Jonquel Jones

Jonquel Jones
	Jones accepting the award for 2017 WNBA Most Improved Player
No. 35 – New York Liberty
Position	Power forward / center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	January 5, 1994; Freeport, Bahamas
Nationality	Bahamian / Bosnian
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Riverdale Baptist School; (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)
College	Clemson (2012–2013); George Washington (2013–2016);
WNBA draft	2016: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2022	Connecticut Sun
2016–2017	Asan Woori Bank Wibee
2017–2018	Shanxi Flame
2018–2022	UMMC Ekaterinburg
2022	Çukurova Basketbol
2023–present	New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA MVP (2021); 4× WNBA All-Star (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022); All-WNBA First Team (2021); 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2017, 2019, 2022); 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); WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2022); 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);
	Stats at WNBA.com

Jonquel Orthea Jones (born January 5, 1994) is a Bahamian-Bosnian 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. Since May 2019, 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, and joined the Turkish team Çukurova Basketbol.

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