2022 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 0
Naomi Jackson
- Position:
- GK
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-8
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
- Hometown:
- Freeport, Ill.
- High School:
- Freeport
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- B1G Co-Freshman of the Week (9/12).
- Tied Illinois freshman record of 13 saves at #21 Michigan, most saves in a game since 2000 (Sarah Anderson vs. Penn State 11/3/2000).
SOPHOMORE 2022
- Did not make an appearance.
FRESHMAN 2021
- Appeared in nine matches for the Illini, recording 43 saves and a .782 save percentage.
- Made her Illini debut at Bowling Green 9/9/21, recording three saves on ten shots faced.
- Named B1G Co-Freshman of the Week for the week of 9/12-9/19 after a saving 13 shots on 35 shots faced at #21 Michigan 9/17/21.
- Tied Illinois freshman record with 13 saves at #21 Michigan 9/17/21, the most saves in a game by an Illini since Sarah Anderson vs. Penn State on Nov. 3, 2000 (13).
HIGH SCHOOL
- Four-year letter winner at Freeport High School.
- Played for coach Nick Namio.
- Three-time All-Conference honoree in the NIC-10.
- Team MVP, All-Sectional in her sophomore year.
- 2019 All Star Preps Best of Rock River Valley.
- 2021 Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year.
- 2021 United Soccer Coaches High School All-American.
- Tied for first in IHSA in most consecutive shutouts in a season with 15.
- 16-1-0 record propelled team to NIC-10 Conference Championship.
- Played club for Rockford Raptors, earning a state championship in her time.
PERSONAL
- Born March 17, 2003 in Freeport, Ill.
- Daughter of Thedford and Carmela Jackson.
- Has two brothers, Isaiah (23), Jalen (25), and one sister, Arcey.
- Majoring in Criminal Justice.
- Cousin of former Illini Aaron Bailey of the Baltimore Ravens.
- Has a strangely accurate British accent.
- Enjoys fishing, playing video games, tennis, swimming, and bike riding.
- Favorite athlete is Abby Smith.
- Credits her father as the biggest influence on her athletic career.
- Chose Illinois because “I loved the environment the school gave off and just the way it felt walking around campus on my visit. It felt like home.”
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