2011 Seattle Storm season
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Seattle Storm 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's 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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Transaction log

  • February 2: The Storm re-signed Camille Little.
  • February 9: The Storm signed Erin Phillips and Belinda Snell.
  • March 1: The Storm re-signed Swin Cash.
  • March 15: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson and signed Aneika Henry to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm signed Bridgette Mitchell to a training camp contract.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Breanna Salley to a training camp contract.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Lauren Prochaska to a training camp contract.
  • April 29: The Storm traded Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics, and Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Indiana Fever, in exchange for Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe from Washington, and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Indiana.
  • May 17: The Storm waived Aneika Henry and Breanna Salley.
  • May 22: The Storm waived Bridgette Mitchell and Lauren Prochaska.
  • May 23: The Storm signed Sharnee Zoll and waived Courtney Ward.
  • May 30: The Storm waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 2: The Storm waived Sharnee Zoll.
  • June 26: The Storm waived Ify Ibekwe and signed Ewelina Kobryn.
  • August 1: The Storm waived Krystal Thomas and signed Allie Quigley.
  • August 2: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract extension.

Trades


Additions

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| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| February 9, 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"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

|| April 29, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| August 1, 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....


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 1, 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:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| Ashley Robinson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Camille Little
Camille Little
Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:...


| Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...


Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Tanisha Wright
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...


|}

Preseason

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|-
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|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Seattle Storm 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's 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:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 12
| Jasmine Thomas
Jasmine Thomas (basketball)
Jasmine Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


|-
| 2
| 24
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


|
| Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...


|-
| 3
| 36
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


|
| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


|-
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Transaction log

  • February 2: The Storm re-signed Camille Little.
  • February 9: The Storm signed Erin Phillips and Belinda Snell.
  • March 1: The Storm re-signed Swin Cash.
  • March 15: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson and signed Aneika Henry to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm signed Bridgette Mitchell to a training camp contract.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Breanna Salley to a training camp contract.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Lauren Prochaska to a training camp contract.
  • April 29: The Storm traded Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics, and Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Indiana Fever, in exchange for Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe from Washington, and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Indiana.
  • May 17: The Storm waived Aneika Henry and Breanna Salley.
  • May 22: The Storm waived Bridgette Mitchell and Lauren Prochaska.
  • May 23: The Storm signed Sharnee Zoll and waived Courtney Ward.
  • May 30: The Storm waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 2: The Storm waived Sharnee Zoll.
  • June 26: The Storm waived Ify Ibekwe and signed Ewelina Kobryn.
  • August 1: The Storm waived Krystal Thomas and signed Allie Quigley.
  • August 2: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract extension.

Trades

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


| width=375|To Indiana
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...

 and Washington
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|-
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

, Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

 and Indiana's third-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Jasmine Thomas
Jasmine Thomas (basketball)
Jasmine Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

, Erin Phillips
Erin Phillips
Erin Victoria Phillips is an Australian professional women's basketball player. In the United States, she currently plays for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association and for Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League .-Personal:Phillips is the daughter...

, a first-round pick in 2012 Draft
and a third-round pick in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

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| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| February 9, 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"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

|| April 29, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| August 1, 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....


|}

Subtractions

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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 1, 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:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| Ashley Robinson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Camille Little
Camille Little
Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:...


| Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...


Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Tanisha Wright
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Seattle Storm 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...

.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Storm's 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:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 12
| Jasmine Thomas
Jasmine Thomas (basketball)
Jasmine Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...


|
| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


|-
| 2
| 24
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


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| Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...


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| 36
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...


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| Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...


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Transaction log

  • February 2: The Storm re-signed Camille Little.
  • February 9: The Storm signed Erin Phillips and Belinda Snell.
  • March 1: The Storm re-signed Swin Cash.
  • March 15: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson and signed Aneika Henry to a training camp contract.
  • April 8: The Storm signed Bridgette Mitchell to a training camp contract.
  • April 14: The Storm signed Breanna Salley to a training camp contract.
  • April 22: The Storm signed Lauren Prochaska to a training camp contract.
  • April 29: The Storm traded Jasmine Thomas and a first-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Washington Mystics, and Erin Phillips and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft to the Indiana Fever, in exchange for Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe from Washington, and a third-round pick in the 2012 Draft from Indiana.
  • May 17: The Storm waived Aneika Henry and Breanna Salley.
  • May 22: The Storm waived Bridgette Mitchell and Lauren Prochaska.
  • May 23: The Storm signed Sharnee Zoll and waived Courtney Ward.
  • May 30: The Storm waived Jacinta Monroe.
  • June 2: The Storm waived Sharnee Zoll.
  • June 26: The Storm waived Ify Ibekwe and signed Ewelina Kobryn.
  • August 1: The Storm waived Krystal Thomas and signed Allie Quigley.
  • August 2: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson to a multi-year contract extension.

Trades

{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"
! style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|April 11, 2011
| width=375|To Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...


| width=375|To Indiana
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...

 and Washington
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|-
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

, Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

 and Indiana's third-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Jasmine Thomas
Jasmine Thomas (basketball)
Jasmine Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:...

, Erin Phillips
Erin Phillips
Erin Victoria Phillips is an Australian professional women's basketball player. In the United States, she currently plays for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association and for Adelaide Lightning in the Women's National Basketball League .-Personal:Phillips is the daughter...

, a first-round pick in 2012 Draft
and a third-round pick in 2012 Draft
|}

Additions

{| cellspacing="0"
| valign="top" |
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| February 9, 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"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| 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"
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...

|| April 29, 2011 || Washington Mystics
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...


|- style="height:40px"
| Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...

|| August 1, 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....


|}

Subtractions

{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#2E8B57;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Abrosimova
Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. Bishop also plays for the Dandenong Rangers of the Australian WNBL...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey
Alison Lacey is an Australian professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played at Iowa State University from 2006–2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from Iowa State, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points,...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Jana Vesela
Jana Veselá
Jana Veselá is a Czech professional basketball player in the WNBA. She also plays for Ros Casares Valencia.-External links:*...

|| 2011 || hiatus
|- style="height:40px"
| Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe
Ify Ibekwe is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| June 26, 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"
| Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas
Krystal Thomas is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Thomas was selected in the third round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.-References:...

|| August 1, 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:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322"
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...


| Ashley Robinson
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Camille Little
Camille Little
Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:...


| Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham is a professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title...


Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn
Ewelina Kobryn is a basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.-References:...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Swin Cash
Swin Cash
Swintayla Marie Cash , better known as Swin Cash, is an American WNBA player who plays for the Seattle Storm. A prolific scorer and rebounder, as well as a capable ball handler and defender, she helped lead the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to national titles in 2000 and 2002...


| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Tanisha Wright
| Katie Smith
Katie Smith
Katherine May "Katie" Smith is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is shooting guard, although she sometimes plays small forward or point guard. She is the all time leading scorer in women's professional basketball, having notched over 7000 points in both...


|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#B22222" | 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...


| Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....


| Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley
Allie Quigley is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-High school:Quigley played for Joliet Catholic Academy in Joliet, Illinois, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game .-External links:*...


|}

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#2E8B57; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
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