Lauren Jackson is one of our greatest sporting products and arguably the greatest women’s basketballer of all time.

Lauren first called up to the Australian Women’s National Basketball Team (nicknamed The Opals) when she was 16 years old. She was a member the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics teams and Captain of the 2008 Summer Olympics team, winning three silver medals. She was also part of the Australian team that won the bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Lauren was a member of the Australian Senior Women’s Team that won a silver medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women in China, co-captain of the team that won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and captain of the team that won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women in Brazil.

In 2001, Lauren entered the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft and was selected by the Seattle Storm, which viewed her as a franchise player. She won two WNBA titles with the Storm in 2004 and 2010. Lauren won the WNBA Most Valuable Player in 2003, 2007 and 2010 and the WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2010.

Lauren ranks among the top WNBA players in played games, minutes played, field goals, three-point shots, and turnover percentage. Lauren played club basketball in Europe with WBC Spartak Moscow in Russia and Ros Casares Valencia in Spain. She also played in the Women’s Korean Basketball League, where she was named the league’s Most Valuable Player and set a league record scoring 56 points, and in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association.