Jia Perkins

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jia Perkins
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 23, 1982(1982-02-23)
Age	42
Birthplace	Newburgh
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jia Perkins Biography

Jia Perkins is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 23, 1982 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Jia Dorene Perkins (born on February 23, 1982) is an American professional basketball player who has retired. She announced her retirement following the 2017 season in which the Lynx took home the WNBA championship. Her birthplace was Newburgh, New York. She relocated from there to Granbury, Texas where she was a student at Granbury High School.

Perkins was named to the team in 2009. Perkins received a spot on the Eastern Conference All-Star team as an reserve.

Prior to the 2011 season, she was traded to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for Michelle Snow. That same year, Perkins made her first playoff appearance.

The next year, the Stars made the 2012 WNBA Playoffs, where the Stars improved to the third seeded spot. However, their season came to an early end as the Los Angeles Sparks defeated them 2-0 in the 1st round.

On the 16th of November the year 2005 Perkins got picked by Chicago Sky in the expansion draft. Perkins played at Chicago for five years , and scored an all- time high of 17.0 points per game in 2008.

Jia Perkins Net Worth

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

Although they were seeded at a lower spot, Texas Tech still managed to get into the Sweet Sixteen round again as the 4th seeded team in the bracket for the West Region. Texas Tech defeated thirteenth seeds Stephen F. Austin in the opening round, later beating the 12th-seeded Mississippi State. Then, Texas Tech came to the same fate the way they had in 2001 when they lost by 10 points to the 1st seeded Oklahoma which lost to the Championship.

Perkins was picked by Charlotte Sting with the 35th pick of 2004’s WNBA Draft. Perkins was absent for the majority of the season because of the birth of her daughter.

The Silver Stars qualified for the 2011 WNBA Playoffs and Perkins made her first career postseason appearance in 2011, where the Stars lost in the first round to the Minnesota Lynx. Perkins scored the team’s high of 24 points in the 2nd game of the series, played in San Antonio, where the Stars won 84-75.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jia Perkins height 5 ft 8 in Jia weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Jia Perkins Dating?

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In Jia’s last year at Texas Tech, Jia played her fewest ever games in her college career, only playing 16 total games. That being said, Texas Tech also was eliminated in the earliest stage of Jia’s college career. Texas Tech finished 4th seeded again, and beat Maine in the 1st round. They went on to lose by 17 points to Louisiana Tech. Jia never did go to the Final Four tournament.

Facts & Trivia

Jia Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jia Perkins celebrates birthday on February 23 of every year.