McShea started playing tennis at the age of five. In 1992 she won the doubles competition for women juniors at Wimbledon . In 1996 she became a professional player.
In her professional career she won four WTA titles in doubles as well as two singles and 37 doubles titles in ITF tournaments.
For the Australian Fed Cup team , she played a single game, against Thailand in 2004 ; although they won their doubles, the team lost the game 2-3.