Ninth grader gets an offer

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• By Richard Davenport
• 10:51AM on October 16th, 2009

Remember the name Jessica Jackson, because college basketball coaches already know about her as a ninth grader.

Jackson, 6-2, of Jacksonville is positioning herself to be one of the more highly recruited female athletes Arkansas has seen in quite some time.

Texas A&M visited her school last Tuesday and shortly afterward told Coach Katrina Mimms of a scholarship offer.

“They had seen her in AAU ball,” Mimms said. “She had a really good summer. She’s 6-2, she’ll start for us at point guard. She can play inside or out.”

Mimms said he Jackson averaged about 20 points a game as an eighth grader.

Jackson, who’s scheduled to visit Arkansas later today, is also receiving interest from Oklahoma, Florida, Vanderbilt, Texas and others.