Hall of Fame
Highlights: All-American as a senior, two-time first team All-PSAC selection, three-time team captain, SRU record holder in career 3-point shooting percentage.
Jackie Altenweg, a native of Perry, Ohio, was a two-time first team All-Conference selection and a three-year team captain for The Rock women's basketball team from 1998-2002. She helped lead Slippery Rock to four straight appearances in the PSAC playoffs and helped the program to the 2000 East Region title and an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight. Slippery Rock compiled a total of 67 wins over Altenweg's four-year career, in part thanks to her scoring prowess from long range. She is still the program's all-time record holder in 3-point field goal percentage at .403, which came on 123 successful tries in 305 attempts.
Altenweg ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 1,449 career points and also finished her career with 410 rebounds and 361 assists. She ranks fourth in career field goal attempts (1,236), fifth in field goals made (532), fifth in free throws made (262) and fifth in steals (151). Her most productive season was her senior year, in which she earned All-America honors after scoring 502 points and playing an average of 35.7 minutes per game. That scoring tally is the fifth most points scored by a player in a single-season in program history.
Altenweg resides in Lyndhurst, Ohio and is a store manager at Walmart in Parma, Ohio, a position she has had for the last two years. In total, Altenweg has been with the Walmart corporation for 14 years and has completed the executive management training. She received her bachelor's in business administration from Slippery Rock in 2002. Altenweg was also inducted into her high school Hall of Fame at Perry High School after earning All-State honors in three different sports. In addition to her management role at Walmart, Altenweg represents the company as an advocate for "Buddy Walk," a national initiative that supports individuals with Down Syndrome.
