2011 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Encyclopedia
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 9th in San Antonio.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.

Transaction log

  • February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
  • March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.
  • March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.
  • May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
  • May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
  • May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
  • June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and AShley Walker.

Trades


Additions

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| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....

|| March 7, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Helen Darling
Helen Darling
Helen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association most recently under a contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Crystal Kelly
Crystal Kelly
-External links:*...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade || May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Ruth Riley
Ruth Riley
Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...


| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...


| Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel is a center for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.-High school career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....


| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon is a professional basketball player currently under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.-Early life:...


| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 9th in San Antonio.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
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! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 6
| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....


|
| Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...


|-
| 2
| 20 (from Atl.
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

)
| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...


|
| Texas A&M
|-
| 3
| 30
| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
  • March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.
  • March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.
  • May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
  • May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
  • May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
  • June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and AShley Walker.

Trades

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! style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 20, 2011
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=375|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|-
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


|-
| rowspan=2|May 2, 2011
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


| second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

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{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....

|| March 7, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Helen Darling
Helen Darling
Helen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association most recently under a contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Crystal Kelly
Crystal Kelly
-External links:*...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade || May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

{| style="text-align: center; background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Ruth Riley
Ruth Riley
Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...


| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...


| Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel is a center for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.-High school career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....


| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon is a professional basketball player currently under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.-Early life:...


| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 9th in San Antonio.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...

.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 6
| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....


|
| Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...


|-
| 2
| 20 (from Atl.
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

)
| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...


|
| Texas A&M
|-
| 3
| 30
| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...


|-
|}

Transaction log

  • February 2: The Silver Stars signed Shanavia Dowdell and Ashley Walker.
  • March 7: The Silver Stars signed Tully Bevilaqua.
  • March 17: The Silver Stars signed Kelly Mazzante.
  • April 20: The Silver Stars traded Michelle Snow to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Jia Perkins.
  • May 2: The Silver Stars traded second- and third-round picks in the 2012 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Scholanda Robinson.
  • May 16: The Silver Stars signed Alysha Clark.
  • May 31: The Silver Stars waived Shanavia Dowdell.
  • June 2: The Silver Stars waived Alysha Clark, Kelly Mazzante, and AShley Walker.

Trades

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! style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3;" colspan=2|Trade
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| rowspan=2|April 20, 2011
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=375|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|-
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...


|-
| rowspan=2|May 2, 2011
| width=375|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


| second- and third-round picks in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

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| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....

|| March 7, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...


|- style="height:40px"
| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...

|| May 2, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Michelle Snow
Michelle Snow
Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow is an American professional basketball player from the WNBA. She currently plays the center position for the Chicago Sky.-High school years:...

|| April 20, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle
Ashley Battle , is a professional basketball player. Drafted by the Seattle Storm in 2005, she played 2 games for them before being waived. She was with the New York Liberty for the 2006 through 2009 seasons. Battle played collegiately for the University of Connecticut women's basketball...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Helen Darling
Helen Darling
Helen Marie Darling is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association ; as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent....

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association most recently under a contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Crystal Kelly
Crystal Kelly
-External links:*...

|| May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade || May 15, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Depth

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!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...


| Ruth Riley
Ruth Riley
Ruth Ellen Riley is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the Women's National Basketball Association . Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006...


| Danielle Adams
Danielle Adams
Danielle E. Adams is an American forward-center. She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...


| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...


| Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel is a center for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.-High school career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...


| Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson
Scholanda Robinson is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars.-External links:*...


| Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips
Porsha Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges
Roneeka Hodges is a current WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She is the twin sister of former WNBA player Doneeka Hodges....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...


| Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Louise Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA and the West Coast Waves in Australia's WNBL....


| Jia Perkins
Jia Perkins
Jia Dorene Perkins is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays the guard position for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA.-WNBA career:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#D3D3D3" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...


| Becky Hammon
Becky Hammon
Rebecca Lynn "Becky" Hammon is a professional basketball player currently under contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.-Early life:...


| Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....


|}

Preseason

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! colspan=2 style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
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