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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1985)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Shay Murphy
| image = Эшая Мёрфи.jpg
| league = 
| team = 
| number = 
| position = 
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lbs = 164
| nationality = American / Montenegrin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|4|15}}
| birth_place = [[Canoga Park, California]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Montclair Preparatory High School|Montclair Prep]]<br>([[Van Nuys, California]])
| college = [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]] (2003–2007)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2007
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 15
| draft_team = [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| career_start = 2007
| career_end = 2023
| years1 =  {{WNBA Year|2007}}
| team1 = [[Minnesota Lynx]]
| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2008}}
| team2 = [[Detroit Shock]]
| years3 = 2008
| team3 = [[Washington Mystics]]
| years4 =  {{WNBA Year|2009}}–{{WNBA Year|2010}}
| team4 = [[Indiana Fever]]
| years5 = 2010–{{WNBA Year|2013}}
| team5 = [[Chicago Sky]]
| years6 = 2011–2012
| team6 = [[Ros Casares Valencia]]
| years7 = 2012–2013
| team7 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]]
| years8 = 2013–2018
| team8 = [[CB Avenida|Perfumerías Avenida]]
| years9 = {{WNBA Year|2014}}
| team9 = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| years10 = {{WNBA Year|2017}}
| team10 = Phoenix Mercury
| years11 = 2017
| team11 = [[San Antonio Stars]]
| years12 = 2018–2019
| team12 = [[Uni Girona CB]]
| highlights = * [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2014 WNBA Finals|2014]])
* [[EuroLeague Women|Euroleague]] champion (2012)
* 2x All-[[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] (2006, 2007)
| wnba_profile = eshaya_murphy
| bbr_wnba = murphsh01w
}}
'''Eshaya''' "'''Shay'''" '''Murphy''' (born April 15, 1985) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player.

Born in [[Canoga Park, California]], Murphy attended college at [[University of Southern California|USC]] and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the [[2007 WNBA draft]] by the Minnesota Lynx. Murphy has a brother George who attend the same high school as her.

The rookie played a reserve role for the Lynx in 2007, averaging 5.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. On June 22, 2008, Murphy was traded to the [[Detroit Shock]] for [[LaToya Thomas]]. On August 12, 2008, Murphy was traded along with Tasha Humphrey to the Washington Mystics for [[Taj McWilliams-Franklin]]. After being waived by the Mystics, the [[Indiana Fever]] signed her on June 11, 2009.
She then played for the [[Chicago Sky]], being signed halfway through the 2011 season.

Murphy signed with [[Ros Casares Valencia]] of [[Euroleague Women]] for the 2011–2012 season, helping them to win the championship in her Euroleague rookie season. On season 2012–2013 she moved to [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]]. On 2013, she moved back to Spain signing with [[CB Avenida|Perfumerias Avenida]]. In 2014, she signed with the [[Phoenix Mercury]] and won a WNBA championship with the team. In 2017, the Mercury would re-acquire Murphy in free agency. During the 2017 season, Murphy was traded to the [[San Antonio Stars]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wnba.com/transactions/|title=Transactions – WNBA|work=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|access-date=2017-09-12|language=en-US}}</ref>

==WNBA career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Murphy won a [[WNBA Finals|WNBA championship]]
|}

===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| align="left" | [[2007 Minnesota Lynx season|Minnesota]]
| 32 || 0 || 13.6 || .372 || .273 || .848 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 5.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[2008 Minnesota Lynx season|Minnesota]]
| 2 || 0 || 2.5 || .200 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[2008 Detroit Shock season|Detroit]]
| 13 || '''3''' || 9.4 || .300 || .263 || .667 || 1.6 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 2.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[2008 Washington Mystics season|Washington]]
| 2 || 0 || 5.5 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[2009 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
| 24 || 0 || 7.8 || .382 || .344 || .808 || 1.8 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| align="left" | [[2010 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
| 15 || 1 || 14.7 || .350 || .263 || .571 || 4.1 || '''1.5''' || 0.5 || 0.1 || 1.2 || 5.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| align="left" | [[2010 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
| 11 || 0 || 14.1 || .288 || .286 || .667 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 5.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2011 WNBA season|2011]]
| align="left" | [[2011 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
| 10 || 0 || '''20.5''' || .369 || .400 || '''.929''' || '''4.8''' || 1.1 || '''1.3''' || '''0.4''' || 1.9 || '''9.8'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2012 WNBA season|2012]]
| align="left" | [[2012 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
| 29 || '''3''' || 18.6 || .420 || .441 || .730 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 1.1 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 8.5
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[2013 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
| '''34''' || 0 || 11.1 || .292 || .172 || .792 || 1.9 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 3.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|  [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[2014 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
| 27 || 1 || 12.1 || '''.424''' || .323 || .750 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 3.9
|-
| align="left" | [[2017 WNBA season|2017]]
| align="left" | [[2017 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
| 9 || 0 || 14.1 || .333 || .188 || .667 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 3.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2017 WNBA season|2017]]
| align="left" | [[2017 San Antonio Stars season|San Antonio]]
| 17 || 0 || 7.4 || .400 || '''.450''' || .667 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 2.2
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 9 years, 7 teams
| 225 || 8 || 12.6 || .366 || .321 || .762 || 2.4 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.7 || 4.7
{{S-end}}

===Regular season===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[2009 Indiana Fever season|Indiana]]
| 4 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2013 WNBA season|2013]]
| align="left" | [[2013 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
| 2 || 0 || '''8.0''' || '''.500''' || '''1.000''' || .000 || '''1.5''' || '''0.5''' || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || '''1.5'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|  [[2014 WNBA season|2014]]<sup>†</sup>
| align="left" | [[2014 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
| '''7''' || 0 || 7.3 || .273 || .250 || .000 || 1.4 || 0.4 || '''0.3''' || 0.0 || 0.6 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 3 years, 3 teams
| 13 || 0 || 5.8 || .222 || .286 || .000 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.8
{{S-end}}

==USC statistics==

Source<ref name="NCAA Player stats"/>

{{NBA player statistics legend}}
{|class="wikitable"
  !Year
  !Team
  !GP
  !Points
  !FG%
  !3P%
  !FT%
  !RPG
  !APG
  !SPG
  !BPG
  !PPG
 
 |-
  |2003–04
  |[[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC]]
  |27
  |154
  |33.3
  |25.4
  |71.1
  |2.9
  |0.7
  |1.6
  |0.1
  |5.7
 
 |-
  |2004–05
  |USC
  |'''31'''
  |256
  |36.6
  |25.7
  |68.9
  |5.4
  |1.6
  |1.7
  |0.2
  |8.3
 
 |-
  |2005–06
  |USC
  |'''31'''
  |'''546'''
  |'''42.5'''
  |'''34.0'''
  |78.5
  |7.3
  |1.6
  |'''2.4'''
  |0.3
  |17.6
 
 |-
  |2006–07
  |USC
  |30
  |536
  |36.4
  |31.2
  |'''85.8'''
  |'''8.4'''
  |'''2.4'''
  |2.1
  |'''0.5'''
  |'''17.9'''
 
 |-
  |Career
  |USC
  |119
  |1492
  |38.2
  |30.6
  |78.8
  |6.1
  |1.6
  |2.0
  |0.3
  |12.5
 |}

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="NCAA Player stats">{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://www.wnba.com/player/shay-murphy/ WNBA player profile]
*[http://www.wnba.com/draft2007/prospect_eshaya_murphy.html WNBA prospect profile]
*[http://www.startribune.com/sports/lynx/20633259.html?page=2&c=y Murphy traded to the Detroit Shock]
*[http://www.wnba.com/mystics/news/MYSTICS_AQUIRE_TASHA_HUMPHREY-279915-230.html Murphy traded to the Washington Mystics]

{{2007 WNBA draft}}
{{Ros Casares Valencia 2011–12 Euroleague Women champions}}
{{Phoenix Mercury 2014 WNBA champions}}

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