Lauren Jackson

Lauren Jackson

Jackson at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1981-05-11) 11 May 1981 (age 35) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school	Murray (Albury, Australia)
WNBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career	1997–2016
Position	Power forward / Center
Career history
1997–1999	Australian Institute of Sport
1999–2006	Canberra Capitals
2001–2012	Seattle Storm
2007	Samsung Bichumi
2007–2010	Spartak Moscow Region
2009–2013	Canberra Capitals
2011	Ros Casares Valencia
2013	Heilongjiang Shenda
2014–2016	Canberra Capitals
Career highlights and awards
4× WNBL MVP (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) 4× WNBL Grand Final MVP (2002, 2003, 2006, 2010) 5× WNBL All-Star (1999–2004) 7× WNBA All-Star (2001–2003, 2005–2007, 2009) 3× WNBA MVP (2003, 2007, 2010) 2× WNBA Champion (2004, 2010) 3× WNBA scoring champion (2003, 2004, 2007) WNBA Finals MVP (2010) WNBA rebounding champion (2007) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (2007) 7× All-WNBA First Team (2003–2007, 2009–2010) All-WNBA Second Team (2008) 2× All-Defensive First Team (2007, 2009) 3× All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2008, 2010) 3× WNBA Peak Performer (2003, 2004, 2007) Best WNBA Player ESPY (2004, 2005, 2008) WNBA's All-Decade Team (2006) WNBA's Top 15 Team (2011) WNBA Top 20@20 (2016) Women's Korea Basketball League MVP (2007) No. 15 retired by Seattle Storm
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women's Basketball Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney National Team 2004 Athens National Team 2008 Beijing National Team 2012 London National Team World Championship 1998 Germany Team Competition 2002 China Team Competition 2006 Brazil Team Competition World Junior Championships 1997 Brazil Team Competition Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team Competition

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson AO (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian former professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in 1997, when she was 16. In 1998, she led the AIS side that won the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) championship. Jackson joined the Canberra Capitals for the 1999 season when she turned 18, and played with the team off and on until 2006, winning four more WNBL championships. From 2010 to 2016, Jackson played with the Canberra Capitals, which she did during the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) offseason during the time she continued WNBA play.

Jackson made the Australian under-20 team when she was only 14 years old, and was first called up to the Australian Women's National Basketball Team (nicknamed The Opals) when she was 16 years old. She was a member the 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics teams, captain of the 2008 Summer Olympics team, winning three silver medals. She was also part of the Australian team that won the bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Jackson was a member of the Australian Senior Women's Team that won a silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women in China, co-captain of the team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and captain of the team that won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women in Brazil.