Shyra Ely Explained

Shyra Ely
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:182
Birth Date:1983 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
High School:Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Indiana)
College:Tennessee (2001–2005)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2005
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:14
Draft Team:San Antonio Silver Stars
Years1:2005–2006
Team1:San Antonio Silver Stars
Years2:2007–2008
Team2:Seattle Storm
Years3:2009
Team3:Chicago Sky
Years4:2011
Team4:Indiana Fever
Highlights:
  • 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)
Wnba Profile:shyra_ely

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

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2001-02 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

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | San Antonio|31||11||17.0||37.9||29.0||76.9||2.0||0.9||0.2||0.1||1.1||4.5|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | San Antonio|12||1||11.3||27.3||22.2||57.7||2.6||0.8||0.2||0.0||1.1||3.4 |-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Seattle|29||0||9.7||32.3||33.3||64.5||1.3||0.4||0.3||0.0||0.7||2.2 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Seattle|34||1||11.4||40.9||36.4||62.5||2.6||0.5||0.4||0.1||0.9||3.3 |-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Chicago|34||9||14.6||41.8||38.3||80.4||2.6||0.6||0.4||0.2||1.1||6.8 |-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|33||0||10.8||35.8||20.8||69.0||2.2||0.3||0.2||0.2||0.8||3.1|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 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

|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Seattle|2||0||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|3||0||4.3||42.9||100.0||0.0||0.3||0.3||0.7||0.0||0.3||2.3|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 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.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://live.vodafone.de/regional/badenwuerttemberg/shyron-ely-verlaesst-die-heidelberger-basketballer/12201792 Shyron Ely verlässt die Heidelberger Basketballer