2023 Connecticut Sun season

2023 Connecticut Sun season
Coach	Stephanie White
Arena	Mohegan Sun Arena
Attendance	6,244 per game
Results
Record	27–13 (.675)
Place	2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	3rd seed, Lost in Semifinals 1–3 to New York
Team Leaders
Points	DeWanna Bonner – 17.4 ppg
Rebounds	Alyssa Thomas – 9.9 rpg
Assists	Alyssa Thomas – 7.9 apg
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The 2023 Connecticut Sun season was the 25th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was the 21st season for the franchise in Connecticut after relocating from Orlando.

On November 22, 2022, the Sun announced that Stephanie White would be the new head coach for the franchise, after Curt Miller left for the same job with Los Angeles. White previously coached in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever, while most recently coaching for the Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team. ^[1]

The season started well for the Sun as they won their first three games of the year, including two in a row against Washington. They would lose their next game to New York, but would win the final game of the month to finish May 4–1. They started off June by winning four of their first five games and they would finish by winning four of six games. The end of the month also included a four game winning streak. The Sun finished June 8–3. July opened with a loss to Las Vegas but then the sun went on a three-game winning streak. A loss to Phoenix broke that streak, but the Sun followed it up with another three game winning streak. They lost the final game of the month to finish 6–3 in July. They won three games to open August, but followed that streak by losing three games. They ended their three game losing streak on August 20 with a win over Chicago and that win clinched the Sun a playoff birth. They ended the month winning three of four games to finish with a 7–4 August record. The Sun entered September having clinched their playoff birth and being safely in the third seed. The finished the season 2–2 including a final day loss. They finished the regular season with a 27–13 record and were the third seed in the 2023 WNBA Playoffs. Their twenty-seven wins were the most in francise history.

As the third seed in the Playoffs Connecticut would host the first two games of a three game series against the sixth seed Minnesota Lynx. Game one started out as a tight affair but Connecticut broke away in the second and fourth quarters to win the first game 90–60. Game two was a closer affair, with the Lynx leading by five points at halftime. Connecticut couldn't break into their lead after the half and eventually lost 75–82. In game three, in Minnesota, the Sun dominated the first half, leading by fifteen at halftime. The Lynx couldn't close the gap, as the second half ended tied. The Sun won the game 90–75 and the series two games to one. The Sun advanced to the semifinals to face-off against the second seed New York Liberty. In the first game of the series Connecticut used a strong second half to win 78–63. In game two, the Sun won the first quarter but the Liberty won the other three quarters and the Sun lost 77–84. Games three and four moved to Connecticut. Homecourt didn't help the Sun in game 3 of the series, as they lost 81–92. In a must-win game four the Sun kept the game close, but ultimately came up short 84–87. The Sun lost the semifinal series one game to three to end their season.

Transactions

WNBA draft

See also: 2023 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	22	Alexis Morris	United States	LSU
3	34	Ashten Prechtel	United States	Stanford

Transactions

Date	Details
October 21, 2022	Head coach Curt Miller resigns and takes job with the Los Angeles Sparks [2]
November 21, 2022	Hired Stephanie White as Head Coach [3]
November 29, 2022	Hired Darius Taylor as General Manager [4]
	Promoted Morgan Tuck to Assistant General Manager
December 27, 2022	Hired Abi Olajuwon as an Assistant Coach [5]
January 3, 2023	Hired Briann January as Assistant Coach [6]
January 11, 2023	Extended Qualifying Offers to Natisha Hiedeman and Joyner Holmes [7]
January 16, 2023	Traded Jonquel Jones to the New York Liberty as part of a 3-Team Trade. Connecticut received Rebecca Allen and the 6th Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft from New York and Tyasha Harris from the Dallas Wings. [8]
	Traded Jasmine Thomas and the 10th Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for the Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Jasmine Walker, and Kianna Smith [9]
January 19, 2023	Cored Brionna Jones [10]
February 1, 2023	Signed Joyner Holmes to a Qualifying Offer - Training Camp Contract [11]
February 3, 2023	Signed Natisha Hiedeman to a 2-Year Deal [12]
	Signed Mikiah Herbert Harrigan to a Training Camp Contract [13]
February 7, 2023	Signed Kristine Anigwe and Lauren Cox to Training Camp Contracts [14]
February 9, 2023	Traded the 6th Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA draft to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Tiffany Hayes [15]
February 10, 2023	Signed Kiki Smith to a Rookie Scale Contract
February 13, 2023	Signed Brionna Jones to a 1-Year Deal [16]
February 15, 2023	Signed Tiffany Hayes to a 1-Year Deal [17]
	Signed Victoria Macaulay to a Training Camp Contract [18]
	Waived Jasmine Walker [19]
February 16, 2023	Waived Kristine Anigwe [20]
February 17, 2023	Signed Nirra Fields to a Training Camp Contract [21]
February 21, 2023	Waived Joyner Holmes [22]
April 12, 2023	Signed Ashten Prechtal to a Rookie Scale Contract
	Signed Khaalia Hillsman, Caitlin Bickle, and Jayla Everett to Training Camp Contracts [23]
April 15, 2023	Waived Nirra Fields
April 18, 2023	Signed Alexis Morris to a Rookie Scale Contract
April 27, 2023	Signed Lasha Petree to a Training Camp Contract [24]
April 30, 2023	Waived Lasha Petree [25]
	Signed Diamond Battles to a Training Camp Contract [26]
May 3, 2023	Waived Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Khaalia Hillsman, and Kiara Smith [27]
May 5, 2023	Waived Victoria Macaulay [28]
May 9, 2023	Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on DiJonai Carrington [29]
May 10, 2023	Waived Alexis Morris, Diamond Battles, and Ashten Prechtel [30]
May 15, 2023	Signed Tyasha Harris to a Contract Extension [31]
May 16, 2023	Waived Caitlin Bickle, Nia Clouden, and Jayla Everett [32] [33] [34]
	Traded a 2025 Third-Round Pick to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Leigha Brown [35]
June 1, 2023	Waived Lauren Cox [36]
June 3, 2023	Signed Liz Dixon [37]
July 14, 2023	Waived Liz Dixon [38]
July 17, 2023	Signed Kristine Anigwe to a 7-Day Contract [39]
July 26, 2023	Signed Bernadett Határ [40]
August 18, 2023	Signed Kristine Anigwe to a 2nd 7-Day Contract [41]

Roster Changes

Additions Personnel Signed/Trade Former Team Rebecca Allen Trade New York Liberty Tyasha Harris Trade Dallas Wings Olivia Nelson-Ododa Trade Los Angeles Sparks Tiffany Hayes Trade Atlanta Dream Leigha Brown Trade Atlanta Dream Bernadett Határ Signed Indiana Fever

Subtractions Personnel Reason New Team Jonquel Jones Trade New York Liberty Jasmine Thomas Trade Los Angeles Sparks Courtney Williams Free Agency Chicago Sky Nia Clouden Waived Los Angeles Sparks Joyner Holmes Waived Los Angeles Sparks Odyssey Sims Free Agency Dallas Wings

Roster

2023 Connecticut Sun roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 9 Allen, Rebecca 6' 2" (1.88m) 162 lb (73kg) 1992-11-06 Australia 7 G/F 24 Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 143 lb (65kg) 1987-08-21 Auburn 13 G 32 Brown, Leigha 6' 1" (1.85m) 165 lb (75kg) 07-14-2000 Michigan R G/F 21 Carrington, DiJonai 5' 11" (1.8m) 175 lb (79kg) 1998-01-08 Baylor 2 G 52 Harris, Tyasha 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 1998-05-01 South Carolina 3 C 44 Határ, Bernadett 6' 10" (2.08m) 208 lb (94kg) 08-24-1994 Hungary 1 G 15 Hayes, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 155 lb (70kg) 09-20-1989 Connecticut 10 G 2 Hiedeman, Natisha 5' 8" (1.73m) 135 lb (61kg) 1997-02-10 Marquette 4 F 42 Jones, Brionna   6' 3" (1.91m) 230 lb (104kg) 1995-12-18 Maryland 6 C 10 Nelson-Ododa, Olivia 6' 5" (1.96m) 173 lb (78kg) 08-17-2000 Connecticut 1 F 25 Thomas, Alyssa 6' 2" (1.88m) 185 lb (84kg) 1992-04-12 Maryland 8	Head coach Stephanie White (Purdue) Assistant coaches Abi Olajuwon (Oklahoma) Briann January (Arizona State) Austin Kelly (Duke) Athletic trainer Nicole Alexander Strength and conditioning coach Analisse Rios Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG	Natisha Hiedeman	Tyasha Harris
SG	Tiffany Hayes	DiJonai Carrington
SF	Rebecca Allen	Leigha Brown
PF	DeWanna Bonner	Olivia Nelson-Ododa
C	Alyssa Thomas	Bernadett Határ Brionna Jones

Schedule

Preseason

2023 pre-season game log Total: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
May: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 10 New York W 63–57 Brionna Jones (10) Rebecca Allen (6) Alyssa Thomas (5) Mohegan Sun N/A 1–0 2 May 14 @ Atlanta W 85–68 Tiffany Hayes (20) Alyssa Thomas (9) Alyssa Thomas (5) Gateway Center Arena N/A 2–0
2023 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2023 game log Total: 27–13 (Home: 13–7; Road: 14–6)
May: 4–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 19 @ Indiana W 70–61 DeWanna Bonner (19) Alyssa Thomas (11) Alyssa Thomas (6) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 7,356 1–0 2 May 21 Washington W 80–74 DeWanna Bonner (21) Alyssa Thomas (16) Alyssa Thomas (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,048 2–0 3 May 23 @ Washington W 88–81 Alyssa Thomas (22) Alyssa Thomas (10) Tiffany Hayes (8) Entertainment and Sports Arena 3,383 3–0 4 May 27 @ New York L 65–81 Tiffany Hayes (16) Jones Thomas (8) Tiffany Hayes (3) Barclays Center 7,102 3–1 5 May 30 Indiana W 81–78 Tiffany Hayes (22) Alyssa Thomas (17) Alyssa Thomas (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,317 4–1
June : 8–3 (Home: 3–3; Road: 5–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 June 1 @ Minnesota W 89–84 Natisha Hiedeman (19) Alyssa Thomas (9) Alyssa Thomas (16) Target Center 8,124 5–1 7 June 4 Dallas W 80–74 DeWanna Bonner (22) Alyssa Thomas (10) Alyssa Thomas (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,012 6–1 8 June 6 Las Vegas L 84–90 Rebecca Allen (22) Alyssa Thomas (11) Hiedeman Jones (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,368 6–2 9 June 8 Las Vegas W 94–77 DeWanna Bonner (41) Brionna Jones (9) Alyssa Thomas (12) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,147 7–2 10 June 11 @ Atlanta W 89–77 Brionna Jones (18) Alyssa Thomas (12) Alyssa Thomas (8) Gateway Center Arena 2,690 8–2 11 June 15 Atlanta L 88–92 (OT) Brionna Jones (28) Brionna Jones (13) Alyssa Thomas (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,316 8–3 12 June 18 @ Los Angeles W 83–74 DeWanna Bonner (20) DeWanna Bonner (9) Alyssa Thomas (12) Crypto.com Arena 6,289 9–3 13 June 20 @ Seattle W 85–79 DeWanna Bonner (20) Alyssa Thomas (15) Alyssa Thomas (12) Climate Pledge Arena 7,022 10–3 14 June 22 @ Minnesota W 89–68 Tiffany Hayes (21) Alyssa Thomas (9) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (4) Target Center 7,024 11–3 15 June 25 Chicago W 96–72 DeWanna Bonner (26) Alyssa Thomas (12) Alyssa Thomas (11) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,517 12–3 16 June 27 New York L 81–89 DiJonai Carrington (23) Alyssa Thomas (10) Alyssa Thomas (10) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,344 12–4
July : 6–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 3–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 1 @ Las Vegas L 84–102 DeWanna Bonner (19) Alyssa Thomas (5) Alyssa Thomas (11) Michelob Ultra Arena 8,596 12–5 18 July 6 Seattle W 93–73 Bonner Thomas (16) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (9) Alyssa Thomas (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,479 13–5 19 July 9 Washington 92–84 DeWanna Bonner (28) Alyssa Thomas (9) Alyssa Thomas (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,558 14–5 20 July 12 @ Chicago W 84–72 Tiffany Hayes (22) Hayes Thomas (7) Alyssa Thomas (10) Wintrust Arena 9,025 15–5 21 July 18 @ Phoenix L 66–72 DeWanna Bonner (19) DeWanna Bonner (10) Alyssa Thomas (7) Footprint Center 7,788 15–6 22 July 20 Atlanta W 82–71 Natisha Hiedeman (24) Alyssa Thomas (10) Alyssa Thomas (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,054 16–6 23 July 22 @ Atlanta W 86–78 DeWanna Bonner (20) Alyssa Thomas (11) Alyssa Thomas (8) Gateway Center Arena 3,209 17–6 24 July 25 @ Dallas W 88–83 DeWanna Bonner (32) Alyssa Thomas (10) Alyssa Thomas (7) College Park Center 4,222 18–6 25 July 30 Minnesota L 83–87 DeWanna Bonner (31) Alyssa Thomas (14) Alyssa Thomas (11) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,275 18–7
August : 7–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 26 August 1 Minnesota W 79–69 Alyssa Thomas (21) Alyssa Thomas (20) Alyssa Thomas (12) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,894 19–7 27 August 4 @ Indiana W 88–72 Tiffany Hayes (18) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (10) Alyssa Thomas (8) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 3,498 20–7 28 August 8 @ Seattle W 81–69 DeWanna Bonner (21) Alyssa Thomas (12) Alyssa Thomas (8) Climate Pledge Arena 10,212 21–7 29 August 10 @ Phoenix L 84–90 Rebecca Allen (24) Alyssa Thomas (11) Alyssa Thomas (8) Footprint Center 7,186 21–8 30 August 12 @ Dallas L 81–91 Alyssa Thomas (26) Alyssa Thomas (10) Natisha Hiedeman (6) College Park Center 4,179 21–9 31 August 18 Dallas L 75–95 DeWanna Bonner (25) DeWanna Bonner (12) Alyssa Thomas (7) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,584 21–10 32 August 20 @ Chicago W 79–73 Alyssa Thomas (22) Rebecca Allen (9) Alyssa Thomas (8) Wintrust Arena 6,901 22–10 33 August 22 @ Washington W 68–64 Alyssa Thomas (22) Alyssa Thomas (10) DeWanna Bonner (5) Entertainment and Sports Arena 3,058 23–10 34 August 24 New York L 90–95 (OT) DeWanna Bonner (30) DeWanna Bonner (12) Alyssa Thomas (12) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,168 23–11 35 August 27 Los Angeles W 83–68 Alyssa Thomas (17) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (11) Alyssa Thomas (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,783 24–11 36 August 31 Phoenix W 84–74 Harris Hiedman (18) Alyssa Thomas (13) Alyssa Thomas (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 7,794 25–11
September : 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 37 September 1 @ New York L 58–89 Tiffany Hayes (11) 5 players (4) DeWanna Bonner (4) Barclays Center 8,276 25–12 38 September 5 Los Angeles W 90–76 Alyssa Thomas (27) Alyssa Thomas (12) Alyssa Thomas (14) Mohegan Sun Arena 4,783 26–12 39 September 8 Indiana W 76–59 Tiffany Hayes (14) Alyssa Thomas (14) Alyssa Thomas (8) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,064 27–12 40 September 10 Chicago L 91–102 (OT) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (20) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (11) Brown Carrington Thomas (4) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,377 27–13
2023 season schedule

Playoffs

2023 playoff game log
First Round vs. Minnesota Won Series: 2–1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 13 Minnesota W 90–60 DeWanna Bonner (17) DeWanna Bonner (15) Alyssa Thomas (10) Mohegan Sun Arena 5,056 1–0 2 September 17 Minnesota L 75–82 Alyssa Thomas (26) Rebecca Allen (9) Alyssa Thomas (6) Mohegan Sun Arena 6,673 1–1 3 September 20 @ Minnesota W 90–75 Alyssa Thomas (28) DeWanna Bonner (10) Alyssa Thomas (12) Target Center 8,724 2–1
Semifinals vs. New York Liberty Lost Series: 1–3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 September 24 @ New York W 78–63 DeWanna Bonner (20) Allen Bonner Hayes Thomas (7) Alyssa Thomas (10) Barclays Center 9,442 1–0 2 September 26 @ New York L 77–84 Tiffany Hayes (30) Alyssa Thomas (8) Alyssa Thomas (9) Barclays Center 10,009 1–1 3 September 29 New York L 81–92 Alyssa Thomas (23) Alyssa Thomas (9) Alyssa Thomas (14) Mohegan Sun Arena 9,162 1–2 4 October 1 New York L 84–87 Alyssa Thomas (17) Alyssa Thomas (15) Alyssa Thomas (11) Mohegan Sun Arena 8,196 1–3
2023 playoff schedule

Standings

#	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	x – Las Vegas Aces	34	6	.850	–	18–2	19–1	15–5	9–1
2	x – New York Liberty	32	8	.800	2	16–4	15–5	17–3	7–3
3	x – Connecticut Sun	27	13	.675	7	14–6	13–7	14–6	7–3
4	x – Dallas Wings	22	18	.550	12	11–9	11–9	11–9	6–4
5	x – Atlanta Dream	19	21	.475	15	11–9	11–9	8–12	6–4
6	x – Minnesota Lynx	19	21	.475	15	12–8	9–11	10–10	5–5
7	x – Washington Mystics	19	21	.475	15	9–11	12–8	7–13	5–5
8	x – Chicago Sky	18	22	.450	16	5–15	7–13	11–9	3–7
9	e – Los Angeles Sparks	17	23	.425	17	9–11	10–10	7–13	5–5
10	e – Indiana Fever	13	27	.325	21	5–15	6–14	7–13	2–8
11	e – Seattle Storm	11	29	.275	23	8–12	4–16	7–13	4–6
12	e – Phoenix Mercury	9	31	.225	25	2–18	8–12	1–19	1–9

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from postseason contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

Playoffs

See also: 2023 WNBA Playoffs

	Round One: Best-of-3					Semifinals: Best-of-5					Finals: Best-of-5
	1	Las Vegas Aces	2
	8	Chicago Sky	0
						1	Las Vegas Aces	3
						4	Dallas Wings	0
	4	Dallas Wings	2
	5	Atlanta Dream	0
											1	Las Vegas Aces	3
											2	New York Liberty	1
	2	New York Liberty	2
	7	Washington Mystics	0
						2	New York Liberty	3
						3	Connecticut Sun	1
	3	Connecticut Sun	2
	6	Minnesota Lynx	1

Bold Series winner

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
DeWanna Bonner	40	40	30.1	.425	.329	.862	5.6	2.2	1.1	0.6	17.4
Brionna Jones	13	13	31.7	.571	.500	.776	8.2	2.4	1.8	0.5	15.9
Alyssa Thomas	40	40	36.2	.474	.000	.715	9.9	7.9	1.8	0.5	15.5
Tiffany Hayes	40	40	27.1	.476	.366	.778	3.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	12.1
Natisha Hiedeman	40	40	26.7	.392	.366	.739	2.1	2.7	0.9	0.1	8.5
DiJonai Carrington	32	0	17.2	.417	.371	.757	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	8.3
Rebecca Allen	40	27	21.5	.408	.348	.704	2.8	0.9	0.9	1.3	6.4
Tyasha Harris	40	0	16.7	.416	.464	.680	0.9	1.7	0.7	0.1	5.8
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	39	0	15.0	.537	.000	.708	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.8	4.5
Bernadett Határ ≠	6	0	7.8	.375	.000	.000	1.5	0.2	0.7	0.3	2.0
Liz Dixon ‡	4	0	5.3	.400	.000	.000	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0
Leigha Brown	25	0	5.2	.308	.100	.667	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.8
Kristine Anigwe ‡	3	0	2.0	.000	.000	.000	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lauren Cox ‡	1	0	0.0	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

^‡Waived/Released during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
DeWanna Bonner	7	7	36.9	.385	.365	.774	8.3	3.4	1.0	1.6	18.1
Alyssa Thomas	7	7	38.9	.500	.000	.630	8.0	10.3	1.7	0.3	18.1
Tiffany Hayes	7	7	26.1	.527	.484	.875	3.4	1.6	0.6	0.3	14.3
Rebecca Allen	6	6	30.8	.489	.423	1.00	5.5	1.7	1.5	1.5	9.7
Tyasha Harris	7	0	21.9	.462	.542	.800	1.0	2.4	0.7	0.0	9.3
Natisha Hiedeman	7	7	22.0	.310	.316	.750	1.9	2.3	0.1	0.1	5.4
DiJonai Carrington	6	0	13.7	.464	.250	.600	2.3	0.5	0.7	0.0	5.0
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	7	1	15.4	.667	.000	1.00	3.4	0.6	1.0	0.9	4.3
Leigha Brown	2	0	3.0	.000	.000	.000	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Alyssa Thomas	Eastern Conference Player of the Week	June 6	[42]
		June 27	[43]
		August 8	[44]
	WNBA All-Star	July 1	[45]
	Player of the Month - June	July 5	[46]
	Peak Performer: Rebounds	September 11	[47]
	All-Defensive First Team	September 22	[48]
	All-WNBA First Team	October 15	[49]
Stephanie White	Coach of the Month - May	June 2	[50]
	Coach of the Year	September 17	[51]
DeWanna Bonner	WNBA All-Star	July 1	[45]

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29. @RichardCohen1 (May 9, 2023). "Per source, the Connecticut Sun have exercised DiJonai Carrington's fourth-year option. Guarantees her $78,469 in 2024 and obviously makes it extremely unlikely she'll be cut this year. Story coming this week on remaining team-options and potential extensions around the #WNBA" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
30. @CTSunPR (May 10, 2023). "ROSTER UPDATE: Connecticut Sun Waives Diamond Battles, Alexis Morris and Ashten Prechtel" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
31. "Ty Harris Signs Two-Year Extension with Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
32. "Connecticut Sun Waives Caitlin Bickle". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
33. "Connecticut Sun Waives Nia Clouden". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
34. "Connecticut Sun Waives Jayla Everett". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
35. "Connecticut Sun Acquires Leigha Brown in Trade with Atlanta Dream". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
36. @CTSunPR (June 1, 2023). "ROSTER UPDATE: Connecticut Sun Waives Lauren Cox" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
37. "Connecticut Sun Sign Liz Dixon". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
38. "Connecticut Sun Waives Liz Dixon". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
39. "Connecticut Sun Sign Kristine Anigwe". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
40. @RachGall (July 26, 2023). "The Connecticut Sun have signed Bernadett Határ to a Rest-of-Season contract. @Winsidr" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
41. "Connecticut Sun Sign Kristine Anigwe- 8/18/23". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
42. @WNBA (June 6, 2023). "AT can do it ALL‼️ @athomas_25 averaged a near triple-double in Week 2 with 14 PPG, 12 RPG, 9.7 APG to claim Eastern Conference Player of the Week 🗣️ #MoreThanGame" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
43. @WNBA (June 27, 2023). "🏀 Week 5 Players of the Week 🏀 Eastern Conference: @athomas_25 @connecticutsun 14.0 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 8.7 APG 3-0 week record Western Conference: @_ajawilson22 @lvaces 24.0 PPG, 11.0 RPG, 2.0 BPG 2-0 week record #MoreThanGame" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
44. Goss, Nick (August 8, 2023). "Alyssa Thomas named East Player of the Week after making WNBA history". sports.yahoo.com. NBC Sports . Retrieved August 8, 2023.
45. "Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas, Washington Mystics' Elena Delle Donne Highlight Reserves For 2023 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
46. Bromberg, Lila (July 5, 2023). "Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month". Hartford Courant . Retrieved July 8, 2023.
47. Thomas, Lauren (September 11, 2023). "Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas earns award as top rebounder in regular season". Boston Globe . Retrieved September 11, 2023.
48. @WNBA (September 22, 2023). "Your 2023 WNBA All-Defensive First Team ⬇️ @_ajawilson22 @athomas_25 @BrittBundlez @breannastewart @jordin_canada #MoreThanGame" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
49. "Kia WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart, Kia WNBA Defensive Player of the Year A'ja Wilson and Record-Setting Alyssa Thomas Headline 2023 All-WNBA First Team". wnba.com (Press release). WNBA. October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
50. "Stephanie White Named May WNBA Coach of the Month". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
51. "Connecticut Sun's Stephanie White Named 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year" (Press release). WNBA. September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Connecticut Sun at ESPN.com