Lauren Jackson

About Lauren Jackson

With the Seattle Storm, he was voted the WNBA Finals MVP in 2010.

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson 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 in 1997, when she was 16. In 1998, she led the AIS team that won the Women's National Basketball League 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 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 when she was 16 years old. She was a member the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics teams and captain of the 2008 Summer Olympics team, winning three silver medals.

Position	Power forward / Center
High school	Murray (Lavington, New South Wales)
Nationality	Australian
Listed weight	187 lb
Born	May 11, 1981, Albury, New South Wales
Listed height	ft in
NBA draft	2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1, Seattle Storm

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Trivia

She won silver with the Australian national team at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.

Lauren Jackson before fame

As a four-year-old, she began playing basketball at the Albury Sports Centre.

Achievement of Lauren Jackson

She won silver with the Australian national team at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympics.

Salary 2020

105,500 USD (2012)

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Lauren Jackson family life

Gary Jackson and Maree Bennie, her parents, were also professional basketball players.

Associations of Lauren Jackson

In 2002, she joined the Seattle Storm as a long-time colleague of All-Star Sue Bird.

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