Born: June 13, 1964
Hometown: Abbeville, MS
Year Induction: 2008
Lafayette County High School (1979-1982)
University of Mississippi (1982-1986)
Silver Medal, World University Game, Kobe, Japan (’85)
Gold Medal, World Championships & Goodwill Games, Moscow (’86)
1987, Gold Medal, Pan American Team (’87)
Gold Medal U.S. Olympic Team, Seoul, South Korea (’88)
U.S.A. Basketball World Championship Team (’0
Italian Professional basketball league teams
WNBA
Xaxier College Preparatory Head Girls Coach, Pheonix, AZ (2004-2008)
WNBA Minnesota Lynx Assistant Coach (2008)
Gillom Sports Center for Women’s Athletics at Ole Miss Named for Jennifer & sister Peggie Dedicated (2000)
Nominated for WNBA All-Decade Team (2006)
US Olympic Basketball Sportswoman of the Year (1985)
Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame (1999)
Pheonix Mercury “Ring of Honor” (2006)
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2008)
The year Jennifer was name SEC Female Athlete of the Year (’86) Heisman winner Bo Jackson was the SEC Male Athlete of the Year.
Because of her success and popularity with the WNBA Pheonix Mercury, Jennifer was named one of Arizona’s top 100 athletes of the century at number 74. Despite the demands of her college playing career, Jennifer made time to work with the Wesley Foundation and Special Olympics.
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