Tiffany Jackson

[HuskyFan1125]

Condolences to the Texas womens basketball team, fan base, and especially Tiffany’s family. She was a heck of a player.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Eek! Dead at age 37! So sad! Condolences to Tiffany's family and friends, as well as the Longhorn family.

 

[DaddyChoc]

condolences to her family

 

[Millenial23]

Can anyone share a bit about her playing career? I never heard of her.

 

[cancontent]

Hopefully her message about early detection when it comes to breast cancer will continue to have impact. It's such a vicious disease.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

37 is so young. Condolences to her family and friends.

 

[WFFL]

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Can anyone share a bit about her playing career? I never heard of her.

4 year star at Texas, played for 8 seasons in the "W", retired in 2018 from the Sparks. Had also been an assistant coach at Texas. Battling breast cancer since 2015.

I often have trouble remembering specifics about former players and who they played for. I think - if I hadn't seen an obit - I could have come up with "Texas" and "WNBA".

 

[bballnut90]

Can anyone share a bit about her playing career? I never heard of her.

Former Texas star, very athletic forward, fun to watch. She was a top 5 recruit out of HS and had a really nice college career, though Texas declined over her 4 years there and Conradt retired after Jackson's senior year. Jackson was the #5 WNBA pick in what turned out to be an underwhelming draft but she carved out a career as a solid role player for many years and likely would've had a longer career had it not been for cancer. Very sad to see her pass so young.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Tiffany Jackson - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

She had a great college career and a fairly long pro career.

 

[triaddukefan]

So sad. R.I.P.

 

[Iluvacc2]

Very sad, my condolences to her loved ones. I remember her freshman year going up against Brittany Hunter (back when she was at Duke). That was a good matchup and I thought they would have many battles down the road, however Brittany’s injuries did not allow her to play at a consistently high level.

As Bballnut90 alluded to, Jackson had a really good career at Texas and was a fun player to watch.

 

[Plebe]

The Austin paper ran an article that adds some additional info on Jackson and includes quotes from Jody Conradt, Karen Aston and Jamie Carey.

'Tiffany was a gift': Texas mourns the loss of former All-American Tiffany Jackson

Jackson still is No. 5 all-time at Texas in scoring, No. 4 in rebounds, No. 3 in steals and No. 7 in blocked shots. She played nine years in the WNBA.

www.statesman.com