Background
She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons.
She is a daughter of former VEF Rīga star player Andris Jēkabsons.
Jēkabsone-Žogota played for Dynamo Moscow. She joined the club in 2006-2007 season after Ainārs Zvirgziņš was named head coach of the team Before that she played for United Service Organizations 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.
lieutenant 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.
Dynamo Moscow CJM Bourges Basket United Service Organizations Mondeville RTU/Klondaika TTT Rapa WBC Spartak Moscow Region Fenerbahçe Istanbul UMMC Ekaterinburg.
Named International Basketball Federation 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 International Basketball Federation Europe Women"s Player of the Year 2007. Named EuroBasket Women 2009 team
