At present era, sports has covered entire part of the Globe. There are numerous sorts of sports that are played at a current time. Likewise, basketball is also one of them. Talking about basketball players, Asjha Takera Jones is one of the noticeable faces in the world of basketball.
She is an American Professional women’s Basketball player who is currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a power forward. Asjha was born on August 1, 1980, to Otis Forney (Father). Her place of birth is Piscataway, New Jersey, the United States. She belongs to American nationality and black ethnicity. Her zodiac sign is Leo.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Talented woman Asjha Jones commenced playing basketball at age of three. Since her childhood, she was a great fan of Basketball. As Asjha grew older, her skills developed day by day. In the same way, at the age of eleven, she began playing AAU balls with boys instead of girls, as her friends were not interested playing basketball.
Asjha Jones rose from Piscataway, New Jersey and enlisted to Piscataway Township High School. In that respect, she played numerous Basketball matches with Piscataway team where she led her high school to the states finals. She also became The Star-Ledger New Jersey and McDonalds All-American Girls Basketball Player of the year.
She then joined the University of Connecticut (UConn) with a scholarship and attended several matches for UConn team Huskies. On that point, she also won several titles such as NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championships for two times in 2000 and 2002; Big East Championship title (2002); and was awarded as tournament’s MVP.
Afterward, in 2005, Asjha made her professional career debut with Novosibirsk for the Russian Basketball Federation Superleague. Then after, she joined UMMC Ekaterinburg and played for several years. Likewise, in 2011 she joined Rivas Ecopolis where she attended the final match of the Euro League Women.
Asjha Jones has made her career debut with USA National team and WNBA. Currently, she plays for the popular women’s Basketball club Minnesota Lynx. Her hard work has drawn the most of the people attraction towards her.
PERSONAL LIFE
Professional Basketball player Asjha Jones is a rising player at present. She is also highest paid women player in the history of basketball. Talking about her personal life, she is not married and does not have a boyfriend either. She has kept her personal information very secret. She has knowingly kept a distance from Medias. As of now, she seems focused on her career rather than having affair with other men.
NET WORTH, SALARY, AND OTHER FACTS
Asjha Jones is a professional women’s basketball player, she is one of the renowned names recognized by most of the people. Asjha has an outstanding personality and maintained the body. She stands a height of 6 feet 3 inch and weighs only 196 lb, which is approximately 89 kg. As of now, she has great earnings. Her salary and net worths are $390,000 and $5,070,000 respectively.
Correspondingly, she has also launched Takera shoes in the market. Her shoes are mostly Italian-made and great in designs. She has featured her shoes in issues of Oprah Magazine, Jet magazine, Sister 2 Sister magazine, and Essence Magazine.
