HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Mount Tabor High School in 2024 … Lettered in basketball and played for head coach Andy Muse … Team captain … Honored on the Central Piedmont 4A All-Conference Team … Led the Spartans to a Sweet 16 appearance in the state tournament three years in a row … His team also compiled a 70-18 overall record during those three years … 2023-24 Cherokee Holiday Invitational Champions earning a spot on the all-tournament team … 2022-23 Frank Spencer Holiday Tournament Champions and garnered all-tournament team honors … Served as president of the Tomorrow Project Club … AP Scholar Award recipient … Played his freshman year at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tenn.

PERSONAL
Son of Jason and Jana Shay … Born on Sept. 14, 2005 … Has one older sister, Peija … His father, Jason, was a member of Bruce Pearl’s coaching staff at Milwaukee and Tennessee … He also played basketball at the University of Iowa and is currently an assistant men’s basketball coach at Wake Forest … Enrolled in the Ginn College of Engineering.