WNBA free agent Courtney Vandersloot set to join Sky
Former Kentwood High School star Courtney Vandersloot has signed a one-year contract to play for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky in 2025, according to a report by The Athletic, a part of nytimes.com .
According to multiple sources out of Unrivaled, the Sky's All-Time assist leader is expected to make her return to the franchise that drafted her with the third overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft.
With 36 of the greatest women’s basketball players assembled in Miami for Unrivaled’s inaugural season, no fan would be wrong in choosing a favorite.
According to multiple league sources, a reunion between the Sky and their All-Time assist leader is being strongly considered.
Courtney Vandersloot is headed back to the only other WNBA home she’s ever known after two seasons in the Big Apple
This move reshapes the guard landscape around the league - which will have a significant impact on veteran free agent Courtney Vandersloot. Vandersloot is a five-time WNBA All-Star and two time champion who starred for the Gonzaga Bulldogs from 2008-2011.
Although Sloot has only been gone two seasons, she returns to a new look Sky roster led by young star Angel Reese, who averaged 13.6 points and 13.1 rebounds per game as a rookie last year - finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting to Caitlin Clark.
Veteran guard Courtney Vandersloot is expected to sign with the Chicago Sky, sources told Annie Costabile of The Chicago Sun-Times.Vandersloot left the Sky in free agency two years ago to join the New York Liberty.
Courtney Vandersloot, a former multi-time all-star and WNBA champion with the Chicago Sky, is expected to return to the franchise, according to the Chicago Sun-Times’ Annie Costabile. Costabile reports multiple Unrivaled sources have told her Vandersloot is expected to return to the franchise that took her with the No.
Courtney Vandersloot, who spent her first 12 WNBA seasons in Chicago before playing two years for the New York Liberty, is set to rejoin the Sky.
Vandersloot is an unrestricted free agent after playing the last two seasons with the New York Liberty, helping them win the 2024 WNBA championship. Prior to her run with the New York franchise, she spent 12 seasons with the Sky after being drafted third overall in 2011.