The three-time WNBA Most Valuable Player said she was still coming to grips with the idea of the complex being named the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre following the council’s unanimous endorsement of the proposal on Monday night.

“I think it’s just amazing, for me, it’s a huge honour, one that I obviously didn’t expect at all,” Jackson said.

“But when it was first proposed, again, it was just one of those things that I didn’t know if it would go through or not.

“Even just the thought of it happening was an honour but for it to actually happen, when I got the call that it had been approved, I’m still in a little bit of disbelief to be honest, it’s a big accolade.”

Jackson, who is in Canberra rehabilitating her acute Achilles injury, said she was still unsure as to when the stadium would be officially renamed but had no doubt she would be in attendance for the ceremony.

“No one has spoken to me yet, I haven’t spoken to my agent yet, but he was talking to the council about all that,” Jackson said.

“But absolutely I’ll be there for the opening, I mean, for something that big, the only thing that would stop me is if I was overseas.

“Something like this is beyond all expectation for me, you don’t ever think a group of people would even propose it, so I would love to be there for the opening, I just feel so honoured.”

The Australian Opals captain said she had been largely unaware of any opposition to Cr Amanda Duncan-Strelec’s proposal to have the stadium renamed but believed the council had acted appropriately in canvassing the local community.

“Actually this morning was the only time I’d even heard of anything about it (opposition to the naming),” Jackson said.

“One of my friends sent me an online link about it, but obviously some people, on something that big, they’re going to feel differently about it.

“But everyone has a right to their own opinion, Albury is where I grew up and where I plan on moving back to when I retire and I don’t know how people might see that but for me, it’s my home and like I said, I just feel really honoured.”

Having endured a brutal playing schedule over the past two years, Jackson admitted she hadn’t been able to come back to Albury nearly as often as she wanted to.

“Whatever I can do in the future in terms of basketball and promoting the sport and just being a part of the community, I’ll definitely do,” Jackson said.

“The past few years have been really intense and I’ve been overseas, preparing for Olympics and world championships and it’s been really very busy.

“I couldn’t be more proud or more honoured and I’m not going to let anyone’s opinion about that faze me,” she said.