# 2015 Atlanta Dream season

The 2015 WNBA season was the 8th season for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association. This was the second season under head coach Michael Cooper and the first season missed the playoffs since the 2008 season. The Dream opened their season up against the New York Liberty on June 5, 2022, with an 82–73 loss.

## Transactions
### WNBA draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
| 1 | 9 | Samantha Logic | United States | Iowa |
| 3 | 29 | Ariel Massengale | United States | Tennessee |
| 3 | 34 | Lauren Okafor | United States | James Madison |

### Trades and Roster Changes

| Date | Transaction |
| January 12, 2015 | Extended Qualifying Offers to Nadia Colhado, Aneika Henry-Morello, Jasmine Thomas, and Amanda Thompson |
| January 15, 2015 | Cored Erika de Souza |
| February 23, 2015 | Signed Erika de Souza |
| February 24, 2015 | Signed Sequoia Holmes, Ify Ibekwe, and Nadia Colhado to training-camp contracts |
| February 24, 2015 | Signed Roneeka Hodges |
| March 19, 2015 | Signed Jasmine Thomas to Multi-Year Deal |
| April 16, 2015 | Traded Jasmine Thomas to the Connecticut Sun for the draft rights to Brittany Hrynko |
| April 20, 2015 | Signed Monique Oliver and Chucky Jeffery to training-camp contracts |
| April 21, 2015 | Signed Aneika Henry-Morello |
| April 22, 2015 | Signed Samantha Logic to a rookie-scale contract |
| April 23, 2015 | Signed Lauren Okafor to a rookie-scale contract |
| May 6, 2015 | Signed Matee Ajavon |
| May 6, 2015 | Signed Martha Alwal to a training-camp contract |
| May 14, 2015 | Signed Brittany Hrynko to a rookie-scale contract |
| May 19, 2015 | Waived Brittany Hrynko |
| May 19, 2015 | Full Season Suspend Celine Dumerc |
| May 24, 2015 | Waived Monique Oliver, Chucky Jeffery, and Lauren Okafor |
| May 25, 2015 | Signed Erica Wheeler to a training-camp contract |
| May 29, 2015 | Waived Ify Ibekwe |
| June 1, 2015 | Waived Martha Alwal and Sequoia Holmes |
| June 14, 2015 | Temporarily Suspend Aneika Henry-Morello and Tiffany Hayes due to Overseas Commitment |
| June 17, 2015 | Signed Cierra Burdick and Sydney Carter |
| July 3, 2015 | Waived Nadia Colhado |
| July 4, 2015 | Activated Tiffany Hayes from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 5, 2015 | Traded Samantha Logic to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2016 WNBA draft |
| July 5, 2015 | Activated Aneika Henry-Morello from her Temporary Suspension |
| July 22, 2015 | Waived Erica Wheeler |
| July 26, 2015 | Traded Erika de Souza to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Damiris Dantas and Reshanda Gray from the Minnesota Lynx in a 3-Team Deal. |
| September 11, 2015 | Signed Carla Cortijo to a Hardship Contract |

## Roster
### Depth

| Pos. | Starter | Bench |
| C | Damiris Dantas | Aneika Henry-Morello |
| PF | Sancho Lyttle | Delisha Milton-Jones Reshanda Gray |
| SF | Angel McCoughtry | Roneeka Hodges Cierra Burdick |
| SG | Tiffany Hayes | Matee Ajavon |
| PG | Shoni Schimmel | Sydney Carter Carla Cortijo |

## Schedule
### Preseason

2015 Preseason Schedule :
Total: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
1
May 23
Washington
L 55-79
McCoughtry Alwal (10)
Aneika Henry-Morello (9)
Shoni Schimmel (6)
KFC Yum! Center 6,347
0–1
2
May 27
@ New York
W 85-72
McCoughtry Wheeler (13)
Érika de Souza (10)
Erica Wheeler (4)
Madison Square Garden 14,530
1–1 :
2015 season schedule :

### Regular season

2015 Regular Season Schedule Total: 15-19 (Home: 9–8; Road: 6–11) :
June: 4–6 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1
June 5
@ New York
L 73-82
Angel McCoughtry (27)
McCoughtry Schimmel (8)
Shoni Schimmel (4)
Madison Square Garden 8,910
0–1
2
June 7
Connecticut
L 70-75
Sancho Lyttle (16)
Sancho Lyttle (14)
Shoni Schimmel (3)
Philips Arena 8,350
0–2
3
June 11
San Antonio
W 72-69
Angel McCoughtry (21)
Sancho Lyttle (10)
Shoni Schimmel (3)
Philips Arena 4,308
1–2
4
June 12
@ Washington
W 64-61
Angel McCoughtry (21)
Lyttle de Souza (6)
Schimmel McCoughtry Ajavon (3)
Philips Arena 7,248
2–2
5
June 14
@ Connecticut
L 64-82
Angel McCoughtry (24)
Sancho Lyttle (10)
Lyttle Wheeler (4)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,520
2–3
6
June 16
Indiana
L 79-90
Sancho Lyttle (19)
Erika de Souza (9)
McCoughtry de Souza (4)
Philips Arena 9,814
2–4
7
June 19
Chicago
W 74-73
Angel McCoughtry (18)
Erika de Souza (11)
Angel McCoughtry (6)
Philips Arena 5,166
3–4
8
June 21
New York
L 64-73
Angel McCoughtry (17)
Erika de Souza (9)
Angel McCoughtry (4)
Philips Arena 5,805
3–5
9
June 24
@ Chicago
L 96-100 OT
Angel McCoughtry (34)
Lyttle McCoughtry (10)
McCoughtry Ajavon (6)
Allstate Arena 9,893
3–6
10
June 26
Washington
W 72-69
Angel McCoughtry (18)
Sancho Lyttle (10)
Matee Ajavon (4)
Philips Arena 5,861
4–6 :
July: 3–6 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–5)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
11
July 5
Seattle
W 72-64
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Sancho Lyttle (15)
McCoughtry Hayes(4)
Philips Arena 5,385
5–6
12
July 7
Tulsa
L 75-85
Angel McCoughtry (25)
Sancho Lyttle (13)
Matee Ajavon (4)
Philips Arena 6,744
5–7
13
July 12
New York
W 84-76
Angel McCoughtry (32)
Erika de Souza (8)
Angel McCoughtry (6)
Philips Arena 6,028
6–7
14
July 14
@ Phoenix
L 71-80
Tiffany Hayes (19)
Cierra Burdick (8)
Cierra Burdick (6)
US Airways Center 10,472
6–8
15
July 16
@ Los Angeles
W 76-72
Angel McCoughtry (22)
Erika de Souza (8)
McCoughtry Wheeler (3)
STAPLES Center 12,567
7–8
16
July 18
@ Seattle
L 73-86
Angel McCoughtry (16)
de Souza Milton-Jones (5)
Shoni Schimmel (3)
KeyArena 9,686
7–9
17
July 21
@ Chicago
L 92-97
Tiffany Hayes (19)
Erika de Souza (9)
Angel McCoughtry (6)
Allstate Arena 5,967
7–10
18
July 29
@ San Antonio
L 85-102
Angel McCoughtry (14)
Aneika Henry-Morello (9)
Shoni Schimmel (7)
Freeman Coliseum 3,613
7–11
19
July 31
@ Minnesota
L 70-86
Tiffany Hayes (15)
Aneika Henry-Morello (8)
Shoni Schimmel (10)
Target Center 9,134
7–12 :
August: 5–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 3–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
20
August 2
Phoenix
L 68-71
Angel McCoughtry (16)
Henry-Morello Dantas (9)
Roneeka Hodges (4)
Philips Arena 7,352
7–13
21
August 7
@ Indiana
L 77-106
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Aneika Henry-Morello (7)
Schimmel McCoughtry (3)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,869
7–14
22
August 9
@ Tulsa
W 98-90
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Angel McCoughtry (9)
Hayes McCoughtry (4)
BOK Center 5,345
8–14
23
August 14
Minnesota
L 82-84
Angel McCoughtry (32)
Dantas Gray (8)
Shoni Schimmel (8)
Philips Arena 5,890
8–15
24
August 16
Connecticut
W 90-77
McCoughtry Gray (18)
Sancho Lyttle (7)
Matee Ajavon (7)
Philips Arena 5,661
9–15
25
August 21
@ New York
L 67-78
Tiffany Hayes (17)
Sancho Lyttle (8)
Shoni Schimmel (4)
Madison Square Garden 9,303
9–16
26
August 23
@ Connecticut
W 102-92
Angel McCoughtry (33)
Angel McCoughtry (8)
Matee Ajavon (8)
Mohegan Sun Arena 5,319
10–16
27
August 25
Connecticut
W 71-57
Sancho Lyttle (17)
Hayes Henry-Morello (9)
Ajavon Hayes (5)
Philips Arena 5,573
11–16
28
August 28
@ Indiana
W 90-84
Tiffany Hayes (28)
Sancho Lyttle (8)
Ajavon Schimmel McCoughtry (2)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 7,303
12–16
29
August 29
Chicago
L 98-96
Angel McCoughtry (33)
Angel McCoughtry (11)
Sancho Lyttle (3)
Philips Arena 6,872
12–17 :
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
30
September 1
@ New York
L 75-80 OT
Angel McCoughtry (25)
Aneika Henry-Morello (9)
Tiffany Hayes (6)
Madison Square Garden 7,482
12–18
31
September 6
@ Washington
W 73-67
Tiffany Hayes (19)
Aneika Henry-Morello Lyttle (10)
Sancho Lyttle (6)
Philips Arena 5,584
13–18
32
September 9
Los Angeles
W 90-60
Angel McCoughtry (23)
Damiris Dantas (12)
Schimmel Hayes Ajavon (5)
Philips Arena 3,856
14–18
33
September 11
Indiana
L 67-75
Sancho Lyttle (19)
Lyttle Aneika Henry-Morello (8)
Hayes Lyttle (3)
Philips Arena 5,823
14–19
34
September 13
@ Washington
W 73-71
Angel McCoughtry (24)
Sancho Lyttle (12)
Schimmel Lyttle (3)
Verizon Center 7,196
15–19 :
2015 season schedule :

## Standings

| Eastern Conference vte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
| x - New York Liberty | 23 | 11 | .676 | – | 12–5 | 11–6 | 13–9 |
| x - Chicago Sky | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2 | 13–4 | 8–9 | 14–8 |
| x - Indiana Fever | 20 | 14 | .588 | 3 | 11–6 | 9–8 | 13–9 |
| x - Washington Mystics | 18 | 16 | .529 | 5 | 11–6 | 7–10 | 10–12 |
| e - Atlanta Dream | 15 | 19 | .441 | 8 | 9–8 | 6–11 | 10–12 |
| e - Connecticut Sun | 15 | 19 | .441 | 8 | 8–9 | 7–10 | 6–16 |

## Statistics
### Regular season

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Angel McCoughtry | 34 | 26 | 30.0 | 41.3 | 36.3 | 80.5 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 20.1 |
| Tiffany Hayes | 28 | 27 | 29.9 | 39.2 | 27.4 | 80.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 |
| Sancho Lyttle | 24 | 24 | 30.0 | 47.5 | 20.0 | 73.6 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 10.3 |
| Erika de Souza | 17 | 17 | 28.9 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 8.6 |
| Damiris Dantas | 16 | 16 | 24.8 | 38.3 | 33.3 | 97.3 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| Shoni Schimmel | 32 | 16 | 19.8 | 37.8 | 38.3 | 85.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| Carla Cortijo | 2 | 0 | 16.0 | 55.6 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| Roneeka Hodges | 23 | 9 | 19.5 | 38.2 | 36.0 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.4 |
| Matee Ajavon | 33 | 11 | 17.6 | 40.5 | 16.7 | 82.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| Reshanda Gray | 17 | 1 | 14.8 | 49.3 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| Aneika Henry-Morello | 29 | 11 | 17.9 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| Erica Wheeler | 17 | 0 | 11.9 | 45.7 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| Cierra Burdick | 11 | 4 | 18.9 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | 18 | 1 | 8.9 | 34.0 | 10.0 | 55.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Sydney Carter | 26 | 7 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 |
| Nadia Colhado | 6 | 0 | 5.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Samantha Logic | 4 | 0 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date awarded |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Star Selection | July 14 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-WNBA First Team | October 8 |
| Angel McCoughtry | All-Defensive First Team | September 27 |
| DeLisha Milton-Jones | Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award | October 1 |
| Sancho Lyttle | All-Defensive Second Team | September 27 |
| Shoni Schimmel | All-Star Selection | July 14 |