Brittany Elizabeth Jackson (born July 28, 1983, in

Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland is the county seat of and largest city in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee (consisting of Bradley and neigh ...

) is an American basketball player, formerly with the

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of the WNBA.

High school

Jackson played for

Bradley Central High School Bradley Central High School is a public high school located in Cleveland, Tennessee that serves approximately 1,700 students from grades 9-12. It was founded in 1916, and is part of the Bradley County Schools system. The school maintains a cross ...

in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored five points.

College

She played collegiately at the

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under

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. Jackson is a 6'0" (183 cm) guard who specializes in three point shooting. She played for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers from 2001 to 2005, helping her team reach the final four of the

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all four seasons and the national championship game in 2003 and 2004.

Tennessee statistics

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Professional

In 2006, she played for the San Jose Spiders of the

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. She played for Turkish team Burhaniye Belediyespor after one season with the Spiders. In January 2008 she joined

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team AZS KK Jelenia Góra and shortly afterward, signed with

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, having failed to make the WNBA in her first three post-college season. She also works as a

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References

1983 births Living people Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players American women's basketball players Point guards People from Cleveland, Tennessee {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub