Shea Ralph
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Shea Ralph
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| College | Connecticut | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Big East | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Basketball | ||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||
| Jersey # | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Class | Graduated | ||||||||||||
| Career | 1996–2001 | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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March 12, 1978 Raleigh, NC |
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| High school | Terry Sanford High School | ||||||||||||
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1995 Dial Award 2000 Sports Illustrated for Women Player of the Year 2000 Honda Sports Award in basketball 2000 Kodak All-America team |
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| 2000 NCAA Championship | |||||||||||||
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1995 Dial Award
1996 USA Today National HS Player of the Year
Shea Sydney Ralph (born March 12, 1978) is a former collegiate basketball player and current assistant coach for the University of Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team. Ralph was proficient in multiple sports, set state high school records in basketball, and earned multiple national player of the year awards in high school and college. She helped win a National Championship as a player at the University of Connecticut in 2000 and won numerous individual awards, including the Sports Illustrated for Women Player of the Year and the Honda Sports Award for the best collegiate female athlete in basketball. She suffered five ACL injuries in her career, two of which led to sitting out the 1997-98 season. Ralph was drafted by the WNBA Utah Starzz, but continued knee problems prevented her from embarking on a professional career. Ralph started her coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 2003, then moved to the University of Connecticut in 2008.
Shea Ralph grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she attended Terry Sanford High School. She was named Athlete of the Year by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The Terry Sanford High School graduate is best known for her basketball prowess, but she also lettered in soccer, cross-country, and track. At the time of the award she held 17 state basketball records, including 39.1 points per game as a junior, a 71.6 percent shooting percentage from the floor as a junior, and 18 assists in one game. A scholar as well as an athlete, the National Honor Society member was a recipient of the 1995 Dial Award presented annually to the top male and female high-school athlete/scholar in the United States, earning a 4.2 grade point average on a scale of 4.0. Ralph was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1996, scoring twelve points.
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