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Jackson joins GCU with experience
5/21/2020 6:16:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Graduate transfer started 14 games for Youngstown State last season
The Grand Canyon women's basketball team strengthend its backcourt with the addition of Youngstown State transfer guard Ny'Dajah Jackson for the upcoming season.
"Ny'Dajah will bring so much valuable experience to our team," GCU head coach Molly Miller said. "She is a gym rat, a hard worker and a dynamic guard that can really help us at any position on the perimeter. She loves the defensive side of the ball, which will raise our level of play on that end. Her work ethic in the classroom, evident by graduating magna cum laude this year, is matched by her efforts on the court. This is another wonderful person, great student and talented athlete we are adding to the GCU Lopes family."
The Oakland, California, native started in 14 of 30 games last season at Youngstown State, where she averaged 7.4 points, 2.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 25.5 minutes per game. The 5-foot-5 guard recorded double-figure scoring in 11 games last season, including a 23-point game at Oakland in which she scored the final seven points of the Penguins' win. She also caught fire for 14Â second-half points in a comeback win against Eastern Kentucky.
Jackson finished her undergraduate degree in business administration with magna cum laude honors and a 3.65 GPA.
Jackson began her collegiate career at Providence, where she played 56 games in 2016-17 and 2017-18 with four starts for the Big East Conference program. She recorded season highs of 12 points against Creighton and 12 rebounds against Seton Hall.
At Piedmont High School near Oakland, Jackson was named the West Alameda County Conference Co-Player of the Year and to the Oakland Tribune/ANG News Group All-East Bay first team. As a senior, she averaged 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals per game.
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"Ny'Dajah will bring so much valuable experience to our team," GCU head coach Molly Miller said. "She is a gym rat, a hard worker and a dynamic guard that can really help us at any position on the perimeter. She loves the defensive side of the ball, which will raise our level of play on that end. Her work ethic in the classroom, evident by graduating magna cum laude this year, is matched by her efforts on the court. This is another wonderful person, great student and talented athlete we are adding to the GCU Lopes family."
The Oakland, California, native started in 14 of 30 games last season at Youngstown State, where she averaged 7.4 points, 2.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 25.5 minutes per game. The 5-foot-5 guard recorded double-figure scoring in 11 games last season, including a 23-point game at Oakland in which she scored the final seven points of the Penguins' win. She also caught fire for 14Â second-half points in a comeback win against Eastern Kentucky.
Jackson finished her undergraduate degree in business administration with magna cum laude honors and a 3.65 GPA.
Jackson began her collegiate career at Providence, where she played 56 games in 2016-17 and 2017-18 with four starts for the Big East Conference program. She recorded season highs of 12 points against Creighton and 12 rebounds against Seton Hall.
At Piedmont High School near Oakland, Jackson was named the West Alameda County Conference Co-Player of the Year and to the Oakland Tribune/ANG News Group All-East Bay first team. As a senior, she averaged 24 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals per game.
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