5-11 Class of 2025 Combo Guard
23-24 Club Team: FBC United West Coast 17U Club Director: Nars Martinez, Club Coaches: Larry Gholar, Mo Motton, Nars Martinez
22-23 Club Team: FBC Northwest Alliance 17U
20-21 & 21-22 Club Team: Natalie Williams Basketball Academy Adidas 16U 3SSB
Skyline High School
Athletic & Versatile lefty guard who set an Idaho record for points scored in a season by a freshman with 563. She averaged 19.4 PPG on 52% FG shooting (35% from three) for Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, and helped lead her team to their first championship game appearance in school history. As a freshman, she scored 25 points in the state championship game vs. the now-BYU head coach's high school squad. Shay is a strong rebounder, defender, shooter, and two way playmaker.
Through her junior year, Shay has 1736 career points and holds career records at Skyline for points, rebounds, assists, three pointers, double-doubles, and free throws. She is on track to break Destiny Slocum's career scoring record for the state of Idaho. She had 22 double-doubles out of 27 games, averaging 23.9 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 3.1 APG, 2.6 SPG, and 0.6 BPG with a 52% eFG and led her team to another state championship game and had 25 points in the loss to the undefeated Shelley Russets. Each of Shay's three games in the state tournament were against teams that had 1 or more D1 offered players, including a P5 commit.
In 23 games as a 15 year old sophomore she averaged 22.9 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 4 APG, and had 17 double doubles.
Skyline had the toughest strength of schedule out of all teams in Idaho according to MaxPreps in 21-22 and again had one of the top 5 toughest schedules in 22-23.
Great teammate
High Basketball I.Q.
Ambidextrous (Shay plays tennis, volleyball, and golf right handed)
Three level scorer
Excellent court vision
Outstanding rebounder
4.0 Student
1st Team All-State as a freshman, sophomore, and junior
State Qualifier in volleyball, basketball, singles tennis, and track (high jump) as a freshman
Finished in the Top 6 in state singles tennis as a sophomore and is ranked top 10 in the state in all divisions by tennisratings.com
Post Register Sports Stars 5A/4A Area Athlete of the Year as a freshman and a sophomore
NCAA ID: 2104147137
Shay received an official offer from Tracy Sanders at Southern Utah University in August of 2021 after she was able to attend their elite camp. She currently has six DI offers from Mountain West, WAC, and Big Sky schools. Three of the teams have been NCAA tournament qualifiers in the past two seasons.
Shay is playing with FBC Northwest Alliance 17U for the 2023 spring/summer evaluation periods.
About Natalie Williams (My Club Coach from 6th-10th Grade)
HONORS
WNBA General Manager for the Las Vegas Aces
2016 Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
2016 Named to ALL Century Pac 12 Team
2000 USA Women’s Basketball Olympic Gold Medalist
1998, 2002 Basketball World Champion Gold Medalist
2004, Inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame• 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999 WNBA All-Star
2001, 2000, 1999 First team all WNBA
1999 USA Basketball player of the year
1998 ABL MVP and ABL All-Star
One of the Top 5 Rebounders in Women’s Basketball History
1990, 1991 NCAA Volleyball National Champion
4 time NCAA Volleyball First Team All American
1992 NCAA Volleyball Player of the Year
1994 NCAA Basketball Kodak First Team All American
Pac 10 Athlete of the decade
Pac 12 Forward of the Century
UTAH Female Athlete of the Century
General Manager for the WNBA Las Vegas Aces (as of April 2022)
