Brian Jackson

Position: Forward
Height/Weight: 6-9 / 244
Birthdate: October 4, 1980 (Astoria, Ore.)
High School: Knappa HS (Knappa, Ore.)
College: Oregon State


BACKGROUND

Pro Career Highlights: Played for the Arkansas RimRockers in the ABA in 2004-05, averaging 10.4 points and 6.9 rebounds in 21 games. Helped lead Arkansas to the ABA championship, posting 15 points in the title game vs. Bellevue. Recorded a season-high 23 points vs. Kentucky. Earned a spot in the ABA All-Star team. Spent the 2003-04 season in Germany with Goettingen (statistics unavailable).

College Highlights: Earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 honors as a senior. Finished collegiate career tied for 14th on the all-time scoring list in Oregon State history with 1,236 points. Also ranks third in games started (101), sixth in blocked shots (70), and tied for seventh in free throws made (336), and ninth in three-point field goals made (90).

Senior (2002-03):
Averaged 12.8 points and 5.1 rebounds. Finished tied for seventh in the Pac-10 in free throw percentage (.812). Started all 28 games. Scored in double figures 20 times, with a season-high 27 points in the season opener vs. Idaho. Recorded 26 points on 7-for-10 shooting, including 4-for-5 from beyond the three-point arc at USC. Named Pac-10 Player of the Week after recording 18 points and nine rebounds at UCLA two nights later. Led team with 16 points and seven rebounds at Arizona. Posted a double-double of 11 points and ten rebounds vs. Washington State.

Junior (2001-02): Averaged 11.5 points and 3.8 rebounds. Ranked tied for sixth in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage (.539) and tied for ninth in free throw percentage (.808). Started 23 of 25 games. Scored 20 or more points twice, with a season-high 22 points in the season opener vs. Northern Colorado. Registered 20 of his 21 points in the first half at Arizona. Posted a double-double of 16 points and ten rebounds at Washington State.

Sophomore (2001-02): Averaged 9.7 points and 4.2 rebounds. Started all 30 games. Led the team in scoring three times and was the top rebounder in five contests. Registered a season-high 22 points vs. Southern Cal. Posted 21 points at California. Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in the season opener vs. Cal State Fullerton.

Freshman (2000-01): Averaged 12.5 points and 5.1 rebounds. Ranked second on the team in scoring and rebounding. Started 20 of 24 games, missing the first five games of the season due to a bruised knee. Led the team in scoring six times. Recorded a career-high 32 points vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, the highest single game point total by a freshman in school history. Added ten rebounds for his first career double-double. Posted a second double-double with 17 points and ten rebounds vs. Oregon.

Personal: Majored in history. Hobbies include basketball, fishing, and hunting.