Career: TTT Riga (Latvia-LSBL, 2004-08).

Babkina is a very quick point guard with good shooting and passing skills. Right now, however, she tends to get carried away by her emotions and at times looks as if she is not tactically smart. Elina made her first appearance with the National Team during the 2007 summer, when she was 18 but a broken finger prevented her from playing at the EuroBasket Women. Unfortunately, this was not the first missed chance for one of brightest prospects in Latvian basketball. Some years ago, a serious knee injury put the brakes on her progress for more than half a season. Last year, her improvement was slowed down as Babkina’s performances at TTT Riga EuroLeague games were a bit disappointing (3.5 points and 0.8 assists). At the end of the 2007-08 club season, Elina did not play because of some health problems but she’ll try to recover in time for these crucial National Team games.