Expand<\/a><\/p>\nA meniscus injury ended Chrissy Jacklinski\u2019s summer basketball season. That means no more chances to showcase her skills to colleges.<\/p>\n
So she decided to go with one of the options she already had.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Scranton High School rising senior announced her commitment to continue her academic and basketball careers at Lafayette College.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that I\u2019m not going to be playing anymore, I\u2019m probably not going to get as much exposure,\u201d Jacklinski said. \u201cEspecially with how scholarships are given out. If other people commit, I wouldn\u2019t have a scholarship anymore and be able to go there. I didn\u2019t want to lose that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacklinski picked Lafayette over The College of Holy Cross, which were her top two choices. She also had offers from the University of New Hampshire and Sacramento State.<\/p>\n
Choosing Lafayette means she will play for Ben O\u2019Brien, the former Dunmore High School and University of Scranton coach who took over the Lady Leopards in April after leading the Lady Royals to the NCAA Division III championship game one month earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cI visited both and I just loved Lafayette so much more and felt so much more comfortable on campus,\u201d Jacklinski said. \u201cAll the coaches were amazing, especially coach O\u2019Brien. I know a lot of people that played for him and just heard great things about him. So I\u2019m excited to play for him, as well. It\u2019s also only like an hour away from my house \u2014 50 minutes, I drive fast. So that\u2019s one thing I also was looking for, a school not too, too far from home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Making her decision now takes a lot off Jacklinski\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been stressful for the past two or three years, worrying about where am I going to go to college,\u201d Jacklinski said. \u201cNow, it\u2019s such a big relief. I don\u2019t have to worry about it anymore. It\u2019s just going to be really fun my last high school season. I can enjoy it without any stress.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her meniscus injury shouldn\u2019t be an issue.<\/p>\n
She said she plans to have surgery in the very near future and plans to be back no later than October, but hopes for August or September.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt happened a couple weeks ago in AAU. I jumped kind of weird,\u201d Jacklinski said. \u201cThey won\u2019t know how bad it is until they go in. It could be a quick recovery, I can just walk right out of the surgery. I\u2019m praying that\u2019s what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Lafayette, Jacklinski plans to major in economics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love math. It\u2019s always been my favorite subject,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Big numbers are certainly something Jacklinski puts up on the basketball court.<\/p>\n
This season, the three-time Times-Tribune All-Region selection averaged 18.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists with 59 3-pointers and a free-throw percentage of 72.9 (70 for 96) as Scranton finished runner-up in District 2 Class 6A. She scored her 1,000th career point Feb. 2 against West Scranton and was Most Valuable Player of the 22nd Lynett Memorial Girls Tournament after helping the Lady Knights win the title.<\/p>\n
While looking forward to her senior season at Scranton, Jacklinski also has her eye on the future to prepare for college.<\/p>\n
\u201cI talked to some of the girls on the Lafayette team and they said the biggest difference from high school to college is size and strength,\u201d Jacklinski said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just going to try to get stronger and get in the gym almost every day. That\u2019s one thing I\u2019m definitely focusing on.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning a Patriot League championship would be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jacklinski is the second player from District 2 to commit to Lafayette in the last few days. Charlie Hiller of Crestwood announced her commitment to the Easton school June 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scranton\u2019s Chrissy Jacklinski shoots during the Lynett Tournament championship game at the Lackawanna College Student Union in Scranton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-231432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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