The ceremony will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025
CORRECTS TO RICKEA INSTEAD OF RICK – Tennessee’s Rickea Jackson, right, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected fourth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) (Adam Hunger)
DETROIT – Detroit Edison Public School Academy is set to retire WNBA star Rickea Jackson’s jersey.
The ceremony will be held on Tuesday (Dec. 23) at 6:45 p.m. at 3403 St. Aubin Street.
The Los Angeles Sparks standout and the school’s most accomplished basketball alumnus will have her ceremony held at halftime of the women’s varsity basketball game against Grosse Pointe South at the DEPSA gymnasium.
→ Detroit Edison Public School Academy hosts watch party for WNBA draft prospect Rickea Jackson
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