Asjha Jones

Quick Facts

Full Name	Asjha Jones
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 1, 1980(1980-08-01)
Age	44
Birthplace	Piscataway
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Leo

Asjha Jones Biography

Asjha Jones is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 1, 1980 in Piscataway, New Jersey, United States. Power forward who was an international star in The University of Connecticut and was named as a WNBA All-Star as a member of the Connecticut Sun in 2007 and in 2009. She was a part of the gold-medal winning U.S. teams at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She played with She was teammates with Diana Taurasi on the undefeated 2001-02 UConn team, widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in women’s college basketball history. on the unbeaten 2001-02 UConn team that is widely recognized to be one of the most impressive teams in women’s basketball history.

Jones was highly recruited around the country. As a high school star in Piscataway, the home of Rutgers University, it was natural that Rutgers would be interested in persuading Jones to join their team. Recruiting of top athletes is a multi-year process, often starting before players enter high school. When Jones was a freshman at Piscataway, the Rutgers head coach was Theresa Grentz, a highly regarded coach who had served as the Olympic Coach in

1992. However, Grentz moved to Illinois in 1995, and future Basketball Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer became the head coach of Rutgers. Although Rutgers continued to pursue Jones, along with many other schools, Jones decided she would prefer to play somewhere other than home. Jones accepted a scholarship offer from Connecticut, and became one of a highly heralded recruiting class, including Sue Bird, Tamika Williams, Swin Cash, and Keirsten Walters.

While at UConn she played in every game since her sophomore season (144) breaking the UConn record for all-time games played (138) by Carla Berube (since broken by Ashley Battle), and helped lead her team, known as the Huskies, to two NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championships in 2000 and 2002.

Forney is her father. Otis Forney. Her birthplace was in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Asjha Jones Net Worth

Asjha Jones is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Asjha Jones 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was awarded the title of”Star-Ledger” New Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the Year at Piscataway Township High School prior to going to UConn where she along with the Huskies were crowned with two NCAA championships and went unbeaten in 2002.

She finished the UConn Huskies career having played the most games of any player from the history of the school with the number of 138.

Asjha Takera Jones (born August 1, 1980) is an American professional women’s basketball power forward who plays in the Israeli League with the Elitzur Ramla. She last played with the Minnesota Lynx in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Asjha Jones height 6 ft 2 in Asjha weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

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In 2009, Jones was the leading scorer for the Sun team, with 16.7 points per game. Unfortunately, she strained her left Achilles tendon, and had to miss the final eleven games of the season. She underwent surgery in the following February. She didn’t fully recover during the 2010 season, but still managed to average double-digit scoring. Jones decided to take a break, and decided not to play in the European league during the winter. The break helped her heal for the 2011 season, where she is the third leading scorer at just over 13 points per game. Her coach, Mike Thibault, says “I want a championship for Asjha as much as I want it for anybody…She’s one of my favorite players I’ve ever coached, because of the way she approaches her job every single day.”

Facts & Trivia

Asjha Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Asjha Jones celebrates birthday on August 1 of every year.

Jones was one of 21 finalists for the 2012 U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team Roster. The 20 professional women’s basketball players, plus one collegiate player (Brittney Griner), were selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee to compete for the final roster which will represent the USA at the 2012 Olympics in London. On April 23, 2012 Jones was the final member of the 12-player USA team to be selected. She was part of the US team that won the gold medal.