Shanele Stires

Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21, 1972 (1972-05-21) (age 39)) is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She is currently a junior assistant coach with the San Diego State Aztecs.

Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her freshman year before transferring to Kansas State University, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science.

She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL). After the ABL ceased operations, she joined the Women's National Basketball Association and played for the Minnesota Lynx for three seasons.

After her playing career she served three years as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Ohio University. In August 2006, she was named as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco.

Stires is also currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University.

Her brother, Sean Stires, is a former play-by-play radio announcer for the University of Notre Dame's baseball and women's basketball teams.

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Position: Forward
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
College: Kansas State University
Team(s): Minnesota Lynx

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2000 WNBA Draft

First Round	Ann Wauters • Tausha Mills • Edwina Brown • Cintia Dos Santos • Grace Daley • Betty Lennox • Lynn Pride • Tamicha Jackson • Kamila Vodičková • Maylana Martin • Summer Erb • Naomi Mulitauaopele • Olga Firsova • Katy Steding • Nicole Kubik • Elena Shakirova

Second Round	Helen Darling • Tonya Washington • Jameka Jones • Jannon Roland • Adrian Williams-Strong • Marla Brumfield • Stacey Thomas • Keitha Dickerson • Charisse Sampson • Jurgita Streimikyte • Tiffany Travis • Madinah Slaise • Desiree Francis • Stacy Clinesmith • Paige Sauer • Andrea Garner

Third Round	Monique Morehouse • Jill Morton • Stacy Frese • Shawnetta Stewart • Tauja Catchings • Phylesha Whaley • Maxann Reese • Milena Flores • Kirra Jordan • Usha Gilmore • Peppi Browne • Chavonne Hammond • Jessica Bibby • Rhonda Y Smith • Marte Alexander • Latavia Coleman

Fourth Round	Sophie Von Saldern • Latina Davis • Kristen Rasmussen • Romana Hamzova • Shantia Owens • Jana Lichnerova • Rhonda L Smith • Shanele Stires • Katrina Hibbert • Renee Robinson • Shaka Massey • Cal Bouchard • Natalie Porter • Jessica Zinobile • Nicky McCrimmon • Abbie Willenborg

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