Lincoln University Athletics

A nine-time All-American, Shanda Jackson became the first female student-athlete in Lincoln University’s history to be featured in Sports Illustrated (July 24, 2006). She was also named the 2006-07 Association of Division III Independents Female Student-Athlete of the Year.  Running in her first NCAA Division III Indoor national championship meet as a freshman in 2005, Jackson swooshed to victory in the 55-meter dash in a school record time of 7.08 seconds to claim the crown as the 55-meter dash queen.
              
In her next season at Lincoln, Jackson finished a dominating outdoor season in style by being named the most outstanding female track athlete following the 2006 NCAA Division III Track and Field National Championship meet at Benedictine University. Jackson, the two-time reigning 55-meter dash indoor champion, won the 100-meter dash (11.66), finished third in the 200 (23.92) and helped the 4 x 100-meter relay team to a second place finish (46.42). Jackson’s time of 11.66 seconds was a Division III season-best. Jackson went undefeated in the 100-meter dash in May 2006. She won the 100-meter dash at the University of Delaware Invitational (11.94) and won the 100-meter dash at the ECAC Championship meet (12.11). Jackson also was a member of the winning 4 x 100-meter relay team (48.66) at the ECAC Championships where she helped Lincoln finish second overall as a team.
              
Those honors capped a phenomenal year for Jackson, who won the 55-meter dash championship during the indoor national meet for the second consecutive year. The United States Track and Field Cross-Country Coaches Association also named Jackson as the Mid-East Region track and field athlete of the year.
              
In her final season at Lincoln, Jackson earned two more All-American honors raising her career total to nine. She also extended her unbeaten 100-meter dash streak in the month of May to 15 races after winning the 100-meter dash at the University of Delaware (May 5), Swarthmore Twilight meet (May 14), the College of New Jersey (May 17). Jackson also won the 200-meter dash at the University of Delaware, Swarthmore and TCNJ meets. Other awards and honors Jackson during a memorable 2007 outdoor season included being named the AD3I Player of the Week on May 7. Jackson was also named the May AD3I female student-athlete of the month for the second consecutive year. She has not lost a 100-meter dash race in the month of May in two years. Jackson is the only sprinter in the last five years to win consecutive 55-meter dash indoor national titles and two straight 100-meter dash titles. Jackson also earned All-American honors during the indoor track season by finishing seventh in the 55-meter dash at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in March 2007.