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Baptist Bible College Head Womens Basketball Coach
Former WNBA Player and Abington Heights Graduate Amber Jacobs returns to this area as Head Women’s
Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director At Baptist Bible College. She previously was an Assistant Women’s
Basketball Coach at NCAA Div 1 University of Rhode Island
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Amber Jacobs
Baptist Bible College Head Womens Basketball Coach
Former WNBA Player and Abington Heights Graduate  Amber Jacobs returns to this area as Head Women’s
Basketball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director At Baptist Bible College. She previously was an Assistant Women’s
Basketball Coach at NCAA Div 1 University of Rhode Island

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Abington Heights High School (1996–2000)
A four-year letter winner on the basketball team at Abington Heights High School ... Averaged 23 points and five assists a game as a senior ...　 Finished her career with over 2,400 points, 600 assists and 600 steals ... Three-time USA Today Honorable Mention All-America selection ... Two-time Street & Smith Honorable Mention All-American ... USA Today Pennsylvania Player of the Year as a senior ... Named Miss Pennsylvania Basketball (inaugural award) following the 1999-2000 season ... A Parade　 All-American as a senior ... Ranked as the nation’s No. 31 player on the　 Blue Star Index and No. 28 on the All-Star Girls Report ... A member of the Abington Heights team that won the AAAA District 2 championship all four years and advanced to the Eastern Semifinals of the PIAA State Playoffs in 1997-98 and 1998-99

Boston College (2000–2004)
(Freshman) Earned BIG EAST All-Rookie Team honors… (Sophomore) Was the team’s leading scorer with 11.9 points per Outing.　 Invited by USA Basketball to participate in the World Championships for Young　 Women (Junior) Hit two game-winning buzzer- shots to land BC in its first-ever　 Sweet Sixteen ... All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention team ... BIG EAST Academic　 All-Star ... BIG EAST Player of the Week　 (2/3/03) .Averaged 12.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game . Scored her career 1,000th point on March 4, 2003. (Senior) Team Co-captain. ALL-BIG EAST Second Team and All-Tournament Team. WBCA Kodak District One All-American. BC “Eagle of the Year” Award. Led Boston College to its first-ever Big East Tournament championship. AP Honorable Mention All-American. Won the WBCA All-Star Challenge Three-Point Shooting. Is BC’s 4th-leading scorer (1544). Is fifth on BC’s all-time assist board (469) ... Is sixth on BC’s all- time steal board (158) . Is second on BC’s all-time three-point field goals made (183) and attempted (502) lists.

Spring 2004
33rd pick in WNBA draft to Minnesota Lynx
WNBA Minnesota LYNX (2004–2007)
2004 Rookie Season Made her WNBA debut in Minnesota’s win at Sacramento on May 22. In 2006 Amber concluded her third season with the Lynx by starting all 34 games... Registered career-bests with 8.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 3.4 apg (good for 15th in the WNBA); her 115 assists equals the second-best total in club history... Shot 44.9% from the field (up from 38.5% a year ago and 31.0% in her rookie season), and　 was ninth in the league in three-point accuracy at 39.2% (40-102).