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Lauren Jackson has been named to the All-WNBA First Team, the WNBA announced today. The selection is the fourth of Jackson’s career and gives her the distinction of being the only player in the league to receive All-WNBA First Team honors in each of the last four seasons. Jackson also joins teammate 
Sue Bird and WNBA originals 
Lisa Leslie and Cynthia Cooper as the only players in league history to receive the honor in four consecutive seasons.
Jackson posted career-highs this season in field-goal percentage (.535, second in WNBA) and free-throw percentage (.899, fourth in WNBA) and also ranked among the league’s top-10 in efficiency rating (23.7), blocks (1.70 bpg), scoring (19.4 ppg), rebounding (7.6 rpg), and double-doubles (eight). She scored a career-high and franchise-record 35 points at Phoenix on May 25 and her 19 points vs. Chicago on June 7 moved her past the 3,000-point mark for her career, making her the youngest player (25 years, 33 days old) and the fastest player (162 career games) in league history to reach the milestone.
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Leslie led all vote-getters with 278 total points, narrowly edging out Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (276), who joins the First Team for the second time in her career. The Indiana Fever’s Tamika Catchings, a three-time First Team selection, occupies the remaining forward spot, while Connecticut Sun guard Katie Douglas rounds out the backcourt as she grabs her first All-WNBA honor.
The 2006 All-WNBA Second Team is led by Detroit Shock center Cheryl Ford. She is joined by the Connecticut Sun’s Taj McWilliams-Franklin and Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets at the forward positions, and the Alana Beard of the Washington Mystics and Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx, the 2006 WNBA Rookie of the Year, in the guard spots.
