Willie Jackson (basketball)
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sibley (Webster Parish, Louisiana) |
| College | Centenary (1980–1984) |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 4 / Pick: 74th overall |
| Selected by the Houston Rockets | |
| Position | Forward |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Willie Jackson is an American former college basketball stand-out and current high school head coach.
Jackson grew up in Webster Parish, Louisiana and attended Sibley High School from 1976–77 to 1979–80. During his junior and senior years, Sibley won 100 straight games, including a perfect 58–0 season in 1979–80 which ended with a state championship.
Willie Jackson decided to stay in Louisiana and signed to play at Centenary College of Louisiana, an NCAA Division I institution. He played basketball all four seasons and graduated as the most prolific scorer in both school and Trans America Athletic Conference (modern day Atlantic Sun Conference) history. Between 1980–81 and 1983–84, Jackson played in 114 games and recorded 2,535 points, 1,013 rebounds, 112 blocks and 205 steals. Through the 2009–10 season, these rank him first, second, first and third in Centenary history, respectively. Only Hall of Famer Robert Parish grabbed more rebounds (1,820). He scored 30 or more points in a game 21 times and had a career high of 41. When Jackson's career ended, he was one of only seven players in Division I history to have scored 2,500+ points and grabbed 1,000+ rebounds. He is still the only TAAC/Atlantic Sun Conference player to be honored as the Conference Player of the Year three times (1982 through 1984), and upon graduation was only the fourth Division I player ever to earn three conference player of the year awards.
Jackson was drafted in the fourth round (74th overall) in the 1984 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets, although he never played in the league.
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