2011 Phoenix Mercury season

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The 2011 WNBA season was the 15th season for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association.

The following are the Mercury's selections in the 2011 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/team/country
2	19	Brittany Spears	United States	Colorado
3	31	Tahnee Robinson	United States	Nevada

• February 9: The Mercury signed Brooke Smith, Sequoia Holmes, and Taylor Lilley to training camp contracts.
• February 22: The Mercury signed Lauren Ervin to a training camp contract.
• February 24: The Mercury signed Marie Ferdinand-Harris and Nakia Sanford.
• February 25: The Mercury signed Alexis Gray-Lawson and Amanda Thompson.
• March 14: The Mercury waived Sequoia Holmes and Brooke Smith.
• April 10: The Mercury signed Erlana Larkins to a training camp contract.
• April 11: The Mercury traded draft rights to Tahnee Robinson to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 draft.
• April 15: The Mercury waived Amanda Thompson.
• April 22: The Mercury signed Yuko Oga and Olayinka Sanni to training camp contracts.
• April 28: The Mercury waived Lauren Ervin.
• May 19: The Mercury waived Erlana Larkins.
• May 30: The Mercury waived Taylor Lilley and Brittany Spears.
• June 2: The Mercury waived Yuko Oga.
• August 4: The Mercury traded Kara Braxton to the New York Liberty in exchange for Sidney Spencer.^[1]
• August 12: The Mercury signed Krystal Thomas and waived Olayinka Sanni.

2011 Phoenix Mercury roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 24 Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 137 lb (62kg) 08-21-1987 Auburn 2 F 4 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 175 lb (79kg) 08-16-1984 Temple 5 G 9 Ferdinand-Harris, Marie 5' 9" (1.75m) 162 lb (73kg) 10-13-1978 LSU 9 G 21 Gray-Lawson, Alexis 5' 8" (1.73m) 176 lb (80kg) 04-21-1987 California R G 2 Johnson, Temeka 5' 3" (1.6m) 142 lb (64kg) 09-06-1982 LSU 6 F/C 43 Sanford, Nakia 6' 4" (1.93m) 195 lb (88kg) 05-10-1976 Kansas 8 G/F 6 Spencer, Sidney 6' 3" (1.91m) 183 lb (83kg) 03-07-1985 Tennessee 4 G 11 Swanier, Ketia 5' 7" (1.7m) 150 lb (68kg) 08-10-1986 Connecticut 3 G 3 Taurasi, Diana 6' 0" (1.83m) 163 lb (74kg) 06-11-1982 Connecticut 7 F 13 Taylor, Penny 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 05-24-1981 Australia 9 F/C 32 Thomas, Krystal 6' 5" (1.96m) 195 lb (88kg) 06-10-1989 Duke R	Head coach Corey Gaines (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coaches Julie Hairgrove (Arizona) Bridget Pettis (Florida) Athletic trainer Tamara Poole (Cal State-DH) Strength and conditioning coach Ben Hadley (Arizona State) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

• Candice Dupree was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 13, 2011.
• Penny Taylor was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 20, 2011.
• Diana Taurasi was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 8, 2011.
• DeWanna Bonner was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 29, 2011.
• Diana Taurasi was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a starter.
• Penny Taylor was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team as a reserve.
• Diana Taurasi finished as a Peak Performer, averaging 21.6 points per game.
• DeWanna Bonner was named Sixth Woman of the Year.
• Diana Taurasi was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Penny Taylor was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.