Nikole Jackson

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
Prev School:
Barton Country CC

Personal BestsIndoorShot Put        41-08.00Weight          54-10.25OutdoorShot Put        41-07.75Discus          140-00Hammer      156-05

2005-06 INDOOR- Placed 10th in the shot at the ASU meet ... Was seventh in the weight throw at the SIU Booster ... Finished sixth in the weight throw at the McDonalds Invitational ... Took fifth in the weight throw at the Redhawk Invitational. OUTDOOR- Finished fifth in the hammer with a personal-best mark of 156-05 at the Bulldog Invitational ... Threw a PR of 41-07.75 at the Vanderbilt Relays in the shot.

2003-05 (Barton County CC): Earned two letters in track and field while competing in shot put, discus, weight throw and hammer...Earned NJCAA All-American honors in both the shot and weight...Helped her Barton team to JUCO National Championships both indoors and outdoors in 2004 and 2005.

PREP: Attended Miami Northwestern Senior H.S...Participated in track and field, lettering in all four years of her high school career...Track coach was Carmen Jackson.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 20, 1985 in Miami, Fla....Daughter of Joy and Calvin Jackson...Mother is a teacher and father is an administrator...Major is undecided...Would like to own her own funeral home after she graduates from the U of M...Also recruited by Southern Baptist University.