Carolyn Swords Explained

Carolyn Swords
Nationality:	American
League:	WNBA
Position:	Center
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	6
Weight Lbs:	215
Birth Date:	1989 7, mf=yes
High School:	Lincoln-Sudbury (Sudbury, Massachusetts)
College:	Boston College (2007–2011)
Draft League:	WNBA
Draft Year:	2011
Draft Round:	2
Draft Pick:	15
Draft Team:	Chicago Sky
Career Start:	2011
Career End:	2020
Years1:	–
Team1:	Chicago Sky
Years2:	–
Team2:	New York Liberty
Years3:	2015–2016
Team3:	Sydney Uni Flames
Team4:	Seattle Storm
Years5:	–
Team5:	Las Vegas Aces
Highlights:	2x First-team All-ACC (2010, 2011) ACC All-Freshman Team (2008)
Wnba Profile:	carolyn_swords
Bbr Wnba:	swordca01w

Carolyn Swords (born July 19, 1989) is an American former basketball player.

She previously played for PF Umbertide in Italy and the Sydney Uni Flames in Australia.

WNBA

Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (15th overall) by the Chicago Sky.^[1]

She has played overseas in Istanbul and in Italy with PF Umbertide.

Swords signed with the New York Liberty on February 2, 2015.^[2]

On January 30, 2017, Swords was traded to the Seattle Storm in a three-team trade.^[3]

On February 1, 2018, Swords signed a free agent contract with the Las Vegas Aces.^[4] She briefly retired from WNBA in February 2020 to join the Aces' front office but came out of retirement to resign with the Aces in May 2020 when it was announced that center Park Ji-su would sit out the 2020 season to train in South Korea.^{[5] [6]}

After not playing in the 2021 season, Nike announced its hiring of Swords in January 2022, ending her WNBA career. She subsequently moved to Portland, Oregon.^[7]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago| 29 || 4 || 7.5 || .528 ||  - || .875 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 2.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2012| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago| 30 || 9 || 11.1 || .571 ||  - || .682 || 3.2 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 4.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago| 16 || 2 || 11.3 || .619 ||  - || .778 || 2.6 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 3.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015| style="text-align:left;"| New York| 34 || 22 || 15.0 || .508 ||  - || .809 || 4.0 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 1.1 || 5.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016| style="text-align:left;"| New York| 34 || 34 || 17.5 || .571 ||  - || .686 || 4.6 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 1.0 || 5.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| Seattle| 30 || 0 || 8.7 || .545 ||  - || .773 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 26 || 12 || 14.5 || .557 ||  - || .875 || 4.7 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 3.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 29 || 4 || 8.9 || .438 ||  - || .846 || 2.2 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 2.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 22 || 2 || 17.5 || .460 ||  - || .773 || 4.6 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 2.9|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"| 9 years, 4 teams| 250 || 109 || 12.5 || .534 ||  - || .781 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 3.7|}

Playoffs

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015| style="text-align:left;"| New York|5||5||17.6||73.7||0.0||66.7||4.6||0.8||0.4||0.4||1.0||6.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016| style="text-align:left;"| New York|1||1||27.0||87.5||0.0||0.0||3.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||1.0||14.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| Seattle|1||0||15.0||33.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||3.0||4.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas|3||0||5.0||40.0||0.0||100.0||2.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.7||2.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas|8||8||22.1||48.1||0.0||0.0||6.0||1.3||0.4||0.6||0.6||3.3|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"| 5 years, 3 teams|18||14||17.9||58.5||0.0||66.7||4.4||0.8||0.4||0.4||0.9||4.6|}

College

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2007–08	Boston College	33	451	.642	.000	.615	7.3	1.4	0.9	1.2	13.7
2008–09	Boston College	35	538	.678	.000	.667	9.0	0.9	1.0	1.4	15.4
2009–10	Boston College	32	461	.664	.000	.794	9.1	1.0	0.9	1.4	14.4
2010–11	Boston College	33	579	.714	.000	.750	9.5	1.2	0.8	1.5	17.5
Career	133	2,029	.676	.000	.708	8.7	1.1	0.9	1.3	15.3

Source^[8]

External links

• Boston College Eagles bio

Notes and References

1. http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
2. Web site: News Archive. 2021-05-31. New York Liberty. en.
3. Web site: Seattle Storm Completes Trade with Mystics, Acquires Carolyn Swords. 2021-05-31. Seattle Storm. en.
4. Web site: Las Vegas Signs Five-Year Veteran Carolyn Swords. WNBA.com. February 1, 2018. February 1, 2018.
5. Web site: Carolyn Swords Announces Retirement, Joins Aces Front Office As Marketing Specialist. 2020-06-02. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. en.
6. Web site: Aces Re-Sign Eight-Year WNBA Veteran Carolyn Swords. 2020-06-02. WNBA.com. en.
7. News: Nike Hires Carolyn Swords, Former Lincoln-Sudbury, WNBA Star . June 8, 2022 . New Jersey Daily Press . January 20, 2022.
8. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-21.