Sventoraite is back at Neptunas, ex Roma

Egle Sventoraite

Klaipedos Neptunas (Moteru Lyga) agreed terms with 33-year old Lithuanian international center Egle Sventoraite (198cm-1991) for the new 2024-25 season. It is actually her comeback to Klaipeda as she has played here before. She played last season at Roma in Italian Serie A2. In 24 Serie A1 games, she had 7.2ppg and 3.8rpg. The previous (2022-23) season she played at another Italian team Beretta Famila Schio in the Italian league. She also played 10 games in Serie A1 where she recorded 5.7ppg, 3.3rpg, and 1.0apg in that year. Sventoraite helped them to win the A1 title and the cup. The other team she played shortly was Hatay Bsb (KBSL) in the Turkish league. Another team she played briefly was another Turkish team Botasspor Adana in Turkey. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and she had a chance to explore basketball on different levels.
She has also been a member of the Lithuanian international program for some years. Sventoraite has regularly played for the Lithuanian senior team since 2013 and previously for the Under 20 National Team in 2011.
She also represented Lithuania at the Qualifications to European Championships (FIBA EuroBasket) 2017 eight years ago. During this event she scored an average of 2.5 ppg and had 3 rpg.
Sventoraite is a very experienced player. She has played in Belgium (Castors Braine), Hungary (PEAC-Pecs), Italy, Poland (Sosnowiec), Slovakia (MBK), Turkey (Kayseri and Izmit), Lithuania (Utena) and Czech Republic (Nymburk).
Among many awards, she was voted to Eurobasket.com All-Turkish KBSL Honorable Mention in 2021.