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Jackson State women’s basketball player Angel Jackson has signed to play with the Faenza women’s basketball team in Faenza, Italy.
Jackson retweeted a tweet from Basketball Inside, which posted the news Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Jackson, a 6-foot-6 post player, was the only HBCU player taken in the 2024 WNBA Draft, going with the No. 36 pick in the third round to the Las Vegas Aces. She was waived by the Aces before the start of the season.
Jackson was a two-time SWAC defensive player of the year. She averaged 10 points per game and 6.8 rebounds a game and led the SWAC in blocked shots with 97.
In her final game at Jackson State, Jackson matched up against UConn’s Aaliyah Edwards in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in an 86-64 loss. In that game, Jackson blocked three of Edwards’ shots, scored 13 points and had four rebounds. Edwards was taken with the sixth pick in the first round of the 2024 WNBA Draft.
ANGEL JACKSON SELECTED NO.36 IN WNBA Jackson State’s Angel Jackson is selected No. 36 by the Las Vegas Aces in 2024 WNBA draft
Jackson helped lead JSU to back-to-back SWAC regular-season titles in her two seasons, going 35-1 in conference play.