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Jayco Australian Opal Lauren Jackson has shown she is in scintillating form ahead of the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women after she extended her own WNBA record with a 17th Player of the Week Award after she was named Western Conference Player of the Week, the league announced overnight.

Jackson was awarded the Player of the Week nod for regular season games played Monday, June 21 through Sunday, June 27, her third such honour in the first six weeks of the 2010 season. The Seattle Storm forward was also named Western Conference Player of the Month for May.

A two-time winner of the WNBA Most Valuable Player award, Jackson led Seattle to a 2-0 mark during the week that improved Seattle’s record to a league-leading 13-2. The league’s second leading scorer (20.8 ppg), Jackson netted 28 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field, including a perfect 4-for-4 on three-pointers, in a win over Indiana. Jackson also contributed seven rebounds, two blocks and one steal. She then closed out the week with her seventh game of 20-or-more points this season, a 24-point outing in a win at Tulsa.

Now in her 10th WNBA season, Jackson ranked second in the league in scoring (26.0 ppg) during the week. She also was the sixth most proficient shooter in the league in terms of both overall field goals (.607 on 17 of 28) and three-pointers (.700 on 7 of 10).

Jackson and the WNBA will take a break from league duties when the Jayco Opals hold a training camp in Connecticut from July 7-10 followed by a ‘friendly’ game against the USA national team.

Jackson will be joined by fellow WNBA Opals Penny Taylor, Tully Bevilaqua, and Storm teammate Abby Bishop at the Jayco Opals’ camp.

Crystal Langhorne of the Washington Mystics was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week.