Detroit Edison alumna Rickea Jackson remembered a conversation she had with her school superintendent, Ralph Bland, in 2017. "This is something that before we won our first state championship, I ...

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 ...

“D Town Proud,” the Sparks posted on social media. “Congrats to Rickea on getting her Detroit Edison Public School Academy jersey retired last night.” Before she was getting buckets with the Sparks, ...

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The school will honor its most decorated alum, the first Michigan charter school graduate to play in the WNBA, during halftime on December 23. "At New Paradigm for Education, our mission is to prepare ...

Rickea Jackson returns to Detroit Edison to have her jersey retired WNBA star and Detroit Edison alumna Rickea Jackson returned to her alma mater for her jersey retirement ceremony Tuesday, Dec. 23, ...

WNBA star and Detroit native Rickea Jackson returned to Detroit Edison for a jersey retirement ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.