2002)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Shyra Quontae Ely (born August 9, 1983) is an American basketball player who last played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Indiana Fever. The 6–2 power forward had originally played for two seasons with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was selected with the 14th overall pick in the 2005 WNBA draft in the second round, out of Tennessee.

Tennessee statistics

Source

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
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

Ely played for Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She was also recognized as the 2001 Indiana Miss Basketball award winner. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored two points.

Professional

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 the Phoenix Mercury.


WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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

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

Her brother Shyron Ely is also a professional basketball player who played for the MLP Academics Heidelberg for most of his career.

References

  1. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  2. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. Shyron Ely verlässt die Heidelberger Basketballer live.vodafone.de, 28 July 2023. Accessed 28 July 2023.(in German)

External links

Gatorade High School Basketball Player of the Year Award
Boys
Girls
2005 WNBA draft
First round
Second round
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