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.

Shyra Ely

Personal information
Born	(1983-08-09) August 9, 1983 (age 42) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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
Drafted by	San 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
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) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2001) Gatorade National Player of the Year (2001)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

High school career

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.^[1]

Professional career

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.

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

WNBA

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics

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
2010	Did not play (waived)
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

WNBA playoff statistics

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
2011	Indiana	3	0	4.3	42.9	100.0	—	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	—	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.4

College

NCAA statistics^[2]

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		139	1673	47.8	29.6	67.9	6.8	1.4	1.2	0.3	12.0

Personal life

Her brother Shyron Ely is also a professional basketball player who played for the MLP Academics Heidelberg for most of his career.^[3]