Ray Jackson (basketball)

Ray Jackson (born 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. He is most well known for his time as a member of the Fab Five with the Michigan Wolverines.

Jackson was part of the famed University of MichiganWolverinesFab Five along with former NBA players Chris Webber, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, and Juwan Howard that reached the 1992 & 1993NCAAMen's Division I Basketball Championship games as both Freshmen and Sophomores.

Although the Fab Five’s Final Four appearances were vacated,^[1] he was not among the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor and Louis Bullock)^[2] in the Ed Martin scandal and was not found to have received large amounts of money.^[3]

Jackson and King were the only two members of the Fab Five to stay at Michigan for their full four years of eligibility; Webber left after his sophomore year and Rose and Howard after their junior years. Jackson's best season at Michigan came in his senior year, as he averaged a team-high of nearly 16 points per game.

Known for his time as a member of the Fab Five, Jackson was not drafted by an NBA team and never played in the league. He was cut in preseason by the New York Knicks before the 1995–96 season and cut by the Detroit Pistons before the 1996–97 season. He was drafted in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) by the Grand Rapids Hoops #35 in the 3rd round in 1995.

While with the Hoops, he won the 1995–96 CBA Rookie of the Year Award.^[4][5]

He then played in France with Pro A team SIG Basket, in Argentina in the Liga Nacional de Básquet with Obras Sanitarias^[6] (where he averaged 16 points per game) and Venezuela with Cocodrilos de Caracas.

En un artículo del 10 de febrero de 2007 en Yahoo Sports , Jackson dice: "Me costó mucho superar el hecho de que fui el único de los Fab Five que no llegó a la NBA, pero ya lo superé porque estoy de vuelta en casa y estoy contento con lo que estoy haciendo con mi vida".

Jackson vive en Austin, Texas , donde dirige una empresa de mudanzas y Rise Up, una organización sin fines de lucro que ayuda a los niños en los ámbitos social, educativo y deportivo, incluyendo el baloncesto. También trabaja para la escuela secundaria Lyndon B. Johnson como oficial especialista en asistencia. ^{[ 7 ] [ 8 ]}

• Programa Académico Atlético Rise Up Inc.
• Archivo estadístico de baloncesto de la Universidad de Michigan
• Estadísticas de la Continental Basketball Association en Statscrew.com
• Estadísticas de la liga francesa
• Estadísticas de la liga argentina en Worldhoopstats.com. Archivado el 21/03/2020 en Wayback Machine.
• Perfil en Latinbasket.com