2011_Chicago_Sky_season

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	Sylvia Fowles – 20.0
Rebounds	Sylvia Fowles – 10.2
Assists	Courtney Vandersloot – 3.7
Media
Television	CN100; ESPN2, NBATV
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2011 Chicago Sky season

WNBA team season

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. Pokey Chatman was named the head coach and general manager, after Steven Key resigned following the 2010 season.^[1]

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Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
1	3	Courtney Vandersloot	United States	Gonzaga
2	15	Carolyn Swords	United States	Boston College
2	17	Angie Bjorklund	United States	Tennessee
3	27	Amy Jaeschke	United States	Northwestern

Date	Transaction
October 29, 2010	Hired Pokey Chatman as head coach and general manager^[1]
December 28, 2010	Hired Jeff House and Christie Sides as assistant coaches^[2]
January 12, 2011	Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy
April 7, 2011	Signed Jolene Anderson to a training-camp contract^[3]
April 20, 2011	Signed Angie Bjorklund, Courtney Vandersloot, Carolyn Swords, and Amy Jaeschke to rookie-scale contracts
	Traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow^[4]
	Signed Erin Thorn
April 22, 2011	Signed Linda Frohlich^[5]
May 24, 2011	Waived Jolene Anderson
May 27, 2011	Waived Amy Jaeschke
June 1, 2011	Traded a 2nd round pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton^[6]
June 2, 2011	Waived Shameka Christon^[7]
June 21, 2011	Waived Angie Bjorklund^[8]
July 24, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy to a 7-day contract
July 31, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy to a 2nd 7-day contract
August 7, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy to a 3rd 7-day contract
August 14, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy to a 4th 7-day contract
August 21, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy to a 5th 7-day contract
August 28, 2011	Signed Shay Murphy

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

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

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

2011_Chicago_Sky_season

2011 Chicago Sky season

Transactions

WNBA draft

Trades and Roster Changes

Roster

Depth

Schedule

Preseason

Regular Season

Standings

Statistics

Regular Season

Awards and honors

References

External links

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Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sylvia Fowles	34	34	34.6	59.1	0.0	76.6	10.2	0.6	1.2	2.0	20.0
Epiphanny Prince	34	27	29.4	37.5	37.3	80.4	2.1	3.0	2.3	0.4	13.6
Eshaya Murphy	10	0	20.5	36.9	40.0	92.9	4.8	1.1	1.3	0.4	9.8
Tamera Young	33	19	24.0	42.5	14.3	72.4	3.8	1.3	1.1	0.3	7.9
Courtney Vandersloot	34	26	22.9	39.1	27.1	76.6	2.0	3.7	0.7	0.4	6.5
Michelle Snow	34	30	24.1	45.6	0.0	78.0	6.3	1.9	0.5	1.3	5.9
Cathrine Kraayeveld	33	15	20.6	39.5	40.9	73.3	2.6	1.2	0.6	0.2	5.9
Erin Thorn	34	7	16.8	40.5	39.5	94.7	1.7	2.4	0.3	0.1	5.4
Dominique Canty	22	8	15.0	31.8	14.3	57.6	1.2	2.0	0.5	0.1	4.1
Carolyn Swords	29	4	7.5	52.8	0.0	87.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.2	2.7
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton	29	0	8.1	41.5	0.0	50.0	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.7
Angie Bjorklund	7	0	6.1	18.2	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.1

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Sylvia Fowles	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	July 18	^[9]
		August 15	^[10]
		August 29	^[11]
	Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August	September 1	^[12]
	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 20	^[13]
	Defensive Player of the Year	September 29	^[14]
	All-Defensive First Team	September 29	^[15]
	All-WNBA Second Team	October 4	^[16]
Courtney Vandersloot	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 20	^[13]
Courtney Vandersloot	All-Rookie Team	September 16	^[17]
Epiphanny Prince	WNBA All-Star Selection	July 20	^[13]