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2009 Fever Player Bio Pages (pdf)

Signed by the Fever as a free agent three games into the regular season, after being waived by the Washington Mystics. In just her third WNBA season, this is the fourth franchise for which she has played.

PRO - WNBA
2008: Murphy spent time on the rosters of the Minnesota Lynx, Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics…she averaged 2.2 points per game…she had season highs of 24 minutes and 13 points against the Chicago Sky, 6/28, while in her first week with the Shock…she opened the season with Minnesota before being traded to Detroit in exchange for LaToya Thomas, 6/22…she later was traded from the Shock to the Mystics, 8/12, in exchange for Taj McWilliams-Franklin. 2007: Murphy came off the bench in all 32 games for the Lynx, averaging 5.2 points and 3.3 rebounds in 13.6 minutes per game…she reached double figures on nine occasions and scored a season-high 14 points at Houston, 7/12…she registered her first career double-double vs. New York, 6/1,, scoring 11 points with a season-high 12 rebounds…she logged a season-high 25 minutes vs. Seattle, 8/7.

COLLEGE
Murphy finished her career at USC as the school’s all-time leader with 181 career 3-point field goals…she finished as one of its top 10 scorers with 1,492 points…she ranked sixth at USC in steals (234) and eighth in rebounds (722)…she had a 47-game double-figure scoring streak spanning the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons…named to the All-Pac-10 first team in 2007, she was a Kodak/WBCA All-America finalist…she was a Pac-10 All-Freshman honorable mention selection in 2004.

Her full name is Eshaya Marie Murphy, but she prefers to be called "Shay"…the daughter of Pauletta Murphy, she has a younger brother, George…her interests include snowboarding, singing, dancing, listening to Janet Jackson and pulling pranks on people...she has always wanted to be a backup dancer for Janet Jackson…she graduated from USC in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology…she was elected the associated student body vice president as a senior at Monclair Prep High School in Van Nuys, Calif.

Drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (15th overall) in the 2007 WNBA Draft…Traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for LaToya Thomas on June 22, 2008.