Tammy Jackson

Personal information
Born	(1962-12-03)December 3, 1962 (age 62) Gainesville, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Buchholz (Gainesville, Florida)
College	Florida (1981–1985)
WNBA draft	1997: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Drafted by	Houston Comets
Playing career	1997–2002
Position	Center
Number	23
Career history
1997–1998	Houston Comets
1998	Washington Mystics
1999–2002	Houston Comets
Career highlights
4×WNBA champion (1997–2000) 3× First-team All-SEC (1982–1984) University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Stats atBasketball Reference
Medals Women'sbasketball Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team competition FIBA World Championship 1990 Malaysia Team competition

Tammy Eloise Jackson (born December 3, 1962) is an American former college and professionalbasketball player who was acenter in theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for six seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s. Jackson playedcollege basketball for the University of Florida, and played professionally for theHouston Comets andWashington Mystics of the WNBA. She is anOlympicbronze medalist.

Jackson grew up inGainesville, Florida.^[1] She attendedBuchholz High School in Gainesville, where she played high school basketball for the Buchholz Bobcats.^[1]

After graduating from high school, Jackson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for theFlorida Gators women's basketball team from 1982 to 1985.^[2] 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.^[2] She was a three-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection, and a senior team captain.^[2] She remains the third leading all-time scorer in Lady Gators basketball history.^[2]

Jackson was inducted into theUniversity of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1995,^[3][4] and honored again as an "SEC Great" in 2003.^[5] Jackson graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in 2007.

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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 theUnited States women's national basketball teams that won a world championship in 1990, and a bronze medal at the1992 Summer Olympics.^[7]

When the WNBA began play in 1997, the Houston Comets picked Jackson in the second round (16th overall pick) of the1997 WNBA draft. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 76 - 56 win over theCleveland Rockers where she recorded 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals.^[8] Jackson was a member of the inaugural WNBA championship team when the Comets defeated theNew York Liberty. After her rookie season, Jackson was drafted by the Mystics on February 18, 1998 in an Expansion Draft and played only two games for the team before being waived on June 23, 1998.^[9]

Jackson would be picked up by the Comets soon after and played her return game for them on June 29 (6 days after being waived by the Mystics). She would go on to win 3 more championships with the Comets, as the team won the 1998, 1999 and 2000 WNBA Finals. She continued as a player for the Comets for the 2001 and 2002 season, but only played 5 games in the 2002 season (with her first game not being until July 30, two weeks before the regular season ended). Her final WNBA game ever was played on August 13, 2002 in a 63 - 51 win over theMinnesota Lynx where she recorded 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.^[10]

Jackson ended her career as a 4x WNBA champion, playing a total of 143 career games (141 of them with the Comets) and averaging 2.8 points and 2.8 rebounds.^[11]

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• List of Olympic medalists in basketball
• List of University of Florida alumni
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• List of University of Florida Olympians

• Tammy Jackson – Official WNBA player profile

• 1962 births
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• 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
• Goodwill Games gold medalists
• Goodwill Games medalists in basketball
• Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
• Washington Mystics draft picks
• 20th-century American sportswomen

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