Shyla Heal

Shyla Heal
Free agent
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born	19 September 2001 (age 22); Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Listed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Career information
High school	Brisbane State; (Brisbane, Queensland); Lake Ginninderra College; (Canberra, ACT);
WNBA draft	2021: 1st round, 8th overall pick
	Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career	2015–present
Career history
2015	South West Metro Pirates
2015–2016	South East Queensland Stars
2016	Ipswich Force
2017–2019	Sutherland Sharks
2018	BA Centre of Excellence
2018–2019	Perth Lynx
2019	Rockhampton Cyclones
2019–2020	Bendigo Spirit
2020	Townsville Fire
2021	Chicago Sky
2021–2023	Sydney Flames
2022	Northside Wizards
2023	Townsville Fire
2023–2024	Sydney Comets
2023	AZS UMCS Lublin
2024	Hapoel Petah Tikva
2024	ASVEL Féminin
Career highlights and awards
	WNBL champion (2023); All-WNBL Second Team (2020); WNBL Youth Player of the Year (2020);
Asia Cup

Shyla Jade Heal (born 19 September 2001)^[1] is an Australian professional basketball player.

Early life

Heal was born in Kogarah, New South Wales.^[1] She attended Brisbane State High School in Brisbane, Queensland,^[2] and Lake Ginninderra College in Canberra.^[3]

Professional career

After a season in the Queensland Basketball League (QBL) for the South West Metro Pirates in 2015,^[4] Heal debuted in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in the 2015–16 season with the South East Queensland Stars as a 14-year-old.^[2] Her father, Shane Heal, was coach of the team.^[2]

Heal continued in the QBL in 2016 with the Ipswich Force and then had a short stint with the Sutherland Sharks in the Waratah League in 2017.^[4] In 2018, she split her year playing for the Sharks in the Waratah League and the BA Centre of Excellence in the SEABL.^[4]

For the 2018–19 WNBL season, Heal joined the Perth Lynx.^[5] She was injured in the first half of the season after sustaining a stress reaction in her left foot just days before round one.^[6]

After splitting 2019 with the Sutherland Sharks in the Waratah League and the Rockhampton Cyclones in the QBL,^[4] Heal joined the Bendigo Spirit for the 2019–20 WNBL season.^[7]^[8] In her debut season with the Spirit, Heal was awarded the Most Consistent Player for her showings, averaging 12.1 points and 4.1 rebounds.^[9]

In 2020, Heal played for the Townsville Fire in the WNBL Hub season.^[10]^[11] She went on to earn WNBL Youth Player of the Year and All-WNBL Second Team.^[12]

Heal was selected by the Chicago Sky in the first round of the 2021 WNBA draft.^[13] She was unable to participate in the Sky's training camp due to a delay with her visa application, and after playing just 31 minutes in four games, she was traded to the Dallas Wings who then immediately waived her.^[14]

For the 2021–22 WNBL season, Heal joined the Sydney Flames.^[15] She then played for the Northside Wizards in the 2022 NBL1 North season.^[4]

Heal returned to the Flames for the 2022–23 WNBL season, but in January 2023, she and her father, coach Shane Heal, parted ways with the Flames. The reasons for their departure were unspecified and coincided with an independent firm's investigation.^[16]^[17]^[18]

On 1 February 2023, Heal signed with the Townsville Fire for the rest of the 2022–23 WNBL season.^[19] She went on to help the Fire win the championship.^[20]

After playing for the Sydney Comets in the NBL1 East, Heal joined AZS UMCS Lublin of the Polish Basket Liga Kobiet for the 2023–24 season.^[21] She parted ways with Lublin on 4 December 2023.^[22] In January 2024, she joined Hapoel Petah Tikva in Israel. After eight games, she joined French team ASVEL Féminin in March.^[4]

In May 2024, Heal re-joined the Sydney Comets.^[4]

National team career

Heal made her international debut for the Sapphires at the 2017 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship in Hagåtña, Guam, where Australia would take home the gold.^[23] Heal was named MVP to the Championship game. In 2017, Heal also helped lead the Sapphires to gold at the FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship in Bengaluru, India.^[24] Heal would then go on to represent the Sapphires at the Under-17 World Cup in Belarus the following year, where they finished in third place, taking home the bronze medal. Heal also earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, awarded to the five strongest players of the tournament, after averaging 16.0 points per game.^[25]

Heal then made her debut for the Gems at the 2019 Under-19 World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, where the Gems took home silver after returning to the final for the first time since 1997.^[26]

Heal made her senior debut for the Opals in 2022 at the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers in Belgrade, Serbia.^[27]

Personal life

Shyla is the daughter of former Australian Boomer and NBA player, Shane Heal.^[3]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2021	Chicago	4	0	7.8	.125	.000	1.000	.8	.8	.0	.0	2.5	2.0

Source: basketball-reference.com^[28]

References

^ ^a ^b "Shyla Jade Heal". fiba.com. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cormack, Michael (30 November 2015). "Shyla Heal looks to follow in her dad's footsteps by playing for Australia at the Olympics". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Shyla following in Shane Heal's footsteps at Lake Ginninderra College". smh.com.au. 27 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Shyla Heal". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "PERTH LYNX ADD YOUNG GUN SHYLA HEAL". PerthLynx.com. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ O'Donoghue, Craig (17 January 2019). "Perth Lynx teenager Shyla Heal, daughter of Australian basketball legend Shane, times run perfectly ahead of WNBL finals". thewest.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "TENACIOUS HEAL SIGNS WITH BENDIGO SPIRIT". Bendigo Spirit. wnbl.com.au. 11 April 2019.
^ Pinda, Anthony (11 April 2019). "WNBL: Bendigo Spirit signs Shyla Heal". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ "Bendigo Spirit on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.^{[user-generated source]}
^ Townsville (9 June 2020). "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA HEADING TO TOWNSVILLE". wnbl.basketball/townsville. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ Rebeccat (29 November 2020). "HEAL READY TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Maddisonpettit (14 December 2020). "STEPH TALBOT NAMED 2020 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL MVP". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Chicago Sky Select Shyla Heal With 8th Overall Pick In 2021 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm". wnba.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Logue, Matt (3 June 2021). "Aussie legend's daughter brutally cut after 31 minutes in America". news.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Rutherford, Karlie (21 June 2021). "'So shocked': Aussie star Shyla Heal in tears over cruel WNBA axing". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Waterworth, Ben (31 January 2023). "Basketball bombshell as Shyla Heal poised for shock late-season move amid Flames absence". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ McMurtry, Andrew (31 January 2023). "Shock move amid bizarre Shane, Shyla Heal WNBL disappearance". news.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ Cward (1 February 2023). "STATEMENT FROM THE SYDNEY FLAMES ON SHYLA HEAL". wnbl.basketball/sydney. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ Townsville (1 February 2023). "PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT". wnbl.basketball/townsville. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ Brooke (22 March 2023). "JCU TOWNSVILLE FIRE CROWNED WNBL CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ "THE WEEK THAT WAS – 9". wnbl.basketball. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ "KOMUNIKAT KADROWY". facebook.com/KUAZSUMCS (in Polish). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
^ "Australia continue their gold standard with FIBA U17 Women's Oceania Championship". fiba.basketball.
^ "Sapphires go undefeated to claim 2017 FIBA U16 Asia crown". pickandroll.com.au.
^ "Jordan Horston named U17 Women's World Cup TISSOT MVP, leads All-Star Five". fiba.com.
^ "USA back on top of the world after recapturing lost title in Bangkok". FIBA.
^ "Shyla Heal". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^ "Shyla Heal WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

External links

EuroLeague profile
Shyla Heal at FIBA

[fiba17-1] "Shyla Jade Heal". fiba.com. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[footsteps-2] Cormack, Michael (30 November 2015). "Shyla Heal looks to follow in her dad's footsteps by playing for Australia at the Olympics". couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[footsteps2-3] "Shyla following in Shane Heal's footsteps at Lake Ginninderra College". smh.com.au. 27 September 2017.

[australiabasket-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Shyla Heal". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[5] "PERTH LYNX ADD YOUNG GUN SHYLA HEAL". PerthLynx.com. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[6] O'Donoghue, Craig (17 January 2019). "Perth Lynx teenager Shyla Heal, daughter of Australian basketball legend Shane, times run perfectly ahead of WNBL finals". thewest.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[7] "TENACIOUS HEAL SIGNS WITH BENDIGO SPIRIT". Bendigo Spirit. wnbl.com.au. 11 April 2019.

[8] Pinda, Anthony (11 April 2019). "WNBL: Bendigo Spirit signs Shyla Heal". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[9] "Bendigo Spirit on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.^{[user-generated source]}

[10] Townsville (9 June 2020). "ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PROSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA HEADING TO TOWNSVILLE". wnbl.basketball/townsville. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[11] Rebeccat (29 November 2020). "HEAL READY TO MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[12] Maddisonpettit (14 December 2020). "STEPH TALBOT NAMED 2020 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL MVP". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[13] "Chicago Sky Select Shyla Heal With 8th Overall Pick In 2021 WNBA Draft Presented by State Farm". wnba.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[14] Logue, Matt (3 June 2021). "Aussie legend's daughter brutally cut after 31 minutes in America". news.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[15] Rutherford, Karlie (21 June 2021). "'So shocked': Aussie star Shyla Heal in tears over cruel WNBA axing". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[16] Waterworth, Ben (31 January 2023). "Basketball bombshell as Shyla Heal poised for shock late-season move amid Flames absence". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[17] McMurtry, Andrew (31 January 2023). "Shock move amid bizarre Shane, Shyla Heal WNBL disappearance". news.com.au. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[18] Cward (1 February 2023). "STATEMENT FROM THE SYDNEY FLAMES ON SHYLA HEAL". wnbl.basketball/sydney. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[19] Townsville (1 February 2023). "PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT". wnbl.basketball/townsville. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[20] Brooke (22 March 2023). "JCU TOWNSVILLE FIRE CROWNED WNBL CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[21] "THE WEEK THAT WAS – 9". wnbl.basketball. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[22] "KOMUNIKAT KADROWY". facebook.com/KUAZSUMCS (in Polish). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

[23] "Australia continue their gold standard with FIBA U17 Women's Oceania Championship". fiba.basketball.

[24] "Sapphires go undefeated to claim 2017 FIBA U16 Asia crown". pickandroll.com.au.

[25] "Jordan Horston named U17 Women's World Cup TISSOT MVP, leads All-Star Five". fiba.com.

[26] "USA back on top of the world after recapturing lost title in Bangkok". FIBA.

[27] "Shyla Heal". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 31 January 2023.

[28] "Shyla Heal WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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Shyla Heal

Early life

Professional career

National team career

Personal life

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

References

External links

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