2010 Connecticut Sun season

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The 2010 WNBA season is the 12th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their eighth in Connecticut.

Based on the Sun's 2009 record, they would pick 3rd in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft. The Sun picked DeMya Walker.

The following are the Sun's selections in the 2010 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	1 (from N.Y, via L.A., via Minn.)	Tina Charles	United States	Connecticut
1	7 (from Tul.)	Danielle McCray	United States	Kansas
2	15	Allison Hightower	United States	LSU
3	27	Johannah Leedham	United Kingdom	Franklin Pierce

• January 12: The Sun traded Lindsay Whalen and the second overall pick in the 2010 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Renee Montgomery and the first overall pick in the 2010 Draft.^[1]
• February 2: The Sun signed free agent Kara Lawson and re-signed Anete Jekabsone-Zogota to multi-year contracts.
• February 10: The Sun signed Kerri Gardin to a training camp contract.
• February 23: The Sun re-signed Tan White.
• April 7: The Sun traded Amber Holt and Chante Black to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for the seventh pick in the 2010 Draft and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft.
• April 8: The Sun announced that Erin Phillips would sit out the season.
• April 8: The Sun traded their first-round and a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the draft rights to Kelsey Griffin.
• April 15: The Sun waived Tamika Whitmore.^[2]
• April 23: The Sun signed Sha Brooks, Alicia Gladden, May Kotsopoulos, Judie Lomax, Pauline Love and Kaitlin Sowinski to training camp contracts.
• April 26: The Sun signed Kailey Klein to a training camp contract.
• May 5: The Sun waived Sha Brooks.
• May 6: The Sun waived Kaitlin Sowinski, Pauline Love and Kailey Klein.^[3]
• May 14: The Sun waived May Kotsopoulos and Judie Lomax.

2010 Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight From C 31 Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 198 lb (90kg) Connecticut SF 41 Gardin, Kerri 6' 1" (1.85m) 168 lb (76kg) Virginia Tech F 5 Griffin, Kelsey 6' 2" (1.88m) 179 lb (81kg) Nebraska C 7 Gruda, Sandrine 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) France G 23 Hightower, Allison 5' 10" (1.78m) 139 lb (63kg) LSU SG 10 Jēkabsone-Žogota, Anete 5' 9" (1.75m) 180 lb (82kg) Latvia PF 15 Jones, Asjha 6' 2" (1.88m) 196 lb (89kg) Connecticut G 20 Lawson, Kara 5' 8" (1.73m) 169 lb (77kg) Tennessee G 21 Montgomery, Renee 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) Connecticut F 22 Walker, DeMya 6' 3" (1.91m) 200 lb (91kg) Virginia SG 14 White, Tan 5' 7" (1.7m) 154 lb (70kg) Mississippi State	Head coach Mike Thibault (Saint Martin's) Assistant coaches Scott Hawk (Omaha) Bernadette Mattox (Georgia) Athletic trainer Jeremy Norman (Keene State) Strength and conditioning coach Jodi Hopkins (Ohio) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page

• Tina Charles was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 12, 2010.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for May.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July.
• Tina Charles was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for August.
• Tina Charles was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve.
• Renee Montgomery was named to the 2010 WNBA All-Star Team as a Team USA reserve.
• Tina Charles was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Kelsey Griffin was named to the All-Rookie Team.
• Tina Charles was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.