FACTOIDS
Full Name: Asjha Takera Jones
Nickname: Asjha
Birthday: August 1, 1980
Height: 6’2”
Hometown: Piscataway Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Sports: Basketball
Profile
Drafted No. 4 overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2002 WNBA Draft... 2002 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team selection...Has seen action in every game since her sophomore season (144) breaking the UConn record for all-time games played (138 by Berube)... Ranks 11th on UConn’s all-time scoring list with 1,502 career points... Ranks fifth all-time in blocks (151) and ninth in rebounds (794) at UConn... Three-time BIG EAST Academic All-Star... 2001-02 Verizon Academic District I All-American... Posts a career scoring average of 10.4 ppg and 5.5 career rebounds.
2001-02: 2001-02 AP Third Team All-American... Selected to 2002 NCAA Final Four and Mideast Region All-Tournament Teams...Named the 2002 BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 15.0 ppg and 8.3 rpg during tourney play... 2002 All-BIG EAST First Team Selection... Starting center in all 39 games... 2001-02 BIG EAST Preseason Second Team... Named a Verizon Academic District I First Team All-American... Fourth on the team in scoring with 14.0 ppg and third in rebounding with 6.6 rpg... Shot 55.5% from the floor (247-445), which led the BIG EAST Conference for all games... Led team in scoring 11 times and rebounding 10 times... Led team in blocks a team-high 18 times... Had five double-doubles on the season... Reached double-figure scoring in 33 of 39 contests... Tied her career-high of 21 points versus Boston College (1/26) and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds versus third-ranked Oklahoma (12/22)... BIG EAST Player of the Week (2/4)... Dean’s List student.
2000-01: Appeared in all 35 games, making 23 starts... Named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after averaging 10.3 points and six rebounds through the three games... Was UConn’s fourth leading rebounder with 190 (5.4 rpg)... Contributed 8.7 points per game... Recorded career-highs of five assists vs. Washington (Nov. 24) and four blocks vs. Long Island (Mar. 17)... Reached double figures in scoring in 16 contests... Led the Huskies in scoring twice... Led UConn in rebounding five times, sharing the team-high on three occasions.
1999-00: Earned a spot on the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team... Came off the bench in 36 games, averaging 4.9 rebounds (third on the team) and 8.9 points (sixth on the team) per game... Scored in double figures in five-of-six NCAA tournament games... Scored 28 points in two Final Four games... Led the team in scoring three times, rebounding six times, and blocks 10 times... Scored in double figures 17 times.
1998-99: Saw action in all 34 games, making 18 starts... Named to the 1999 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team and the All-BIG EAST Rookie Team... Averaged 20.0 minutes, 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds a game... Scored a career-high of 21 points vs. Notre Dame in the BIG EAST Championship... Grabbed season-best 13 rebounds vs. Syracuse (Feb. 3) and Georgetown (Jan. 16)... Hit in double figures 14 times... Made her first collegiate start vs. West Virginia (Jan. 2)... Named BIG EAST Rookie of the Week on Dec. 7.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named Parade, USA Today and Street & Smith First Team All-America... Averaged 22.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2.9 steals a game at Piscataway High School... Scored school career-record 2,266 points and had 1,256 rebounds... Invited to the 1998 WBCA All-America Game.
