# 2011 Chicago Sky 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.

## Transactions
### 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 | Angie Bjorklund | United States | Tennessee |
| 3 | 27 | Amy Jaeschke | United States | Northwestern |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| October 29, 2010 | Hired Pokey Chatman as head coach and general manager |
| December 28, 2010 | Hired Jeff House and Christie Sides as assistant coaches |
| January 12, 2011 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy |
| April 7, 2011 | Signed Jolene Anderson to a training-camp contract |
| April 20, 2011 | Signed Angie Bjorklund, Courtney Vandersloot, Carolyn Swords, and Amy Jaeschke to rookie-scale contracts |
| April 20, 2011 | Traded Jia Perkins to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow |
| April 20, 2011 | Signed Erin Thorn |
| April 22, 2011 | Signed Linda Frohlich |
| 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 |
| June 2, 2011 | Waived Shameka Christon |
| June 21, 2011 | Waived Angie Bjorklund |
| 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 |

## Roster
### 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 |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2011 Preseason Schedule Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1May 2311:30amChina84-45Sylvia Fowles (18)Carolyn Swords (8)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Trinity International University 9721-0
2May 2611:30am@ Washington55-66Epiphanny Prince (12)Sylvia Fowles (6)Epiphanny Prince (4)Verizon Center 9,5021-1 :

### Regular Season

2011 Regular Season Schedule Total: 14–20 (Home: 10–7; Road: 4–13) :
June: 4–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1June 47:00pm@ IndianaCN100 FS-I57-65Epiphanny Prince (20)Fowles Kraayeveld Snow (7)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,0240-1
2June 108:30pmConnecticutCN10078-75Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (13)Epiphanny Prince (7)Allstate Arena 6,6091-1
3June 117:00pm@ WashingtonCN10084-77Sylvia Fowles (23)Michelle Snow (8)Dominique Canty (6)Verizon Center 11,9432-1
4June 178:30pmNew YorkCN10085-73Sylvia Fowles (27)Sylvia Fowles (11)Epiphanny Prince (8)Allstate Arena 5,7183-1
5June 191:00pm@ Connecticut68-83Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,8753-2
6June 2112:00pm@ AtlantaSSO68-71Sylvia Fowles (21)Michelle Snow (12)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Philips Arena 6,1543-3
7June 238:00pmConnecticutCN100107-101 (2OT)Epiphanny Prince (25)Michelle Snow (17)Courtney Vandersloot (10)Allstate Arena 3,3194-3
8June 258:00pmPhoenixCN10078-86Sylvia Fowles (28)Sylvia Fowles (11)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena 5,5474-4
9June 288:00pmSan AntonioCN10074-84Epiphanny Prince (19)Sylvia Fowles (12)Prince Thorn (4)Allstate Arena 3,8944-5 :
July: 5–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
10July 110:00pm@ PhoenixNBATV CN10084-97Epiphanny Prince (19)Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (8)Epiphanny Prince (6)US Airways Center 9,5174-6
11July 58:00pmWashingtonCN10078-65Sylvia Fowles (34)Sylvia Fowles (16)Erin Thorn (4)Allstate Arena 3,1875-6
12July 98:00pmAtlantaCN10081-69Epiphanny Prince (24)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Allstate Arena 5,6796-6
13July 104:00pm@ New YorkNBATV CN100 MSG+73-80Fowles Vandersloot (14)Sylvia Fowles (8)Tamera Young (4)Prudential Center 7,3156-7
14July 1312:30pmTulsa74-52Sylvia Fowles (21)Sylvia Fowles (13)Epiphanny Prince (6)Allstate Arena 13,8387-7
15July 167:30pm@ AtlantaNBATV CN100 FS-S68-76Sylvia Fowles (20)Michelle Snow (12)Erin Thorn (9)Philips Arena 7,4137-8
16July 197:00pmSeattleESPN278-69Sylvia Fowles (24)Sylvia Fowles (9)Courtney Vandersloot (7)Allstate Arena 6,0268-8
17July 217:00pm@ IndianaNBATV CN100 FS-I63-77Sylvia Fowles (21)Michelle Snow (6)Erin Thorn (5)Conseco Fieldhouse 8,0508-9
All-Star break
18July 268:00pmConnecticutCN100 CSN-NE66-77Epiphanny Prince (16)Sylvia Fowles (12)Tamera Young (5)Allstate Arena 3,0918-10
19July 288:00pm@ Tulsa64-55Sylvia Fowles (14)Michelle Snow (11)Michelle Snow (5)BOK Center 4,0129-10
20July 308:00pmLos AngelesCN10084-88Erin Thorn (17)Sylvia Fowles (9)Epiphanny Prince (5)Allstate Arena 5,9099-11 :
August: 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
21August 412:00pm@ New YorkNBATV MSG49-59Sylvia Fowles (11)Sylvia Fowles (8)Epiphanny Prince (3)Prudential Center 10,1339-12
22August 76:00pmIndianaCN10088-69Fowles Murphy (21)Sylvia Fowles (12)Erin Thorn (4)Allstate Arena 5,79410-12
23August 97:30pm@ Connecticut58-69Sylvia Fowles (19)Tamera Young (15)Courtney Vandersloot (3)Mohegan Sun Arena 6,04910-13
24August 128:30pmMinnesotaCN10076-79Sylvia Fowles (28)Sylvia Fowles (13)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena 6,28910-14
25August 143:00pm@ San AntonioNBATV CN10085-73Sylvia Fowles (28)Sylvia Fowles (17)Dominique Canty (6)AT&T Center 7,06011-14
26August 207:00pm@ WashingtonNBATV CN10071-70Sylvia Fowles (25)Sylvia Fowles (11)Prince Young (4)Verizon Center 10,27312-14
27August 238:00pmAtlantaCN10080-83Sylvia Fowles (20)Sylvia Fowles (12)Michelle Snow (3)Allstate Arena 2,87612-15
28August 268:30pmWashingtonCN10080-67Epiphanny Prince (18)Sylvia Fowles (12)Thorn Vandersloot (5)Allstate Arena 4,43413-15
29August 286:00pmNew YorkNBATV CN10074-73Fowles Thorn (17)Sylvia Fowles (14)Thorn Young (4)Allstate Arena 5,70714-15
30August 307:00pm@ New YorkCN100 MSG+67-71Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (8)Erin Thorn (4)Prudential Center 6,33414-16 :
September: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
31September 46:00pmIndianaNBATV CN10080-88Epiphanny Prince (21)Sylvia Fowles (9)Epiphanny Prince (6)Allstate Arena 6,19914-17
32September 88:00pm@ MinnesotaNBATV CN100 FS-N69-78Fowles Thorn (17)Carolyn Swords (8)Swords Vandersloot (4)Target Center 8,78114-18
33September 1010:30pm@ Los AngelesNBATV CN10067-74Sylvia Fowles (18)Sylvia Fowles (11)Dominique Canty (6)STAPLES Center 13,50114-19
34September 119:00pm@ SeattleNBATV KONG70-81Sylvia Fowles (30)Sylvia Fowles (13)Erin Thorn (7)KeyArena 13,65914-20 :
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com :

## 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 |

## Statistics
### Regular Season

| 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 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | July 18 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 15 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Week | August 29 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August | September 1 |
| Sylvia Fowles | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 |
| Sylvia Fowles | Defensive Player of the Year | September 29 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-Defensive First Team | September 29 |
| Sylvia Fowles | All-WNBA Second Team | October 4 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 |
| Courtney Vandersloot | All-Rookie Team | September 16 |
| Epiphanny Prince | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 |