Bahamian Bosnian basketball player (born 1994)
Jonquel Jones |
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Position | Power forward / center |
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League | WNBA |
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Born | (1994-01-05) January 5, 1994 (age 30) Freeport, Bahamas |
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Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
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Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
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High school | Riverdale Baptist School (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
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WNBA draft | 2016: 1st round, 6th overall pick |
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Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks |
Playing career | 2016–present |
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2016–2022 | Connecticut Sun |
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2016–2017 | Asan Woori Bank Wibee |
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2017–2018 | Shanxi Flame |
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2018–2022 | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
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2022 | Çukurova Basketbol |
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2023–present | New York Liberty |
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2023–2024 | Inner Mongolia |
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- WNBA champion (2024)
- WNBA Finals MVP (2024)
- WNBA MVP (2021)
- 5× WNBA All-Star (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- All-WNBA First Team (2021)
- 4× All-WNBA Second Team (2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)
- WNBA Most Improved Player Award (2017)
- WNBA Peak Performer (2017)
- WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year (2018)
- WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2023)
- WNBA Commissioner's Cup MVP (2023)
- 3× WNBA rebounding leader (2017, 2019, 2021)
- 2× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2019, 2021)
- 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2022, 2024)
- WNBA blocks leader (2019)
- WKBL champion (2017)
- WKBL Foreign MVP (2017)
- WKBL Defensive Player of The Year (2017)
- Atlantic 10 Player of the Year (2015)
- Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year (2015)
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Stats at WNBA.com |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Jonquel Orthea Jones (born January 5, 1994) is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 WNBA draft.[1] Since May 2019,[2] she also holds the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, allowing her to play for the national team.
A 6'6" power forward/center, Jones played college basketball for Clemson and George Washington. After the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg,[3][4][5] and joined the Turkish team Çukurova Basketbol.[6]