Ketia Swanier

Template:Short description Template:Template other Naketia Marie "Ketia" Swanier (born August 10, 1986) is an American professional basketball player born in Columbus, Georgia. She most recently played the guard position for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA.

College career

Swanier was the only freshman to open the season as UConn's starting point guard. She finished her career as the only player in UConn history to rank among the top 10 career leaders in games played, assists and steals. Swanier won the inaugural Big East Sixth Man of the Year Award as a senior coming off the bench behind Renee Montgomery.

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Connecticut |25||6||9.2||27.7||23.3||80.0||1.2||1.0||0.6||0.0||0.8||1.6 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Phoenix |33||0||11.8||37.5||33.3||88.9||1.6||1.6||0.5||0.1||1.4||2.8 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Phoenix |32||0||10.1||39.1||38.7||52.4||1.2||1.7||0.3||0.0||1.3||3.0 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Phoenix |29||4||14.8||34.2||28.6||68.8||1.9||2.3||0.8||0.0||1.7||2.7 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Phoenix |34||2||11.4||31.7||16.7||73.1||1.4||1.9||0.4||0.0||1.2||2.2 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams |153||12||11.5||34.8||28.3||71.4||1.4||1.7||0.5||0.0||1.3||2.5 |}

Playoffs

Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Phoenix |9||0||10.1||29.6||36.4||0.0||1.0||1.4||0.2||0.0||0.8||2.2 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Phoenix |2||0||4.5||33.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.0 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Phoenix |5||0||9.4||33.3||0.0||0.0||2.0||1.2||0.6||0.0||0.2||1.2 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Phoenix |2||0||3.0||66.7||50.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||2.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams |18||0||8.5||33.3||29.4||0.0||1.1||1.1||0.3||0.0||0.4||1.8 |}

College career statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	Connecticut	31	78	42.1	25.0	43.8	1.5	2.2	1.4	-	2.5
2005-06	Connecticut	37	139	47.4	26.5	62.9	2.2	3.0	1.8	-	3.8
2006-07	Connecticut	36	189	48.1	27.3	82.8	2.2	4.1	1.9	0.1	5.3
2007-08	Connecticut	38	268	43.9	37.5	72.4	3.1	4.0	1.8	0.1	7.1
Career	Connecticut	142	674	45.5	32.1	67.9	2.3	3.4	1.7	0.0	4.7

WNBA career

Swanier was selected 12th overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2008 WNBA draft. She played in 25 of 34 possible games, with 6 starts. She ranked 14th in the league in steals per 40 minutes (2.24). On June 1 Swanier was waived by the Connecticut Sun because of the 11-woman roster cuts. The next day she was signed by the Phoenix Mercury.

Overseas career

She is currently playing for KS JAS FBG Sosnowiec in Poland during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.

See also

• 2008 WNBA draft

External links

• WNBA Player Profile