Ketia Swanier

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

| 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

| 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

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.Mercury sign Swanier day after she's cut

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

Ketia Swanier

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