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  Jennifer Gillom

  BASKETBALL PLAYER

  1964 - Today

  Jennifer Gillom

  Jennifer "Grandmama" Gillom (born June 13, 1964) is an American former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury from 1997 to 2002, before finishing her playing career with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2003. Gillom is also a former Sparks head coach, also coached the Minnesota Lynx, and was, until 2015, an assistant coach of the Connecticut Sun. Born in Abbeville, Mississippi, Gillom played college basketball at the University of Mississippi and helped the United States Basketball Team to a gold medal in women's basketball in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

  Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jennifer Gillom has received more than 96,350 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Gillom is the 1,126th most popular basketball player, the 17,941st most popular biography from United States and the 597th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  Jennifer Gillom

  High School Career

  Lafayette County High School (1979-1982)

  • Career scoring: 3,006 points
  • Three-time Team Captain
  • All American Converse & Adidas (’82)
  • All State (’82)
  • Mississippi High School Player of the Year (’82)
  • State Class A Championship (’82)
  • Tri Lakes Conference MVP, Best Offensive Player

  College Career

  University of Mississippi (1982-1986)

  • Kodak All American Team (’86)
  • Three-time All-SEC (1984-1986)
  • Led SEC in Scoring (’86)
  • SEC Female Athlete of the Year (’86)
  • Career Statistics: 2,186 points; 17.3 ppg; Second leading scorer in Lady Rebel history; 955 rebounds; 7.9 rpg 3rd leading rebounder in school history
  • One of 6 Ole Miss players to record career 1,000 pts, 600 rebounds, 100 assists, 100 steals
  • Season records for points (742) and scoring average (23.3 ppg) (’85-’86)
  • Four NCAA Post-Season Appearances (’83-’86)
  • Elite Eight (’85-’86)
  • NCAA Tournament All Region Team (’85, ‘86)
  • MVP of NCAA Tournament Midwest Region (’85)
  • Three-Time Team MVP (’84-’86)

  International Competition

  Silver Medal, World University Game, Kobe, Japan (’8