2011 Chicago Sky season

2011 Chicago Sky season
Coach	Pokey Chatman
Arena	Allstate Arena
Attendance	5,536 per game
Results
Record	14–20 (.412)
Place	5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Team Leaders
Points	Fowles (20.0)
Rebounds	Fowles (10.2)
Assists	Vandersloot (3.7)
Media
Television	CN100 ESPN2, NBATV
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 6th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Sky center Sylvia Fowles finished the season as only the second player in WNBA history to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The following were the Sky's selections in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	3	Courtney Vandersloot	United States	Gonzaga
2	15	Carolyn Swords	United States	Boston College
2	17 (from L.A.)	Angie Bjorklund	United States	Tennessee
3	27	Amy Jaeschke	United States	Northwestern

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

Date	Trade
April 20, 2011	To Chicago Sky	To San Antonio Silver Stars
	Michelle Snow	Jia Perkins
June 1, 2011	To Chicago Sky	To Los Angeles Sparks
	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	second-round pick in 2012 Draft

Personnel changes

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Courtney Vandersloot	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Carolyn Swords	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Angie Bjorklund	April 11, 2011	draft pick
Michelle Snow	April 20, 2011	San Antonio Silver Stars
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	June 1, 2011	Los Angeles Sparks
Eshaya Murphy	July 25, 2011	free agent

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Jia Perkins	April 20, 2011	San Antonio Silver Stars
Mistie Bass	May 2, 2011	hiatus
Eshaya Murphy	May 15, 2011	free agent
Christi Thomas	May 15, 2011	free agent
Shameka Christon	June 2, 2011	free agent
Angie Bjorklund	July 22, 2011	free agent

Roster

2011 Chicago Sky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G 3 Canty, Dominique 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 03-02-1977 Alabama C 34 Fowles, Sylvia 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 10-06-1985 LSU F 33 Kraayeveld, Cathrine 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 09-30-1981 Oregon G 7 Murphy, Shay 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 164 lb (74 kg) 04-15-1985 USC G 10 Prince, Epiphanny 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 167 lb (76 kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers F/C 2 Snow, Michelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 03-20-1980 Tennessee C 30 Swords, Carolyn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College G 5 Thorn, Erin 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 144 lb (65 kg) 05-19-1981 BYU G 21 Vandersloot, Courtney 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 130 lb (59 kg) 02-08-1989 Gonzaga F 14 Wisdom-Hylton, Lindsay 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 05-26-1986 Purdue F 1 Young, Tamera 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 10-30-1986 James Madison	Head coach Pokey Chatman (LSU) Assistant coaches Jeff House (Nazareth College) Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech) Athletic trainer Michelle Kania (Illinois) Strength and conditioning coach Ann Crosby (Western Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
C	Sylvia Fowles	Carolyn Swords
PF	Michelle Snow	Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
SF	Tamera Young	Shay Murphy Cathrine Kraayeveld
SG	Epiphanny Prince	Erin Thorn
PG	Courtney Vandersloot	Dominique Canty

Season standings

Eastern Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Indiana Fever x	21	13	.618	–	13–4	8–9	13–9
Connecticut Sun x	21	13	.618	–	15–2	6–11	14–8
Atlanta Dream x	20	14	.588	1.0	11–6	9–8	14–8
New York Liberty x	19	15	.559	2.0	12-5	7–10	11–11
Chicago Sky o	14	20	.412	7.0	10–7	4–13	10–12
Washington Mystics o	6	28	.176	15.0	4–13	2–15	4–18

Schedule

Preseason

2011 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 23 11:30am China 84-45 Fowles (18) Swords (8) Vandersloot (7) Trinity International University 972 1-0 2 May 26 11:30am @ Washington 55-66 Prince (12) Fowles (6) Prince (4) Verizon Center 9,502 1-1

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
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Angie Bjorklund	7	0	6.1	.182	.200	1.000	0.3	0.3	0.14	0.00	1.1
Dominique Canty	22	8	15.0	.318	.143	.576	1.2	2.0	0.45	0.09	4.1
Sylvia Fowles	34	34	34.6	.591	.000	.766	10.2	0.6	1.21	2.00	20.0
Cathrine Kraayeveld	33	15	20.6	.395	.409	.733	2.6	1.2	0.64	0.24	5.9
Eshaya Murphy	10	0	20.5	.369	.400	.929	4.8	1.1	1.30	0.40	9.8
Epiphanny Prince	34	27	29.4	.375	.373	.804	2.1	3.0	2.32	0.38	13.6
Michelle Snow	34	30	24.1	.456	.000	.780	6.3	1.9	0.47	1.29	5.9
Carolyn Swords	29	4	7.5	.528	.000	.875	1.8	0.3	0.17	0.24	2.7
Erin Thorn	34	7	16.8	.405	.395	.947	1.7	2.4	0.32	0.09	5.4
Courtney Vandersloot	34	26	22.9	.391	.271	.766	2.0	3.7	0.71	0.38	6.5
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	29	0	8.1	.415	.000	.500	1.9	0.6	0.38	0.48	1.7
Tamera Young	33	19	24.0	.425	.143	.724	3.8	1.3	1.12	0.27	7.9

Awards and honors

• Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 11, 2011.
• Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 8, 2011.
• Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 22, 2011.
• Sylvia Fowles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the month of August.
• Sylvia Fowles was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Epiphanny Prince was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Courtney Vandersloot was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
• Courtney Vandersloot was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Sylvia Fowles was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Sylvia Fowles was named Defensive Player of the Year.