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Jessica Pickett was born on June 8, 1991 in Springfield, Missouri. She is the daughter of Gegatie and Lynette Pickett and has one brother, Joshuaw Pickett. Jessica has lived in Springfield her whole life and attended Kickapoo High School. She is currently a student-athlete at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.

Family
Jessica is the daughter of Gegatie and Lynette Pickett. Jessica is the youngest of two children. She has one older brother, Joshuaw, who attends Missouri State University. Her father, Gegatie is from a small nearby town, Fordland and is employed through Associated Wholesale Grocers. Her mother, Lynette Pickett is from Springfield, and is employed through Springfield Public Schools.

High School
In high school, Jessica was actively involved in many different clubs and groups. She was voted into Student Council all four years of high school, and her senior year she was elected vice president of her class. She was a member of National Honor Society, FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), A+ program, Freshman Mentoring, and FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). Although she was involved in these activites, most of her time was spent on the basketball court under coach Stephanie Phillips. Her freshman year was spent playing under coach Debbie Downs on the junior varsity team, but her sophmore through senior year were conducted under coach Phillips. Jessica graduated in the top 10% of her class and was accepted into numerous colleges before she chose Evangel University.

College Life
Toward the end of Jessica's senior year of high school, she verbally agreed to join the Women's basketball team at Evangel University under Coach Leon Neal. She chose Evangel over other offers because the University is Christian-based, the women's basketball team has established a competitive tradition, it's close to home, and the school offered a variety of majors in the area she wanted to pursue. Basketball offered and oppritunity for her to be able to attend a private Christian university.

Acedemics
Jessica finished her first year at Evangel on the Dean's list with a 3.8 GPA. She is majoring in physical education and is getting a double minor in personal training and biblical studies. She will also graduate with the completion of the leadership scholars program.

Extracurricular Activities
Evangel has a wide variety of activites to include all students. Jessica is currently a member of her floor council and is the current vice president of her floor. She is also involved with the Kinesiology department as a member of the fundraising commitee. Most of her time is dedicated to the women's basketball team.

Lady Crusader Basketball
In the spring of Jessica's senior year she signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Evangel University. At 5'7" she fills the role of shooting guard for the Lady Crusaders. Her freshman year the Lady Crusaders finished 23-10 and placed second in the Heart of America conferece, allowing an automatic advance to the national tournament. Sadly, their season was ended in the first round to the second ranked team in the nation, St. Xavier University. The team returns four out of five starters and has been working hard to achieve more than they did last season.

Future Plans
With a degree in physocal education, Jessica is ambitious about becoming an elementary physical education teacher. She would also like to coach high school girls' basketball. Her dream would be to go back to Kickapoo and continue the tradition with the Lady Chiefs. She is also planning to become a personal trainer in the summers. She would love to return to Rancho de Sus Ninos orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico and participate in their ministry for a small period of time in the summers. Along with Rancho de Sus Ninos, Jessica would love to go on other missions trips around the world spreading the Gospel.