Jackie Marie Stiles

Jackie Marie Stiles was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Pat and Pam Stiles, attended Claflin High School in Claflin, Kansas, and Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, and earned USA Today and Parade High School All-American first-team honors in 1997. She made the Missouri Valley Conference All-Tournament Team in 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, was Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and was an 18-time Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week. In 2000, she led the nation in scoring with a 27.8 points-per-game average and was a member of the USA Basketball Jones Cup Team. In 2001, she was an Associated Press First Team All-American, a Kodak First Team All-American, the NCAA all-time leading scorer in women's basketball history with 3,393 career points from 1998 to 2001, the Wade Trophy recipient as Women's Collegiate Player of the Year, and winner of the Broderick Cup as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. She was the fourth draft pick by the Portland Fire in the 2001 WNBA Draft, made the 2001 WNBA All-Star Team, and was WNBA Rookie of the Year. She became a Missouri Sports Hall of Fame 2002 inductee. Her achievements, along with the support of her fans and supporters, created increased awareness of women's basketball, Southwest Missouri State University, the state of Missouri, and the Midwest region.

Missouri · United States