Bethune-Cookman University Athletics

2017 (Freshman Season)
MEAC Rookie and Player of the Year... Finalist for the NFCA/Schutt Sports Award as the nation's top freshman... Led the league in batting average (.412) and RBI (47)... Finished the year second in hits (63)... Ended her stellar rookie campaign fourth in the conference for runs scored (38)... Led the league and finished in the top 50 nationally for home runs with 14... A three-time MEAC Player of the Week and two-time Rookie of the Week, Jackson played and started in 53 games... Logged 16 stolen bases on the campaign... Led the league in on-base percentage (.483) and slugging percentage (.771)... Defensively, she has recorded a .952 fielding percentage with 58 putouts in the outfield...

Ruben S. Ayala HS
Lettered in track & field in high school… Ran the 100m, 200m, 4x100 and participated in the long jump… Had a personal-best time of 12.9 seconds in the 100m… Used a time of 27.3 seconds in the 200m… Held a time of 15-5 in the long jump… Named the top newcomer in sprints as a junior… Picked up a leap of 34-10 in the triple jump during her senior year… Helped her team to a league title in 2016… Her 4x100 team won the league title in 2015… Team won the league championship in her junior campaign as well…
 
Personal
Daughter of Ben and Charlotte Jackson… Majoring in Psychology… Career plans include becoming a Sports Psychiatrist… Lists hobbies away from the softball field as shopping, going to the beach and watching YouTube… Chose Bethune-Cookman because she loved the environment… Lists making a diving catch to close out a win in extra innings as her favorite sports memory… Favorite movie series is Star Wars… Favorite television show is Friends… Advice to youngsters would be to work hard and stay focused on what you are trying to achieve… If she were not playing softball, then she would be running track… Biggest influence in her life are her parents…