Shay Doron

Shay Doron

Shay Doron, July 2007
Personal information
Born	(1985-04-01) April 1, 1985 (age 31) Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	143 lb (65 kg)
Career information
High school	Christ The King (Queens, New York)
College	Maryland (2003–2007)
WNBA draft	2007 / Round: 2 / Pick: 16th overall
Selected by the New York Liberty
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
2007	New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ACC (2005) ACC All-Freshmen team (2004)

Shay Doron (Hebrew: שי דורון‎‎) (born April 1, 1985) is an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She plays for Maccabi Ashdod.

Doron was born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to Yehuda and Tamari Doron. For her first two years in high school, Doron played basketball for Rotberg High School in Ramat HaSharon, and led her team to three state championships and two cup championships. She also competed in track and field in Israel, and won over 60 medals in various events.

Hoping to play basketball in college, and dreaming of playing professionally in the WNBA, she moved to New York, (where her family had previously lived) to play her junior and senior years for the renowned Christ The King Regional High School women's basketball team. She was the only Jewish/Israeli student among 1,800 Catholic students. As a junior she led Christ the King to the New York State Federation finals, while scoring 17.1 points per game. The next year, she led the team to its 19th consecutive Brooklyn-Queens title, became the first girl from New York to play on the McDonald's All-American Team, and participated at the Nike Tournament of Champions, where she earned MVP and Player of the Tournament honors. In her junior and senior seasons, she was named the Gatorade Player of the Year from New York. During her final season, Doron averaged 17.2 points, 4.2 assists, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.0 steals per game, to lead the Royals to the No. 1 rank in the country.

Doron was widely considered coach Brenda Frese's first big-time recruit at the University of Maryland, and she played a pivotal role in the resurgence of the Maryland program. With her help, the team made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including Maryland's first ever national title in 2006 with a victory over Duke University.

Doron holds several school records, and ranks in University of Maryland's top 10 in field goal attempts, assists, steals, three pointers, and three point attempts. She also started and played in more games than any other player in school history, with 134 appearances and 119 starts. Doron was named to the All-ACC third team in 2004, All-ACC first team in 2005, and All-ACC second team and ACC All-Academic team in 2006. She was also named to the U.S. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.