Tiffany Jackson, an all-American basketball player at Texas and the fifth pick in the 2007 WNBA draft, died Monday at the age of 37 from breast cancer, the school announced.
Jackson, a 6-foot-3 forward, was drafted by the New York Liberty and spent three seasons with the team before she was traded to the Tulsa Shock in 2010. Her best professional season, when she averaged 12.4 points and 8.4 rebounds, came in 2011 with the Shock.
Jackson was found to have breast cancer in 2015, and with her cancer in remission she played one more season in the WNBA with Los Angeles in 2017. She retired at 32 and served as an assistant coach for two years at Texas.Jackson had been playing in Israel during the WNBA’s offseason when she found a small lump in early 2015. She saw a doctor when she returned home to Dallas but did not have a mammogram, she later told ESPN, because the WNBA season was about to begin.
“It was something that wasn’t even in my mind, really. So I feel like just knowing there is a possibility will help people. I wish I would have known more. I have been talking at schools and colleges about it. Especially with the African American community. Because we aren’t getting early checkups as much. So we’re being diagnosed when it’s Stage 3 or Stage 4, and we’re dying at higher rates. So I’ve been preaching, preaching, preaching that.
Saddened to learn about the passing of my former teammate Tiffany Jackson. A University of Texas and WNBA legend. Rest well, Tiff. 💛💜
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