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.

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.

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.

During preseason practice with the Indiana Fever in May 2013, Ely-Gash ruptured her right Achilles tendon and was later waived from the Fever roster.

Career statistics

WNBA

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 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | 2010 | colspan=13 align="center" | Did not play (waived) |- | 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 |- class="sortbottom" | 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 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Indiana |3||0||4.3||42.9||100.0||—||0.3||0.3||0.7||0.0||0.3||2.3 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 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

Personal life

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

References

External links

• Tennessee Volunteers bio