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Shay, a junior guard on the University of Maryland Women's Basketball Team, helped lead them to the schools' first NCAA Championship in womens' basketball this season.
A very accomplished player from Great Neck, N.Y., Shay is the first Teugrin since 1993 to be a Kodak/WBCA Region II All-American. She was First Team All-ACC, Maryland's first since 1994. Shay's 39 points against Florida State on Jan. 16, 2005, tied a school record.
In international competition, Shay guided the Under-20 Israeli National Team to the 2005 Division B European Championships, the first ever international tournament title for an Israeli womens' team. In 2005, Shay also led the USA womens' team to the gold medal at the Maccabi Games.
Shay, who attended Christ the King H.S., was the first girls basketball player from New York to be named a McDonald's All-American, and she was Gatorade Player of the Year her last 2 seasons.
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