Shay Doron (born April 1, 1985) is an
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player who has played
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for the WNBA's
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and the Israeli league's Elitzur Ramle. Previously, Doron starred for the
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Doron was born in
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,
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, to Yuda and Tamari Doron. She now claims both Ramat Hasharon and
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, as her hometowns.
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.
Shay Doron (born April 1, 1985) is an
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
i
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player who has played
shooting guardThe shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
for the WNBA's
New York LibertyThe New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. Despite making the WNBA playoffs almost every season and...
and the Israeli league's Elitzur Ramle. Previously, Doron starred for the
University of MarylandThe University of Maryland, College Park is a public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland...
Women's basketball teamThe University of Maryland women's basketball team has been a prominent program in the history of women's basketball. As a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Lady Terrapins have been regular season and tournament champions on numerous occasions. They were struggling with a losing record...
.
Doron was born in
Ramat HasharonRamat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area...
,
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
, to Yuda and Tamari Doron. She now claims both Ramat Hasharon and
Great Neck, New YorkGreat Neck is a village in the town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, in the U.S., on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 9,538....
, as her hometowns.
High school years
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.
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Hoping to play basketball in college, and dreaming of playing professionally in the WNBA, she moved to New York, USA (where her family had previously lived) to play her junior and senior years for the renowned
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women's basketball team. She was the only
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ish/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 19
th consecutive Brooklyn-Queens title, became the first girl from
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to play on the
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, and participated at the
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Tournament of Champions, where she earned MVP and Player of the Tournament honors
http://www.gballmag.com/hero-doron.html. In her junior and senior seasons, she was named the
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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.
College years
Doron was widely considered coach
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'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
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.
Doron holds several school records, and ranks in U. 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-
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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.
Doron majored in criminal justice and criminology at Maryland.
International experience
In the summer of 2003, Doron played for Israel's national team. In 2005, Doron guided the Under-20 Israeli National Team to the Division B European Championship title in Brno, Czech Republic, the first-ever international tournament title for an Israeli women's team. She averaged a tournament-best 24.7 ppg, and received
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honors.
She was the first Israeli to be named MVP of the European National Tournament, and was also the MVP of the qualifying round played in Turkey.
Maccabiah Games
Also in 2005, she participated in the
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in Israel, where she led the USA to a 5-0 record and a gold medal. She was selected Maccabiah MVP, her second tournament honor that summer.
WNBA
Doron was drafted by the WNBA's New York Liberty with the 16th pick in April 2007. Assigned jersey # 2, she saw game action only seven times in the 2007 regular season, totaling 10 points and 3 rebounds in 35 minutes of play. Doron also played limited minutes during the Liberty's 2007 playoff appearances.
After Shay Doron finished a successful season in Israel she has decided to take a few months off and to leave the New York Liberty before the beginning of the 2008 WNBA season. The New York Liberty approved her request on May 9th 2008.
Israeli league
Doron played for defending champion Elitzur Ramle in the Israeli league during the 2007-2008 WNBA off-season.
Ramle reached the semifinals of the EuroCup Women competition, then went on to win the Israeli league title.
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