Courtney Vandersloot's partner Allie Quigley lays bare her soul in emotional message as she bids long-awaited Irish goodbye 

Courtney Vandersloot's wife, Allie Quigley, spent 15 seasons in the WNBA after fighting to make a roster in the beginning of her career. Once she found a spot with the Chicago Sky and got comfortable, though, she became one of the best role players in the league. After spending a decade with the Sky and not playing for the last three seasons, the veteran guard has finally declared her official retirement in a heartfelt message.

The 5-foot-10 guard had a lot of success during her time in Chicago. She won the WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award in 2014 and 2015 and made the All-Star team three times. She helped the Sky get into the playoffs eight times and won the 2021 championship alongside her wife, Courtney Vandersloot. After playing together for nine years, the pair decided to become more than teammates.

In an article posted in the Players' Tribune on Tuesday, Quigley compared her exit to an Irish Goodbye. She left the WNBA quietly, taking the last three years off to focus on her personal life. After officially deciding to move on from her basketball career, the 38-year-old guard took the time to thank the people who helped her to where she is now, including Vandersloot.

"I mean, literally — if you’d told me on that first car ride of ours together, everything the future had in store, I think I wouldn’t have believed you," Quigley said about her journey with Vandersloot. "Courtney, I’m so grateful we found each other. I think our best days are ahead of us. And as we start this new chapter of our lives, and guide Baby Jana through this world together, I’m so glad I get to be on your team."

Quigley and Vandersloot had their first child, Jana, on April 8. Their time together in the WNBA brought the Sky success, but Quigley closed out her time with an emotional goodbye. She thanked her family, her hometown, Chicago's organization and the league as a whole for her career, reflecting on it fondly while definitively closing the door on a potential return to the court.

Courtney Vandersloot sends 4-word message to Allie Quigley to celebrate her career

After Quigley's article went up on the Players' Tribune, Vandersloot took to social media to express her appreciation for her wife and former teammate. She posted a picture of the story in an Instagram story on Tuesday and attached a short message that conveyed just how much she admires her.

Vandersloot holds her wife in the highest regard, both as a person and a basketball player.

"The best there is!" said Vandersloot about Quigley.

The duo will be teammates long after their time in the WNBA comes to a complete close as they raise their daughter. However, their names will sit next to one another's in the Sky's franchise recordbooks. Unfortunately for Vandersloot, her 2025 season ended after just after just seven games when she tore her right ACL against the Indiana Fever.

The injury will keep Vandersloot for close to a year, putting her free agency into question. The veteran guard will be 37 next season as she looks for a new contract. While teams have signed guards at that age in the WNBA, it is becoming more and more rare.

Regardless of what happens, Vandersloot can lean on Quigley for support as she navigates through her recovery. After spending so much time together on and off the court, they are as close as any two teammates could ever be, even though the latter has concluded her career with a heartfelt goodbye.