Shay Doron - The Road So Far
Lior Klinger ,05/19/2007
From Ramat Hasharon's youth division, through Christ The King high school, to the under-20 Israeli national team, a NCAA championship with Maryland all the way to a roster spot with the New York Liberty. We sum up 7 years of a wonderful career.

99/00
  • Won the championship and cup with Ramat Hasharon's youth club

  • Made the high school championship game with Rotberg Ramat Hasharon


  • 00/01
  • Won the championship and cup with Ramat Hasharon's youth club


  • 2001
  • Scored 20.8 points per game in 8 games with the U-16 Israeli NT in the European Championships


  • 01/02
  • Joined Christ The King high school in New York City, led the team to the 2002 New York State Federation finals with 17.1 points per game


  • 02/03
  • Averaged 17.2 points, 6.0 steals, 5.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game as a senior at CTK, which was ranked No. 1 in the country.

  • Played in the McDonald's All American game


  • 2004
  • Scored 16.4 points per game in 5 games with the U-20 Israeli NT.

    03/04
  • Averaged 13.5 points per game as a freshman in Maryland

  • Named to the All-Freshman team and 3rd All-ACC team

  • Tied NCAA record with 23 free throws made in her first ever game

  • Broke a 14-year-old school record with 136 free throws in a season

  • Averaged 19.3 points per game in the postseason, including the 1st round upset of Miami in the NCAA tournament and 19 points in the 2nd round against Duke


  • 04/05
  • Averaged 18.6 points per game as a sophomore in Maryland

  • A Kodak/WBCA Region II All-American and Honorable Mention All-American

  • 1st team All-ACC

  • Broke her own free throw record with 145 on the season

  • Set the sophomore class record with 562 points

  • Voted ACC Player of the Week after scoring 37 points (Comcast Center record) in the upset win over UNC, scored 39 in a loss at Florida State days later


  • 2005
  • Scored 24.7 points per game and led the U-20 Israeli NT to the European Championships Division B title. Was voted MVP of the tournament

  • Led the USA Maccabi team to the gold medal at the Maccabiah games. Was chosen as MVP of the tournament


  • 05/06
  • Averaged 13.4 points per game as a junior in Maryland, won the NCAA title

  • Named All-ACC 2nd team

  • Reached 1,000 career points milestone

  • Became the school's all-time free throw record holder

  • Preseason Wade Trophy & Wooden Award Candidate

  • Shot 34.8% from 3-point territory, improved nearly 100% from the previous season

  • Recorded two triple doubles during the season

  • Led Maryland with 16 points in the championship game against Duke


  • 06/07
  • Averaged 11.8 points per game as a senior in Maryland

  • Finished her four-year career ranked second in career scoring (1,878) on Maryland's all time list

  • Owns career records for free throws made (492) and attempted (613)

  • Fell just one percentage point short of the free throw percentage mark, posting 80.3 percent over her career

  • Ranks in the top 10 in Maryland's record books in several categories: points per game (14.0 ppg, 7th), field goals made (618, 7th), assists (411, 6th), steals (223, 8th) and three-point field goals made (150, 3rd)

  • Has played in the most games of any player in Maryland history, appearing in 134 games, while starting in a school-record 119 games

  • Selected to the Senior CLASS All-America Team

  • Preseason Wade Trophy, Naismith Award & Wooden Award Candidate

  • 16th overall pick in the 2007 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty

  • Became the first Israeli player in the WNBA








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