Hall of Fame

Jackie Harris

  • Class
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Jennies Basketball
Jackie Harris,
Jennies Basketball, 1982-86

Harris was a four-year player for the Jennies and a member of the 1984 national championship team. She came to Central Missouri from Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kan. In addition to playing on the national championship team, she was a member of the 1982-83 team that lost in the Division II semifinals, the 1984-85 team that finished second and the 1985-86 team that reached the quarterfinals. The Jennies were 107-18 during her career and won or shared the MIAA title each of her four seasons.

After playing in the shadow of Division II players-of-the-year Carla Eades (1984) and Rosie Jones (1985), Harris earned first-team All-America honors as a senior when she averaged 21.8 points and became the first Jennies' player to average over 20 points per game. She also was co-MVP in the MIAA that season. Her 631 points rank as the third best single-season total in Jennies' history and her 21.8 scoring average is the second-best single-season mark in Jennies' history.

She set what was at the time the Jennies' single-game scoring record with 40 points against the University of Missouri-Rolla. That record has since been broken, but she still is one of only three players in Jennies' history to score 40 or more points in a game. Her career point total of 1,417 ranks ninth on the Jennies' career scoring list. She ranks ninth in career field goal percentage (49.1), is tied for seventh in career free throw percentage (69.1) and tied for eighth in career steals (194). Only five other Jennies' players have appeared in more games than Harris, who played in 120.



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