Brittany Elizabeth Jackson (born on July 28, 1983 in Cleveland, Tennessee

Cleveland, Tennessee

Cleveland is a city in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,285 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Bradley County...

 is an American basketball player with the Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

 of the WNBA.

High school

Jackson played for Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, where she was named a WBCA

Women's Basketball Coaches Association

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women's basketball teams at all levels.The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.The mission of the WBCA is:...

 All-American. She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored five points.

College

She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

 under the legendary Pat Summitt

Pat Summitt

Patricia "Pat" Head Summitt is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division...

. Jackson is a 6'0" (183 cm) guard who specializes in three point shooting. She played for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers from 2001–2005, helping her team reach the final four

Final four

Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...

 of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...

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

Professional

In 2006, she played for the San Jose Spiders

San Jose Spiders

The San Jose Spiders were a women's professional basketball team in the National Women's Basketball League . Based in San Jose, California, they played from 2005 to 2006. Notable players included Brittany Jackson, Julie McBride and Lindsey Yamasaki....

 of the National Women's Basketball League

National Women's Basketball League

The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The league used to have its own season during the off-season...

. She played Turkish basketball league's team "Burhaniye Belediyespor". In January 2008 she has joined Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 team "Finepharm AZS KK Jelenia Góra" and shortly afterward, signed with Atlanta, having failed to make the WNBA in her first three post-college season. She also works as a model

Model (person)

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.