2024 Soccer Roster
Jackson, Rachel
Jersey Number 27
Rachel Jackson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Country Day
Bio
2024: Shifted to everyday wing role … played all 18 matches, made 16 starts … collected first career goal in 6-1 rout of Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 11), added an assist for first three-point outing … also scored in 2-0 victory at Northern Illinois (Sept. 26) … played season-high 81 minutes, marked 30th career appearance in finale against Buffalo (Oct. 31) … 20th career start against Bowling Green (Oct. 18) … collected five shots on-goal, four in league matches … Academic All-MAC
2023: Played 12 games with seven starts, missed scattered time due to injury … made collegiate debut against Wright State (Aug. 27), first collegiate start at Louisville (Sept. 3) … played 617 minutes on the season, with 50-plus minutes in seven games and 90 minutes twice (at Louisville; Akron, Oct. 15) … tallied first career shot against Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
Club: Played for the Michigan Hawks of Livonia (2015-23) … named first-team all-conference in ECNL U16 (2021) for the Hawks … 2018 US Youth Soccer state champion (2018)
High School: Graduated from Detroit Country Day High School in 2023 … earned film, metals and writing conservatory in final semester … four-year participant in metals club … led the Yellow Jackets to a Michigan Division 3 state championship as a sophomore, the only season she competed for Detroit Country Day … also competed in volleyball as a freshman
Personal: Daughter of John and Julie Jackson … two older siblings: sister, Melissa, and brother, Nick … enjoys watching Premier League soccer, “especially Tottenham” … cousin, Jeffrey Andrus, was a member of the inaugural Central Michigan men’s golf team … brother, Nick, was a sophomore on NCAA II Northwood University football team in 2022 after transferring from NCAA III Kalamazoo College
Why CMU?: “The campus felt like home the minute I stepped on it. The girls on the soccer team were so welcoming and I felt like it would be a great fit!”
2023: Played 12 games with seven starts, missed scattered time due to injury … made collegiate debut against Wright State (Aug. 27), first collegiate start at Louisville (Sept. 3) … played 617 minutes on the season, with 50-plus minutes in seven games and 90 minutes twice (at Louisville; Akron, Oct. 15) … tallied first career shot against Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
Club: Played for the Michigan Hawks of Livonia (2015-23) … named first-team all-conference in ECNL U16 (2021) for the Hawks … 2018 US Youth Soccer state champion (2018)
High School: Graduated from Detroit Country Day High School in 2023 … earned film, metals and writing conservatory in final semester … four-year participant in metals club … led the Yellow Jackets to a Michigan Division 3 state championship as a sophomore, the only season she competed for Detroit Country Day … also competed in volleyball as a freshman
Personal: Daughter of John and Julie Jackson … two older siblings: sister, Melissa, and brother, Nick … enjoys watching Premier League soccer, “especially Tottenham” … cousin, Jeffrey Andrus, was a member of the inaugural Central Michigan men’s golf team … brother, Nick, was a sophomore on NCAA II Northwood University football team in 2022 after transferring from NCAA III Kalamazoo College
Why CMU?: “The campus felt like home the minute I stepped on it. The girls on the soccer team were so welcoming and I felt like it would be a great fit!”
Soccer vs Wright State
Thursday, September 11
Soccer vs Loyola Chicago
Sunday, August 17
Soccer vs Butler
Thursday, August 14
SOC Insider - Rachel Jackson
Wednesday, August 13
