WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones embraces role as a new face of the league

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Jonquel Jones had experienced a certain level of anonymity off the basketball court, only occasionally recognized outside the Mohegan Sun arena as one of the best players in the WNBA.

That's all changing.

Thanks in part to an MVP season and a popular insurance commercial, the 6-foot-6 forward from the Bahamas is being introduced to a much wider audience.

"I'm happy to be a face of the league," Jones said. "It comes with the territory. It comes with the hard work and everything that I've put in."

Jones was not a big name in college at George Washington, but she has been traveling the road to stardom since she was selected in the first round of the 2016 draft. She has gone from role player, to the WNBA's most improved player in 2017 to the league's sixth player of the year in 2018, to the anchor of a title-contending team.

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FILE - Connecticut Sun's Jonquel Jones (35) goes up for a shot against Chicago Sky's Courtney Vandersloot (22) and Candace Parker right, during the second half of Game 4 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinal, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

"You just could always see it in her from her rookie year," Sun guard Jasmine Thomas said. "I still feel like she still hasn’t even tapped into all of her greatness and her potential. I’m just super proud of her and happy to see how she handles it all with so much grace."

She enters Saturday's season opener at New York as the reigning MVP, coming off a season in which she averaged 19.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

The versatile Jones has 3-point range, can post up inside and shut down her