Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota

Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota

WNBA's Connecticut Sun  – No. 10
Shooting guard
Born	August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12) (age 28) Riga, Latvia
Nationality	Latvian
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Profile	WNBA Info Page
WNBA Teams
Connecticut Sun (2009–present)
Overseas Teams
Dynamo Moscow CJM Bourges Basket USO Mondeville RTU/Klondaika TTT Rapa WBC Spartak Moscow Region Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (born August 12, 1983 in Riga) is a Latvian basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul.^[1][2] She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons.

Jēkabsone-Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow. She joined the club in 2006-07 season after Ainārs Zvirgziņš was named head coach of the team. Before that she played for USO Mondeville and CJM Bourges Basket, both which are teams from France.

In 2007 Jēkabsone-Žogota played for the Latvia women's national basketball team in EuroBasket Women 2007. It was her second finals, where Jēkabsone-Žogota was the second-leading scorer behind Belgium's Ann Wauters with 17.2 points per game. She was also named to the EuroBasket Women 2007 all-tournament team.

At the 2008 Olympics she was fourth in scoring with 15.8 points and also was second with 4.0 assists per game.

In 2009, Jēkabsone-Žogota was signed as a free agent by the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association. She joined the team at the end of June and played in her first game on July 2 at Indiana.

Honors

• Named FIBA Europe Young Women’s Player of the Year in 2005
• Named EuroBasket Women 2005 2nd team.
• Named EuroBasket Women 2007 1st team.
• EuroCup Women winner with Dynamo Moscow in 2007.
• Named EuroBasket Women 2009 team.

References

External links

• Profile at EuroBasket Women 2007 page

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