Tammy Jackson (born December 3, 1962) is a retired
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basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
centerThe center, colloquially known as the five or the pivot, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
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Jackson grew up in Gainesville, FL, and played high school basketball at
Buchholz High SchoolF. W. Buchholz High School is a high school in Gainesville, Florida. Buchholz is one of seven high schools in Alachua County. Opened in January 1971, it is the largest of the public high schools in Gainesville. School colors are Black and Gold, and the mascot is the Bobcat...
. Her college career was spent at the nearby
University of FloridaThe University of Florida is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major research university located on a campus located in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. The university traces its origins to 1853, and has continuously operated on its present Gainesville campus since the fall...
, where she became the school's all-time points leader and was a second-team All-American her senior year.
After college, due to the lack of women's pro leagues in America, she played in various international leagues.
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Tammy Jackson (born December 3, 1962) is a retired
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
centerThe center, colloquially known as the five or the pivot, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
.
Jackson grew up in Gainesville, FL, and played high school basketball at
Buchholz High SchoolF. W. Buchholz High School is a high school in Gainesville, Florida. Buchholz is one of seven high schools in Alachua County. Opened in January 1971, it is the largest of the public high schools in Gainesville. School colors are Black and Gold, and the mascot is the Bobcat...
. Her college career was spent at the nearby
University of FloridaThe University of Florida is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major research university located on a campus located in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. The university traces its origins to 1853, and has continuously operated on its present Gainesville campus since the fall...
, where she became the school's all-time points leader and was a second-team All-American her senior year.
After college, due to the lack of women's pro leagues in America, she played in various international leagues. She won a bronze medal in the
1992 Summer OlympicsIn 1989, the FIBA allowed professional NBA players to participate in the Olympics for the first time. Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, only European and South American professionals were allowed to play in the Olympics. The USA team, nicknamed the Dream Team, reached the Gold Medal beating...
as part of the
United States women's national basketball teamThe United States women's national basketball team are the defending Olympic champions in women's basketball. The team is composed of some of the top American players in the WNBA and the women's college game....
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When the WNBA began play in 1997, Jackson became one of the original players in the league. She spent all but two games of her career with the
Houston CometsThe Houston Comets was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team is one of the original eight WNBA teams and won all four championships in the first four years of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the...
, and was with the team when they won the first four WNBA titles from 1997-2000. She retired at age 39 in 2002.
Florida honored her as an
SECThe Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I in athletic competitions; for football, it is part of the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
Great with the school's pick in 2003.
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