Courtney Vandersloot was born on February 8,1989 and is an American and Hungarian basketball point guard for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association and for Fenerbahce in the EuroLeague Women.
24 Facts About Courtney Vandersloot
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Courtney Vandersloot was named an All-Star again in 2019 and 2021, and led the Sky to their first WNBA Championship in 2021.
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Courtney Vandersloot did not concentrate on basketball until high school:.
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Courtney Vandersloot became a basketball star at Kentwood High School in her hometown.
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Courtney Vandersloot offered her a scholarship after seeing her practice, even though he did not stay for the tournament.
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Courtney Vandersloot took her game to another level as a senior, averaging 26 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 5 steals while leading Kentwood to a third-place finish in the state tournament; their only loss was in the state semifinals.
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Courtney Vandersloot scored 113 points in the tournament, one shy of the state record for a girls' tournament, and was named MVP.
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Courtney Vandersloot was consensus first-team all-state, and was named the state's player of the year by the Seattle Times.
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Courtney Vandersloot would recall that it "took me a couple of weeks to build up," and when she finally called Stockton for the first time, she hoped that she would reach his voice mail so she wouldn't have to talk.
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Courtney Vandersloot won the first of what would be three WCC Player of the Year awards.
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The Bulldogs went on to win the WCC tournament, with Courtney Vandersloot named tournament MVP.
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Courtney Vandersloot was again named both WCC Player of the Year and WCC Tournament MVP while leading the Bulldogs to a second consecutive WCC Tournament title.
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Courtney Vandersloot led the WCC in both scoring and assists on the way to a second straight unbeaten season in conference play.
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Courtney Vandersloot was named WCC Player of the Year for an unprecedented third time.
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The Zags again won the WCC Tournament, and Courtney Vandersloot was named tournament MVP for the third straight time, becoming the first women's player in WCC history to win that honor three times.
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Courtney Vandersloot finished with 29 points, 7 assists, and 7 steals as the Zags became the lowest-seeded team ever to reach a regional final in the women's tournament.
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Courtney Vandersloot was named to the five-woman Wooden All-America Team, another honor never before achieved by a WCC player.
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On February 11,2023, Courtney Vandersloot had her number retired, becoming the first Gonzaga women's basketball to receive the honor.
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Courtney Vandersloot was widely considered to be one of the top prospects in the 2011 WNBA draft.
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Courtney Vandersloot was named as an Eastern Conference reserve for the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, and was one of the five members of the 2011 All-Rookie Team, gaining 10 of a possible 11 votes from the league's head coaches.
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The 2014 season marked the first time Courtney Vandersloot led the league in assists per game.
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Courtney Vandersloot broke her own league record with 9.1 assists per game.
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Courtney Vandersloot was selected to the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her second All-Star appearance.
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On December 27,2018, Courtney Vandersloot married Chicago Sky teammate Allie Quigley in Seattle, near Courtney Vandersloot's hometown of Kent, Washington.