Tammy Jackson Honored as SEC Great at Tournament
Tuesday, March 4, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Former University of Florida basketball star Tammy Jackson will be recognized during the 2003 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.
Each of the 12 institutions selected an SEC Great to be honored at a breakfast hosted by Worldspan at the Little Rock Club on Friday, March 7 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The "Greats" also will be recognized at halftime of their institution's first game (Florida plays Vanderbilt on Thursday beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET) and as a group between Game 1 and Game 2 at the Alltel Arena.
The "Greats" will participate in an autograph session on the Concourse level of the arena during Game 2 and then be transported to the Dr. Pepper/SEC Fanfare for an additional autograph session.
Tammy Jackson, who played for the Gators from 1982 to 1985, graduated as Florida's all-time leading scorer with 1,895 career points, averaging 17.1 points per game during her four-year career. Jackson became UF's first basketball Olympian, representing Team USA in 1992. She has since played professionally overseas and in the WNBA with the Houston Comets since the league's inception in 1997.
2003 SEC Greats
Alabama: Linda Burgess (Basketball)
Arkansas: Amber Shirey (Basketball)
Auburn: Marianne Merritt Melton (Basketball)
Florida: Tammy Jackson (Basketball)
Georgia: Janet Harris (Basketball)
Kentucky: Stacey Reed Shepard (Basketball)
LSU: Cornelia Gayden (Basketball)
Ole Miss: Sheila Sullivan-Hickman (Basketball)
Miss. State: LaCharlotte Smith (Basketball)
South Carolina: Dawn Ellerbe (Track & Field)
Tennessee: Michelle Marciniak (Basketball)
Vanderbilt: Wendy Sholtens Wood (Basketball)
Florida's SEC Great
One former standout student-athlete from each of the 12 SEC schools will be present in Little Rock, Ark., for the 2003 SEC Tournament. Representing the Gators is former basketball great Tammy Jackson.
TAMMY JACKSON (1982-85)
Center, 6'3"
Jersey #23
Gainesville, FL * Buchholz HS
Graduated as Florida's all-time leading scorer having set high marks for the most points in a season, best career field goal percentage, most field goals in a season, most career free throws, most career steals, most steals in a season, and best seasonal field goals percentage ... three-time All-SEC selection...a second team All-American selection... two-time Gator MVP... two-time team captain...driving force behind the first Lady Gator team to be ranked among the top-20 for the first time in program history ...'83-'84 team was the first to post a winning record in 7 years... has since played professionally overseas and in the WNBA with the Houston Comets since the league's inception in 1997 … represented the United States on the 1991 U.S. National Team and the 1992 Olympic Team... first University of Florida basketball player selected to an Olympic Team....
(International Experience Prior to 1992): 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, bronze medal; 1992 Japanese National Championship Team; 1990 Italian All-Star Team; 1986, '87, '88 Swedish National Championship Team; 1990 member of the gold-medal winning World Championship & Goodwill Games teams.
Jackson's Career Statistics:
Total Points: 1,895 (111 Games; 17.1 Pts Per Game)
Total Rebounds: 1141 (111 Games; 10.3 Per Game)
Career Fg%: 56.4% (816 Of 1446)
Career Ft%: 56.4% (263 Of 466)
Assists: 100 (111 Games; 0.9 Per Game)
Blocked Shots: 121 (111 Games; 1.95 Per Game)
Steals: 216 (111 Games; 2.6 Per Game)
Turnovers: 289 (111 Games; 2.6 Per Game)
Minutes Averaged: 26.7 Minutes Per Game
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