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 +NCAA statistics 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.Shyron Ely verlässt die Heidelberger Basketballer live.vodafone.de, 28 July 2023. Accessed 28 July 2023.
References
External links
Tennessee Volunteers bio