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Position: Forward Height: 6'2'' Birthdate: August 1, 1980 Hometown: Piscataway, NJ High School: Piscataway High College: UConn '02 First Year in WNBA: 2002 |
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Career: Athletic power forward who combines grace and toughness…Possesses a variety of offensive skills…Has a dependable mid-range jump shot…Excellent passer who has 205 career assists (1.2 apg)…Has played in 101 of 102 regular season games for the Sun since coming to Connecticut…Has averaged nine points and 4.2 rebounds per game for the Sun…Has three double-doubles in her career. Other Professional Experience: Played with Russia’s Dynamo Energiya during the 2005-06 offseason…Played in China in 2004-05…Spent the 2003-04 offseason in Italy, playing for Copra Allessandria…Competed in the Soviet Union during the 2002-03 offseason. Transactions: Selected by the Washington Mystics in the first round (4th overall) of the 2002 WNBA draft. Acquired from the Phoenix Mercury in a three-way trade in which the Sun traded a first round pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft (8th overall). Personal: Born Asjha Taker Jones on August 1, 1980…Majored in Business…A Parade, USA Today and Street & Smith First Team All-American at Piscataway High School, averaging 22.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2.9 steals…Scored a school career-record 2,266 points and had 1,256 rebounds. | |
