One of the top players in college basketball ... An All-America candidate who will also most certainly be on the preseason National Player of the Year watch lists as she enters her senior campaign ... A prolific scorer who can put the ball in the basket in many ways ... Has the ability to take the ball to the basket or can step out and shoot the three ... Also has a good knack of getting to the glass ... Dickson's 1,755 career points puts her just 66 points shy of becoming the all-time women's basketball scoring leader at USF entering the 2006-07 season ... Former Bull Wanda Guyton (1984, 1986-89) has held the mark, since her departure from USF in 1989, netting 1,820 points during her career.
2005-06 (JUNIOR): Had the best season of any women's basketball player in USF's history ... Dickson led the nation in scoring for 11 of the 17 weeks that the NCAA generated statistical reports ... Was joined only by two-time National Player of the Year Seimone Augustus of LSU as the only two players in the country to lead the nation in scoring this season ... Would eventually finish third in the nation in scoring behind Augustus (22.7 ppg) and Baylor's Sophia Young (22.3 ppg) ... Dickson's 22.0 points per game is the highest single season average of any player at USF playing more than 20 games ... The third place finish is the highest finish ever for a BIG EAST women's basketball player ... For her efforts, during the year, Dickson was named first team All-BIG EAST and was tabbed a Associated Press All-American honorable mention ... In addition, she was also added to the John R. Wooden Award National Player of the Year Midseason Top 20 and the Naismith National Player of the Year Midseason Top 30 lists ... Was named BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week twice during the 05-06 campaign (week ending 11/28/05 and 12/11/05) and was tabbed a BIG EAST Honor Roll selection seven times ... Set a new single season school scoring record netting an impressive 682 points ... She surpassed Guyton (1988-89) who held the old record of 549 ... Dickson tallied double figures in 30 of 31 games this year, including 18 games of 20 points or more, and six of 30 or better ... Poured in a career-high 37 points against No. 10/9 Rutgers (1/11/06) in an epic showdown with BIG EAST Player of the Cappie Pondexter who recorded a career high 40 - the last threewhich beat the Bulls ... Dickson was 11-23 (.478) from the field, 5-12 (.417), and 10-12 (.833) from the charity stripe against the Scarlet Knights while also grabbing nine rebounds, including six offensive ... Scored 35 points twice during the year against No. 14/13 DePaul (12/7/05) - in helping the Bulls to their first-ever BIG EAST Conference win - and against North Florida (12/28/05) ... Was 14-23 (.609) from the field and 3-5 (.600) from behind the three-point arc in the outing against the Osprey ... Also had 30-plus points in back-to-back outings against Maryland-Baltimore County (11/26/05) with 33 and 32 against Robert Morris (11/27/05), and against Cincinnati (1/15/06) netting 30 ... Her 33 points against UMBC was coupled with 10 rebounds for her first of three double doubles of the season ... Was named the Most Valuable Player of the San Juan Shootout averaging 22.3 points per contest ... That average included a 26-point effort against Northern Arizona (12/20/05) and a 24-point outing against Colorado (12/21/05) in the championship game ... Led the team in minutes played and was third in the BIG EAST logging 37.6 minutes per outing ... Played in 26 games where she recorded 25 or more minutes and 13 games of 40-plus minutes of action ... Had two separate six-game stretches - Dec. 20 to Jan. 18 and Feb. 11 to March 4 - where she played 238 and 237 minutes respectively out of a possible 240 minutes of action ... Was also the team leader in free throw shooting, and second in the conference, hitting 86.9 percent (128-148) of her shots from the charity stripe ... Finished the season third on the team in rebounding grabbing 5.8 boards per game.
2004-05 (SOPHOMORE): Continued to be one of the most dominating players to ever wear a USF uniform, or to play in Conference USA ... Is the first women's basketball player at USF to be tabbed a WBCA/Kodak All-American (honorable mention) ... Was also named a first team All-Conference USA selection after averaging 16.7 points per game and 4.7 rebounds per contest ... Her scoring average led the team and was sixth in C-USA ... She, however, was second in the league in scoring in conference games, netting 19.1 points per contest ... In addition, Dickson led the team and league in free throw shooting, hitting 83 percent (93-112) of her shots from the charity stripe ... Hit 19 straight from the free throw line during a four game stretch from Feb. 13 to March 3 and closed the season going 22-25 (.880) from the line during the last seven games of the year ... Was also third on the team in steals with 51 (1.6 spg) ... Played and started in all 32 games during the 04-05 season ... Has also played and started in every game during her collegiate career (61) ... Was third on the team in minutes played per game, averaging 32.9 ... Played 40 or more minutes four times and 35-plus minutes 15 times ... Scored in double figures in 29 of the 32 games on the year and tallied 20 points or more on 11 occasions ... Became the 14th player in school history to score 1,000 career points when she poured in a season-high 34 points against UAB (2/26/05) in the regular season finale ... She was just the second person in USF basketball history - men's or women's - and the first woman to reach the 1,000-point plateau as a sophomore ... She finished the season with 1,073 career points which is 11th all-time at USF ... Scored 27 points against Memphis (1/23/05) and 25 points against Wagner (1/22/04) while shooting 11-23 (.478) from the field in both games ... Tallied 22 points on 7-11 (.636) shooting from the field, including 2-2 (1.000) from three-point range and 6-6 (1.000) from the charity stripe at Southern Miss (2/13/05) ... Netted 19 points and had three steals in 41 minutes of action against No. 8/8 Connecticut (12/01/04) before fouling out in overtime ... She recorded her third career double-double with an 18-point, 11-rebound outing against Saint Louis (1/21/05).
2003-04 (FRESHMAN): Had the best freshman season of any women's basketball player in USF or Conference USA history ... Was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year and was tabbed a second team All-C-USA selection ... Was also named to Conference USA's all-freshmen team and was selected as USF's Offensive Player of the Year at the team's postseason awards banquet ... Earned Freshman All-America honors as given by Gballmag.com ... Was the only player on the Bulls' roster to play and start in all 29 games ... Averaged 34.4 minutes per game (37.6 mpg in C-USA games) on the year and logged 36-plus minutes in 17 games, including six games of 40 or more minutes ... Scored 20 points or more in 12 of her 29 outings and tallied double figures in 26 games ... Was the top scoring freshman in America ... Led the Bulls, and was third in the league, in scoring, averaging 18.6 points per outing ... Poured in a whopping 21.1 points per game in C-USA match-ups ... Set a new school and C-USA single- season scoring record for a freshman, netting 540 points during her rookie campaign ... Her point total is also second on USF's single-season points list, finishing just nine points behind Wanda Guyton's 549 scored during the 1988-89 season ... Was second on the team in rebounding, grabbing 6.1 per game and was third in assists dishing out 1.7 per contest ... Was also tied for second on the team in blocked shots with 13 and was fourth in steals with 37 ... Set a Conference USA freshman single-game scoring record, and the fourth best single game mark in USF history, netting 36 points in a thrilling double overtime win over No. 18 TCU (2/2/04) ... Had 20 points at the end of regulation then recorded seven points, including a 35-foot buzzer-beater from just inside mid-court at the end of the first extra session ... Helped to ice the victory with nine points against the Lady Frogs in the second overtime ... Two nights prior to the TCU game Dickson netted 25 points in a loss to No. 24 Houston (1/31/04) ... Dickson averaged an impressive 30.5 points and seven rebounds per game in the two outings against Houston and TCU, earning Conference USA Player of the Week honors for the week ending February 2 ... Got her career off to a rousing start, netting 27 points in her first collegiate game against Wagner (11/21/03) ... Also had back-to-back 27 point outings in a win at Cincinnati (2/6/04) and a loss at Louisville (2/8/04) ... Had 25 points on a blistering 73.3 percent (11-15) from the field in a win at UC Riverside (12/19/03) ... Was 12-20 (60 percent) from the floor in scoring 26 points in a loss at Charlotte (1/9/04) and hit 66.7 percent (10-15) in a 23-point winning effort against Niagara (1/6/04) ... Had two double-doubles on the year with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Florida Atlantic (12/30/03) and 12 points and 12 rebounds against Marquette (1/16/04) ... Came close to recording a triple-double against FAU with seven assists ... Had 19 points, nine rebounds, and six assists in a win against UAB (2/15/04) then followed that up with a 19-point, eight-rebound effort against the Lady Blazers in Birmingham (2/27/04) ... Had four steals three times against Florida State (12/14/03), Charlotte, and at Saint Louis (1/23/04).
HIGH SCHOOL: Is the all time leading scorer - boys or girls - at Vanguard High School ... Tallied 2,634 career points during her scholastic career surpassing her high school coach Annette Powell (2,013 pts.) for the all-time lead ... Averaged 25.6 points, 12.8 rebounds, four steals, and three assists per game as a senior en route to first team 4A All-State honors ... Was also named 4A Player of the Year in District 4 ... Helped her team to a 33-2 record her final season and helped guide Vanguard to its second-straight state Final Four appearance ... Averaged 25 points and 13 rebounds as a junior ... Was tabbed 5A All-State first team and was named the 4A Player of the Year Award by the Ocala Star Banner newspaper ... Was an honorable mention All-America by Street & Smith magazine.
PERSONAL: Full name is Jessica S. Dickson ... Born September 6, 1984, in Gainesville, FL ... Daughter of Kathy Mack ... Has two brothers, Anthony and Alphonso, and one sister, Princetta ... Majoring in business administration with a concentration in sports management ... Coach at Vanguard was Annette Powell ... She played her AAU ball with the Florida Starzz.
