Missouri State

Honors: MVC Most Improved Player (2022)...All-MVC First Team (2022)...MVC All-Defensive Team (2022)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2022)...MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 28, 2022)...MVC All-Newcomer Team (2021).

Career Summary: Ranks second in program history for blocks in a single season with 81 in the 2021-22 season…Sits in third place in Lady Bear history with 110 career blocks in 58 games played at MSU.

2021-22: MVC Most Improved Player…Earned All-MVC First Team and MVC All-Defensive Team honors… Named to the MVC All-Tournament Team… MVC Player of the Week on February 28…Appeared in 32 games, starting in 26 in her final season at MSU…Paced the active Lady Bears with 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, while also leading the team with 81 blocks…Ranked first in the MVC and 13^th nationally with 2.5 blocks per game and 10^th in the nation with 81 blocks…Led the Lady Bears with 21 double-digit scoring performances and logged MSU’s only 30-point game of the season…Recorded her first career double-double against William Jewell (Dec. 3) and totaled six double-doubles on the season…Set a career high with 31 points on 13-for-22 shooting at Evansville (Jan. 27)…Logged 15 games with three or more blocks…Broke the MSU NCAA Tournament record with four blocks against Ohio State (March 19).

2020-21: Came off the bench in all 26 MSU games, averaging 4.7 points and 2.1 rebounds while ranking third in the league with 29 blocked shots as a member of the MVC All-Newcomer Team...Shot 42 percent from the floor and collected 19 steals...Opened the season with 12 points at Florida Gulf Coast (Nov. 27)...Had 12 points and season highs of seven rebounds, four blocks and three steals versus Lincoln (Dec. 7)...Also scored in double figures at Illinois State (Feb. 12), at Evansville (March 5) and against Stanford in the Sweet 16 (March 28)...Hit a pair of treys and blocked three shots against the Cardinal as well.

Background: Transferred to Missouri State from Auburn in December 2019...Started 12 games for the Tigers as a freshman in 2017-18 and appeared in 59 career games, averaging 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 46 percent from the floor and collecting 40 blocked shots...Rated as the No. 1 player in the state of Arkansas in the class of 2017 and was the 20th-rated forward nationally in that class according to Prospects Nation...Led Little Rock Central High to back-to-back state semifinal appearances and a combined 47-6 record her junior and senior seasons, earning all-tournament honors at the state meet as a senior.

Personal: Abigayle Jackson is the daughter of Maurice and Brandi Jackson..Has one sister, Lillian...Father played basketball at Louisiana Tech...Psychology major.