PLAYER PROFILES

 

 

10• Lizelle Jackson

Senior • Forward • 5-9
Burbank, Calif. • Cal State Los Angeles

Notes: An amazing athlete who has left an indelible mark on Long Island athletics ... Has tremendous leaping ability and will be a key figure in the front in 2006 ... Amazing speed.

2005 & 2004: Played two seasons of volleyball at LIU, leading the Blackbirds to 58 wins over the span, two Northeast Conference Tournament titles, two consecutive NCAA berths, a NEC regular season crown and a perfect conference record at home last fall ... Named the NEC Player of the Year last fall, averaging 4.16 kills a game - first in the league ... Third in the conference in digs per game (3.99) ... Tabbed NEC Tournament MVP and named LIU’s female athlete of the year in 2006 ... In 2004, closed 10th in the NEC -third for LIU- with 3.19 kills per game, third with 0.46 aces per game (39) and sixth with 3.45 digs per game… Tied for second on the squad with 17 double-doubles her junior campaign At Cal State Los Angeles in 2003 and 2002: Tabbed first team All-California Collegiate Athletic Association in 2003 … Named California Collegiate Athletic Association Freshman of the Year and second team All-CCAA in 2002.

High School/Personal: On the club level, played for the Santa Monica Beach Club and Santa Clarita Club for volleyball and on the Ambush Soccer club team … Played three years of varsity soccer at Highland High School in Palmdale, Calif., before sitting out senior season to focus on volleyball ... first team all-league in soccer as a junior and sophomore ... Selected first team volleyball All-Golden League … Also honored as the team MVP… Also competed in track and field where team captured the Golden League championship in 2000 & 2001 ... Was the champion individually in the high jump and 400-meters ... athlete of the year at Highland ... Full name is Lizelle Jonelle Jackson… Daughter of Liza and John Jackson ... Born August 20, 1984.