Shyra Ely

Shyra Ely is an American professional basketball player, born on 9 August 1983, who played power forward in the Women's National Basketball Association. At Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis she was named a WBCA All-American and won the 2001 Indiana Miss Basketball award. She played college basketball at Tennessee and was selected 14th overall in the second round of the 2005 WNBA draft, then played two seasons for the San Antonio Silver Stars and later for the Indiana Fever. In May 2013, during preseason practice with the Fever, she ruptured her right Achilles tendon and was waived. Her brother Shyron Ely is also a professional basketball player.