Tammy Eloise Jackson (born December 3, 1962) is an American former college and professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(WNBA) for six seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s. Jackson played

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for the University of Florida, and played professionally for the Houston Comets and

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of the WNBA. She is an

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ist.

Early years

Jackson grew up in

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Retrieved November 7, 2011. She attended

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in Gainesville, where she played high school basketball for the Buchholz Bobcats.

College career

After graduating from high school, Jackson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, where she played for the

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team from 1982 to 1985.
Florida Women's Basketball 2013–14 Media Supplement
', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 49, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 79, 81–84, 86, 89, 91, 93–99, 101, 103, 106 (2013). Retrieved September 7, 2014. During her four years as a Gators, she scored 1,895 points, completed almost 56 percent of her shots from the floor, recovered 1,141 rebounds, and blocked 121 shots on defense. She was a three-time first-team All-

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(SEC) selection, and a senior team captain. She remains the third leading all-time scorer in Lady Gators basketball history. Jackson was inducted into the

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as a "Gator Great" in 1995, and honored again as an "SEC Great" in 2003. Jackson graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in 2007.

Florida statistics

Source

Professional career

After her college playing career was over, she played in various international leagues due to the lack of women's professional basketball leagues in the United States. Jackson was a member of the

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s that won a world championship in 1990, and a bronze medal at the

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Tammy Jackson
Retrieved September 12, 2011. When the WNBA began play in 1997, the Houston Comets picked Jackson in the second round of the 1997 WNBA Draft and she became one of the original players in the league. She played all but two games of her WNBA career with the Comets, mostly in a reserve role, as she played in 143 games and started nine of them.Basketball-Reference.com, Players
Tammy Jackson
Retrieved November 7, 2011. She was with the Comets when they won the three of their first four WNBA titles from 1997 to 2000. She retired at age 39 in 2002; at the time, she was the oldest player in the WNBA.

References

External links

Tammy Jackson
– Official WNBA player profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Tammy 1962 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Japan American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Sweden American women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Gainesville, Florida Centers (basketball) Florida Gators women's basketball players Houston Comets players Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in basketball Washington Mystics players United States women's national basketball team players