The Chicago Sky officially scored big in free agency, bringing Courtney Vandersloot back to the Windy City.
The news first broke on Jan. 29, but it wasn’t made official until Saturday, Feb. 1, when the league’s free agent signing window opened. Vandersloot is coming off playing two seasons with the New York Liberty, helping them to secure their first championship in franchise history in 2024.
Vandersloot began her career in Chicago, selected No. 3 overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft out of Gonzaga. She played 12 seasons in Chicago, accomplishing an arsenal of feats. Second all-time in assists in WNBA history, she led the league in total assists for five seasons (2015, 2018-21), recording 13 or more assists on 13 occasions. Across the 2019 and 2020 seasons, when she earned back-to-back All-WNBA First Team honors, Vandersloot averaged 12.2 points and 9.4 assists per game, while shooting 46 percent from the field.
In 2021, she was a catalyst in Chicago’s improbable run to the WNBA championship. It was also in Chicago where she married then-Sky teammate and DePaul alum Allie Quigley in 2018.
On bringing Vandersloot back to the franchise, Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca said:
Courtney is a generational talent. She is a proven winner, champion, leader and among the…
