2011 Chicago Sky season
Encyclopedia
The 2011 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. Sky center Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...

 finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.

WNBA Draft

The following were the Sky's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.

Transaction log

  • April 8: The Sky signed Jolene Anderson to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sky re-signed Erin Thorn.
  • April 20: The Sky traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow.
  • April 22: The Sky signed Linda Frohlich to a training camp contract.
  • May 24: The Sky waived Jolene Anderson.
  • May 27: The Sky waived Amy Jaeschke.
  • June 1: The Sky received Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Sky waived Linda Frohlich.
  • June 2: The Sky waived Shameka Christon.
  • July 22: The Sky waived Angie Bjorklund.
  • July 25: The Sky signed Eshaya Murphy.

Trades


Additions

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| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...

|| June 1, 2011 || Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| July 25, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass is an American professional women's basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is the daughter of Pam Bass, and Ernest Evans, the music legend also known as Chubby Checker. She was born Mistie McCray Bass in Janesville, Wisconsin.-High school:Bass graduated from George S...

|| May 2, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas plays professional basketball in the WNBA. She attended the University of Georgia where she played under coach Andy Landers. She has been a professional since 2004. Christi also played basketball at Buford High School in Buford, Georgia, where she led the Wolves to a State Runner-Up...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| June 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| July 22, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...


| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Tamera Young
Tamera Young
Tamera Young is an American basketball player for the Chicago Sky.-Personal:She is the daughter of Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown. She has an older brother, A.J., and two older sisters, Nikia and Valerie...


| Shay Murphy
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince is an American basketball player for Rutgers University Women's team and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey. She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl...


| Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn is an American professional basketball player. She is currently playing for Tarbes GB in Tarbes, France.- Brigham Young University :...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...


| Dominique Canty
Dominique Canty
Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-High School and College:...


|}

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. Sky center Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...

 finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.

WNBA Draft

The following were the Sky's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 3
| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...


|
| Gonzaga
Gonzaga Bulldogs
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the athletic teams at Gonzaga University; the term applies to any of the school's varsity teams. Gonzaga University is a member of the West Coast Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I...


|-
| 2
| 15
| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...


|
| Boston College
|-
| 2
| 17 (from L.A.
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

)
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...


|
| Tennessee
Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA women's basketball competition...


|-
| 3
| 27
| Amy Jaeschke
|
| Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats
The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat...


|}

Transaction log

  • April 8: The Sky signed Jolene Anderson to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sky re-signed Erin Thorn.
  • April 20: The Sky traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow.
  • April 22: The Sky signed Linda Frohlich to a training camp contract.
  • May 24: The Sky waived Jolene Anderson.
  • May 27: The Sky waived Amy Jaeschke.
  • June 1: The Sky received Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Sky waived Linda Frohlich.
  • June 2: The Sky waived Shameka Christon.
  • July 22: The Sky waived Angie Bjorklund.
  • July 25: The Sky signed Eshaya Murphy.

Trades

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! style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910;" colspan=3|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 20, 2011
| width=325|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


| width=325|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|-
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=325|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


| width=325|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|-
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...


| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...

|| June 1, 2011 || Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| July 25, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass is an American professional women's basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is the daughter of Pam Bass, and Ernest Evans, the music legend also known as Chubby Checker. She was born Mistie McCray Bass in Janesville, Wisconsin.-High school:Bass graduated from George S...

|| May 2, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas plays professional basketball in the WNBA. She attended the University of Georgia where she played under coach Andy Landers. She has been a professional since 2004. Christi also played basketball at Buford High School in Buford, Georgia, where she led the Wolves to a State Runner-Up...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| June 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| July 22, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...


| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Tamera Young
Tamera Young
Tamera Young is an American basketball player for the Chicago Sky.-Personal:She is the daughter of Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown. She has an older brother, A.J., and two older sisters, Nikia and Valerie...


| Shay Murphy
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince is an American basketball player for Rutgers University Women's team and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey. She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl...


| Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn is an American professional basketball player. She is currently playing for Tarbes GB in Tarbes, France.- Brigham Young University :...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...


| Dominique Canty
Dominique Canty
Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-High School and College:...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. Sky center Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...

 finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.

WNBA Draft

The following were the Sky's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft
2010 WNBA Draft
The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was...

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! style="background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910;" width="10%"| Nationality
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| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...


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| Gonzaga
Gonzaga Bulldogs
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the athletic teams at Gonzaga University; the term applies to any of the school's varsity teams. Gonzaga University is a member of the West Coast Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I...


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| 2
| 15
| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...


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| Boston College
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| 2
| 17 (from L.A.
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

)
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...


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| Tennessee
Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball
The Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represents the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA women's basketball competition...


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| 3
| 27
| Amy Jaeschke
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| Northwestern
Northwestern Wildcats
The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat...


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Transaction log

  • April 8: The Sky signed Jolene Anderson to a training camp contract.
  • April 20: The Sky re-signed Erin Thorn.
  • April 20: The Sky traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow.
  • April 22: The Sky signed Linda Frohlich to a training camp contract.
  • May 24: The Sky waived Jolene Anderson.
  • May 27: The Sky waived Amy Jaeschke.
  • June 1: The Sky received Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton from the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
  • June 1: The Sky waived Linda Frohlich.
  • June 2: The Sky waived Shameka Christon.
  • July 22: The Sky waived Angie Bjorklund.
  • July 25: The Sky signed Eshaya Murphy.

Trades

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| rowspan=2|April 20, 2011
| width=325|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


| width=325|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


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| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=325|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


| width=325|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


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| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...


| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
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Additions

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| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...

|| June 1, 2011 || Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| July 25, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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Subtractions

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| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#6495ED;color:#FDE910; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass
Mistie Bass is an American professional women's basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is the daughter of Pam Bass, and Ernest Evans, the music legend also known as Chubby Checker. She was born Mistie McCray Bass in Janesville, Wisconsin.-High school:Bass graduated from George S...

|| May 2, 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya Murphy
Eshaya "Shay" Murphy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.Murphy attended college at USC and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 15th overall in the 2007 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas
Christi Thomas plays professional basketball in the WNBA. She attended the University of Georgia where she played under coach Andy Landers. She has been a professional since 2004. Christi also played basketball at Buford High School in Buford, Georgia, where she led the Wolves to a State Runner-Up...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Shameka Christon
Shameka Christon
Shameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....

|| June 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund
Angie Bjorklund was a women's NCAA basketball player for the Tennessee Lady Vols. Is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA...

|| July 22, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

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!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. She is 6 ft 6 in tall and weighs 200 lbs .-Personal:...


| Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords
Carolyn Swords is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Tamera Young
Tamera Young
Tamera Young is an American basketball player for the Chicago Sky.-Personal:She is the daughter of Greg Young and Lynda Nichols-Brown and John Brown. She has an older brother, A.J., and two older sisters, Nikia and Valerie...


| Shay Murphy
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Kraayeveld
Cathrine Helene Kraayeveld is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Her father, Dave, played football for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978.-High school and college:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FDE910" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince
Epiphanny Prince is an American basketball player for Rutgers University Women's team and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey. She is best known for scoring 113 points for Murry Bergtraum in a high school game in 2006, breaking a girls' national prep record previously held by Hall of Famer Cheryl...


| Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn
Erin Thorn is an American professional basketball player. She is currently playing for Tarbes GB in Tarbes, France.- Brigham Young University :...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00"
! style="background:#FDE910" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...


| Dominique Canty
Dominique Canty
Dominique Danyell Canty is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-High School and College:...


|}

Preseason

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