| 2011 Chicago Sky season | |
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| 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 |
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]
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/team/country |
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| 1 | 3 | Courtney Vandersloot |  United States
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Gonzaga |
| 2 | 15 | Carolyn Swords | United States
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Boston College |
| 2 | 17 | Angie Bjorklund | United States
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Tennessee |
| 3 | 27 | Amy Jaeschke | United States
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Northwestern |
| Date | Transaction | |
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| 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 | |
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2011 Preseason Schedule
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| Eastern Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Conf. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 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. |
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| 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] |
| All-Rookie Team | September 16 | [17] | |
| Epiphanny Prince | WNBA All-Star Selection | July 20 | [13] |
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