Lauren Jackson

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born May 11, 1981 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player. She is a forward/center with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Canberra Capitals of the Australian WNBL. She is universally considered to be the best Australian female basketball player of all time, and one of the best players in the world.

Early career

Both her parents represented Australia at basketball, and she took up the game at age four. A teenage prodigy, she moved to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra as a teenager. She played for the Australian women's team, the Opals, in 1997 as a 16-year-old. She led the Australian Institute of Sport team, made up of the country's best 16 to 18 year-old players, to two premierships in the Australian Women's National Basketball League, the Australian women's professional league, in 1998-1999 - an unprecedented achievement for a youth team. Ineligible to continue with the AIS team, she joined the other Canberra-based team, the Canberra Capitals, and led them to three consecutive wins in 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03.

Related Topics:
Australian Institute of Sport - Canberra - Women's National Basketball League

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