2026-27 Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 2
Destiny Jackson
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- Major:
- Psychology
- High School:
- Whitney Young Magnet High School
2025-26 - FRESHMAN
- Unanimous Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (Media)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Nov. 24)
- Started all 34 games; averaged 9.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists in 31.4 minutes per game
- Broke the program's freshman and overall single-season assists record with 176 assists
- Posted a 2.32 assist-to-turnover ratio, 5th in the Big Ten and the top mark among all qualified national freshmen
- Recorded the first 2:1 season Assist/Turnover ratio in the history of the program, only turning over the ball 88 times while tallying 176 assists
- First Illinois player to average 5.0+ assists per game since 1992-93
- Recorded first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in Illinois' NCAA Tournament First Round win over Colorado
- Shot 41.2% from the field (107-for-260), 28.2% from deep (11-for-39) and 82.1% on free throws (110-for-134)
- Tallied 16 games scoring in double-figures
- Record three games with double-digit rebounds (Indiana, at Michigan St., vs. Colorado)
- Scored six points and dished out six assists in her collegiate debut vs. SEMO (Nov. 4)
- Scored a career-high 21 points vs Wisconsin (March 4)
- Recorded career-best eight steals vs USC (Feb. 8)
- Of the 14 players across D1 that averaged at least 9.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game in the NCAA and tallied the third-fewest turnovers per game (2.6) of the group
- The only freshman across NCAA D1 averaging at least 9.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in 2025-26
High School/Club
- 2025 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year
- 2025 McDonald's All American Game Nominee
- 2025 Illinois Ms. Basketball
- Ranked No. 28 prospect in the Class of 2025, No. 6 at her position, and No. 1 in the state by 247Sports
- Five-star ranked No. 25 in espnW's HoopGurlz rankings
- Averaged 17.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.3 steals, and 0.5 blocks across her four-year career at Whitney Young Magnet High School
- Finished her high school career with 2,204 points, 752 rebounds, 445 assists, and 408 steals for Whitney Young Magnet High School
- 2024-25 IBCA First Team All-State as a senior
- 2024-25 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Girls’ High School Player of the Year Watch List
- 2023-24 AP First Team All-State as a junior
- 2022-23 AP All-State Honorable Mention as a sophomore
- Four-time Chicago Public League (CPL) champion with Whitney Young
- Four-time First Team All-Conference in CPL
- Two-time Elite 24 invitee (AAU)
- Two-time Future 60 invitee (AAU)
- Future 60 Camp MVP (AAU)
- Stephen Curry Camp invitee
- Played with current Illini Mia Zenere on the Example Sports team in 2023
- High School Stat Lines:
- 2024-25: 21.1 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG
- 2023-24: 16.6 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 4.0 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.7 BPG
- 2022-23: 18.0 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 3.6 APG, 3.6 SPG, 1.2 BPG
- 2021-22: 14.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.1 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG
Personal
- Born Dec. 12, 2006
- Parents are Quentin Jackson and Teshunda Crockrell
- Three sisters: Madison (Newell), Maliyah, and Deshyria
- Club Team: Example Sports GUAA
- Majoring in psychology
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