The Chicago Sky announced on Sunday that guard Courtney Vandersloot is out for the remainder of the 2025 WNBA season due to a torn ACL in her right knee.
Vandersloot sustained her injury during the first quarter of Saturday’s game between the Chicago Sky and the Indiana Fever. This matchup marked the first time a WNBA game was held at the United Center, the Chicago Bulls’ home court. The Fever won decisively against the Sky, 79-52.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Chicago Sky guard Hailey Van Lith said Saturday, via Courtside with Karli Bell. “It’s heartbreaking to watch anybody but especially one of your teammates and someone that means as much as Sloot does to our team and this organization. Right now, we’re giving her a lot of energy and praying for her.”
Losing Vandersloot early in the regular season is a significant setback for the Sky. She looked forward to building team chemistry and preparing for future success alongside Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese, who were selected with the third and seventh overall picks in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Vandersloot returned to the Sky, who drafted her third overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft out of Gonzaga, after spending the last two seasons with the New York Liberty, where she won her second WNBA Championship last year.
“Our hearts are with Sloot,” head coach Tyler Marsh said. “When she went down, it kind of took the energy out of building a little bit on our side, and it was tough for us to regroup from that.
“We’re not using that as an excuse, but it’s how we felt. Trying to bounce back from that was tough, especially from a highly energetic and physical Indiana team that was motivated to get a win. We just got to continue to push forward, and I know (Courtney Vandersloot) would want us to as well.”
Vandersloot ranks second in all-time WNBA career assists with 2,849 assists in 429 games played, and she is regarded as one of the best point guards in the history of the league. She has been named to the WNBA All-Star team five times, led the league in assists seven times, and has received honors on the WNBA All-First and Second Teams five times each.
On May 29, Vandersloot became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing her wife, Allie Quigley, during a home win over the Dallas Wings. She averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 5.3 assists per game throughout the regular season.
According to The Players Tribune, Quigley has announced her retirement from the WNBA after spending ten years with the Sky. She won the WNBA’s three-point contest four times and played a key role in Chicago’s first championship in 2021 and is one of the greatest shooters in league history.
Thank you @WNBA
— Alexandria Quigley (@alliequigley) June 10, 2025
“Thank you to Ann Meyers Drysdale, who was the GM in Phoenix when I was a rookie,” Quigley said. “I averaged seven minutes a game that year, pretty much only playing when we were up 30 or down 30. But then in my exit meeting, Ann told me something that blew my mind: “I see you having a 10-to-15 year WNBA career.”
“When you have a career as long as mine was, you end up having a lot of conversations with a lot of people … but certain conversations you just don’t forget. And it’s hard to convey how much Ann’s words stuck with me. They were like this reminder during those first few years, and anytime I needed them — that I was persevering for a reason. That I was good enough.”
The Chicago Sky face the New York Liberty on the road on Tuesday.
