Ketia Swanier

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Ketia Swanier
WNBA's Atlanta Dream – No. 8

Guard
Born	(1986-08-10) August 10, 1986 Columbus, Georgia
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
College	Connecticut
Draft	12th overall, 2008 Connecticut Sun
WNBA career	2008–present
Profile	WNBA player profile

WNBA teams
Connecticut Sun (2008) Phoenix Mercury (2009–2011) Atlanta Dream (2012–present)
Awards and honors
WNBA Champion (2009)

Naketia "Ketia" Marie Swanier (born August 10, 1986 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays 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.

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.^[1] The next day she was signed by the Phoenix Mercury.^[2]

Overseas career

She is currently playing for Rybnik in Poland during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.^[3]

Ketia4Kidz

In 2008 she founded her own foundation called Ketia4kidz. Her foundation benefits kids of military children. Ketia is an 18 year military brat. Both of her parents Cornell and Rosie Swanier were in the military while Ketia was growing up.

Ketia4Kidz Foundation, Inc is a 501(c)3 non profit organization created to provide tangible support to the children of deployed and severely injured active duty military service members of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Foundation will provide enrichment activities and tutoring that nurture and sustain the children during the time a parent[s] is away in service to our country. The Foundation intends to promote excellence in academics to all school age children on worldwide military installations. The Foundation will seek to foster opportunities for college scholarships through enhancing and strengthening participation in local military communities youth recreation programs.

The Foundation will concentrate its educational and outreach activities on military installations and in local military communities most directly affected by worldwide deployments. Resources will be directed toward military and veteran organizations that work principally with these groups through volunteers.

The Foundation will also conduct educational and outreach activities through its primary creator, Ketia Swanier. She will provide time, knowledge, valuable experience and guidance through mentoring programs to meet the foundations mission. These programs will include visits to Military Installations, Hospitals and Fisher Houses that house wounded soldiers of Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. Activities will include motivating children to achieve their goals and dreams by promoting excellence in academics and sports related programs. These programs will include reading, study skills, life skills and goal setting.

The Foundation will fund its educational and outreach activities with the financial assistance of government grants, foundations, individual donors and corporate donations.

Notes

External links

WNBA Player Profile
ketia4kidz foundation

v t e Atlanta Dream – current roster

00 Riley 2 Bentley 5 Thomas 13 Henry 14 de Souza 15 Hayes 20 Lyttle 22 Herrington 35 McCoughtry 43 Willingham 54 Clements Head Coach F. Williams Assistant Coaches Joe Ciampi Julie Plank

East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West LA MIN PHO SA SEA TUL

v t e 2008 WNBA Draft

First Round	Candace Parker Sylvia Fowles Candice Wiggins Alexis Hornbuckle Matee Ajavon Crystal Langhorne Essence Carson Tamera Young Amber Holt Laura Harper Tasha Humphrey Ketia Swanier LaToya Pringle Erlana Larkins

Second Round	Shannon Bobbitt Nicky Anosike Erica White Olayinka Sanni Quianna Chaney Lindsey Pluimer Chioma Nnamaka Allie Quigley Jolene Anderson Morenike Atunrase Leilani Mitchell Khadijah Whittington Wanisha Smith Natasha Lacy

Third Round	Sharnee’ Zoll Charde Houston Crystal Kelly Danielle Hood Angela Tisdale Krystal Vaughn Alberta Auguste Kimberly Beck Lauren Ervin A'Quonesia Franklin Alex Anderson Izabela Piekarska Marscilla Packer Valeriya Berezhynska Charel Allen

v t e Phoenix Mercury 2009 WNBA Champions

2 Temeka Johnson 3 Diana Taurasi (Finals MVP) 11 Ketia Swanier 13 Penny Taylor-Gil 21 Brooke Smith 23 Cappie Pondexter 24 DeWanna Bonner 30 Nicole Ohlde 33 Kelly Mazzante 43 Le'coe Willingham 50 Tangela Smith Head Coach Corey Gaines

Persondata
Name	Swanier, Ketia
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	August 10, 1986
Place of birth	Columbus, Georgia
Date of death
Place of death

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