Brittany Elizabeth Jackson (born July 28, 1983, in

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) is an American basketball player, formerly with the

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of the WNBA.

High school

Jackson played for Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored five points.

College

She played collegiately at the

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under

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. Jackson is a guard who specializes in three point shooting. She played for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers from 2001 to 2005, helping her team reach the

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of the

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all four seasons and the national championship game in 2003 and 2004.

Tennessee statistics

Source

Professional

In 2006, she played for the San Jose Spiders of the

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. She played for Turkish team Burhaniye Belediyespor after one season with the Spiders. In January 2008 she joined Polish team AZS KK Jelenia Góra and shortly afterward, signed with

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, having failed to make the WNBA in her first three post-college season. She also works as a

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References

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