2011 Chicago Sky season

August 2023 March 2026 Chicago Sky 2011 14 20 Eastern 5 Pokey Chatman Allstate Arena Did not qualify CN100ESPN2, NBATV The 2011 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 6th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their first season under head coach Pokey Chatman. 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. Chatman was named the head coach and general manager, after Steven Key resigned following the 2010 season.Dishin & Swishin: Pokey Chatman Named Coach Of The Chicago Sky https://www.swishappeal.com/2010/10/29/1781420/dishin-swishin-pokey-chatman-named-coach-of-the-chicago-sky swishappeal.com Swish Appeal July 11, 2022 Transactions WNBA draft 2011 WNBA draft Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country 1 3 Courtney Vandersloot Gonzaga 2 15 Carolyn Swords Boston College 2 17 Angie Bjorklund Tennessee 3 27 Amy Jaeschke Northwestern Trades and Roster Changes DateTransaction October 29, 2010 Hired Pokey Chatman as head coach and general manager December 28, 2010 Hired Jeff House and Christie Sides as assistant coachesChicago Sky Announce Jeff House and Christie Sides to Assist Chatman in 2011 https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-announce-jeff-house-and-christie-sides-to-assist-chatman-in-2011/n-4132627 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 11, 2022 January 12, 2011 Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy April 7, 2011 Signed Jolene Anderson to a training-camp contractJolene Anderson signs with Chicago Sky https://uwbadgers.com/news/2011/4/14/Jolene_Anderson_signs_with_Chicago_Sky.aspx uwbadgers.com Wisconsin Athletics July 11, 2022 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 SnowThe Sky Acquires Michelle Snow in trade for Jia Perkins https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/sky/the_sky_acquires_michelle_snow_2011_04_20.html wnba.com WNBA July 11, 2022 Signed Erin Thorn April 22, 2011 Signed Linda FrohlichSky Signs Linda Frolich https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/sky-signs-linda-frolich/n-4189662 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 11, 2022 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-HyltonLindsay Wisdom-Hylton joins Sky https://www.espn.com/chicago/news/story?id=6616437 ESPN.com ESPN July 11, 2022 June 2, 2011 Waived Shameka ChristonChicago Sky Waives Shameka Christon https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicago-sky-waives-shameka-christon/n-4215142 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 11, 2022 June 21, 2011 Waived Angie BjorklundChicago waives former U-High star Bjorklund https://www.krem.com/article/sports/nba/chicago-waives-former-u-high-star-bjorklund/293-169239058 krem.com KREM July 11, 2022 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 Chicago Sky 2011 WNBA #4b90cc #Fbb726 #Fbb726 #FFFFFF 3 Dominique Canty G 5 9 166 03-02-1977 12 Alabama USA 34 Sylvia Fowles C 6 6 200 10-06-1985 3 Louisiana State USA 33 Cathrine Kraayeveld F 6 3 183 09-30-1981 6 Oregon USA 7 Shay Murphy G 5 11 164 04-15-1985 4 USC USA 10 Epiphanny Prince G 5 9 167 01-11-1988 1 Rutgers USA 2 Michelle Snow F/C 6 5 158 03-20-1980 9 Tennessee USA 30 Carolyn Swords C 6 6 210 07-19-1989 R Boston College USA 5 Erin Thorn G 5 9 144 05-19-1981 8 Brigham Young USA 21 Courtney Vandersloot G 5 8 130 02-08-1989 R Gonzaga USA 14 Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton F 6 2 186 05-26-1986 2 Purdue USA 1 Tamera Young F 6 2 170 10-30-1986 3 JMU USA USA Pokey Chatman LSU USA Jeff House 1 Nazareth College (New York) USA Christie Sides 1 Louisiana Tech USA Michelle Kania 1 Illinois USA Ann Crosby 1 Western Michigan University Depth Pos.StarterBench C Sylvia Fowles Carolyn Swords PF Michelle Snow Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton SF Tamera Young Shay MurphyCathrine Kraayeveld SG Epiphanny Prince Erin Thorn PG Courtney Vandersloot Dominique Canty Schedule Preseason y background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910 2011 Preseason ScheduleTotal: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || May 23 || 11:30am || China || 84-45 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Carolyn Swords (8) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Trinity International University 972 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || May 26 || 11:30am || @ Washington || 55-66 || Epiphanny Prince (12) || Sylvia Fowles (6) || Epiphanny Prince (4) || Verizon Center 9,502 || 1-1 |- Regular season background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910 2011 Regular Season ScheduleTotal: 14–20 (Home: 10–7; Road: 4–13) y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED June: 4–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 4 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || CN100FS-I || 57-65 || Epiphanny Prince (20) || FowlesKraayeveldSnow (7) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,024 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 10 || 8:30pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 78-75 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Epiphanny Prince (7) || Allstate Arena 6,609 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || June 11 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || CN100 || 84-77 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Michelle Snow (8) || Dominique Canty (6) || Verizon Center 11,943 || 2-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || June 17 || 8:30pm || New York || CN100 || 85-73 || Sylvia Fowles (27) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Epiphanny Prince (8) || Allstate Arena 5,718 || 3-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || June 19 || 1:00pm || @ Connecticut || || 68-83 || Sylvia Fowles (23) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,875 || 3-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || June 21 || 12:00pm || @ Atlanta || SSO || 68-71 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Michelle Snow (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (6) || Philips Arena 6,154 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || June 23 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100 || 107-101 (2OT) || Epiphanny Prince (25) || Michelle Snow (17) || Courtney Vandersloot (10) || Allstate Arena 3,319 || 4-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || June 25 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || CN100 || 78-86 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Courtney Vandersloot (4) || Allstate Arena 5,547 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || June 28 || 8:00pm || San Antonio || CN100 || 74-84 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || PrinceThorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,894 || 4-5 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED July: 5–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–4) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || July 1 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBATVCN100 || 84-97 || Epiphanny Prince (19) || Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (8) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || US Airways Center 9,517 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || July 5 || 8:00pm || Washington || CN100 || 78-65 || Sylvia Fowles (34) || Sylvia Fowles (16) || Erin Thorn (4) || Allstate Arena 3,187 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 9 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 81-69 || Epiphanny Prince (24) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Courtney Vandersloot (9) || Allstate Arena 5,679 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 10 || 4:00pm || @ New York || NBATVCN100MSG+ || 73-80 || FowlesVandersloot (14) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Tamera Young (4) || Prudential Center 7,315 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || July 13 || 12:30pm || Tulsa || || 74-52 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || Allstate Arena 13,838 || 7-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 15 || July 16 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || NBATVCN100FS-S || 68-76 || Sylvia Fowles (20) || Michelle Snow (12) || Erin Thorn (9) || Philips Arena 7,413 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 19 || 7:00pm || Seattle || ESPN2 || 78-69 || Sylvia Fowles (24) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Courtney Vandersloot (7) || Allstate Arena 6,026 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 21 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBATVCN100FS-I || 63-77 || Sylvia Fowles (21) || Michelle Snow (6) || Erin Thorn (5) || Conseco Fieldhouse 8,050 || 8-9 |- | colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star break |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || July 26 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || CN100CSN-NE || 66-77 || Epiphanny Prince (16) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Tamera Young (5) || Allstate Arena 3,091 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || July 28 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 64-55 || Sylvia Fowles (14) || Michelle Snow (11) || Michelle Snow (5) || BOK Center 4,012 || 9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || July 30 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || CN100 || 84-88 || Erin Thorn (17) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (5) || Allstate Arena 5,909 || 9-11 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED August: 5–5 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || August 4 || 12:00pm || @ New York || NBATVMSG || 49-59 || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Epiphanny Prince (3) || Prudential Center 10,133 || 9-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || August 7 || 6:00pm || Indiana || CN100 || 88-69 || FowlesMurphy (21) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Erin Thorn (4) || Allstate Arena 5,794 || 10-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 9 || 7:30pm || @ Connecticut || || 58-69 || Sylvia Fowles (19) || Tamera Young (15) || Courtney Vandersloot (3) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,049 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 24 || August 12 || 8:30pm || Minnesota || CN100 || 76-79 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Courtney Vandersloot (8) || Allstate Arena 6,289 || 10-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 25 || August 14 || 3:00pm || @ San Antonio || NBATVCN100 || 85-73 || Sylvia Fowles (28) || Sylvia Fowles (17) || Dominique Canty (6) || AT&T Center 7,060 || 11-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || August 20 || 7:00pm || @ Washington || NBATVCN100 || 71-70 || Sylvia Fowles (25) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || PrinceYoung (4) || Verizon Center 10,273 || 12-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 23 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || CN100 || 80-83 || Sylvia Fowles (20) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || Michelle Snow (3) || Allstate Arena 2,876 || 12-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || August 26 || 8:30pm || Washington || CN100 || 80-67 || Epiphanny Prince (18) || Sylvia Fowles (12) || ThornVandersloot (5) || Allstate Arena 4,434 || 13-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 28 || 6:00pm || New York || NBATVCN100 || 74-73 || FowlesThorn (17) || Sylvia Fowles (14) || ThornYoung (4) || Allstate Arena 5,707 || 14-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || August 30 || 7:00pm || @ New York || CN100MSG+ || 67-71 || Sylvia Fowles (22) || Sylvia Fowles (8) || Erin Thorn (4) || Prudential Center 6,334 || 14-16 |- y background:#FDE910; color:#6495ED September: 0–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || September 4 || 6:00pm || Indiana || NBATVCN100 || 80-88 || Epiphanny Prince (21) || Sylvia Fowles (9) || Epiphanny Prince (6) || Allstate Arena 6,199 || 14-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 8 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || NBATVCN100FS-N || 69-78 || FowlesThorn (17) || Carolyn Swords (8) || SwordsVandersloot (4) || Target Center 8,781 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || September 10 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBATVCN100 || 67-74 || Sylvia Fowles (18) || Sylvia Fowles (11) || Dominique Canty (6) || STAPLES Center 13,501 || 14-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 11 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || NBATVKONG || 70-81 || Sylvia Fowles (30) || Sylvia Fowles (13) || Erin Thorn (7) || KeyArena 13,659 || 14-20 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com Standings CHI Statistics Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sylvia Fowles34 34 34.6 59.1 0.0 76.6 10.2 0.6 1.2 2.0 20.0 Epiphanny Prince34 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 Vandersloot34 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 Thorn34 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 Ref. Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Week July 18 Fowles, Brunson earn WNBA Player of the Week honors https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/wnba/fowles-brunson-earn-wnba-player-of-the-week-honors/67-387534430 wtsp.com WTSP July 12, 2022 August 15 Chicago's Fowles and Phoenix's Taurasi Named Players of the Week https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/chicagos-fowles-and-phoenixs-taurasi-named-players-of-the-week/n-4275515 oursportscentral.com Our Sports Central July 12, 2022 August 29 Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Minnesota's Seimone Augustus Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/potw_110829.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 Eastern Conference Player of the Month - August September 1 Chicago's Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota's Lindsay Whalen Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/news/potm_august_2011.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 2011 WNBA All-Star Rosters https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/allstar/2011/rosters.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 Defensive Player of the Year September 29 Defensive Player of the Year https://www.wnba.com/history_defensive-player-of-the-year/ wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 All-Defensive First Team September 29 MVP Catchings, Defensive Player of the Year Fowles Headline 2011 WNBA All-Defensive Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2011/alldefensive_team_110929.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 All-WNBA Second Team October 4 MVP Tamika Catchings Headlines 2011 All-WNBA First Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2011/allwnba_team_111004.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 Courtney Vandersloot WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 All-Rookie Team September 16 Maya Moore, Danielle Robinson Headline 2011 All-Rookie Team https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/playoffs/2011/allrookie_team_110916.html wnba.com WNBA July 12, 2022 Epiphanny Prince WNBA All-Star Selection July 20 References External links Category:Chicago Sky seasons Chicago Chicago Sky Category:2010s in Cook County, Illinois