HONORS - CAA All-Academic Team (15-16)
Senior (2015-16): Started at power forward for the Cougars in 30 of the 31 games she appeared in ... Averaged 10.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 31.0 minutes per game, adding 29 steals and 37 blocks ... Sunk a career-best 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting on the 68-24 Senior Day drubbing of UNCW, adding five boards and two blocks ... Achieved a career-best five steals in the road-loss to Charlotte, adding 17 points ... Pulled off a 12-10 double-double on the road against UNCW, the third of her career ... Reached double-digit scoring in 15 games, and managed 20 points or more points on three occasions ... Went a perfect 9-of-9 from the free throw line in the upset home-win against Drexel en route to a 22 point, nine rebound afternoon ... Had a 14-7 performance in the near-upset win in the CAA Tournament against James Madison, including a whopping nine points in the first quarter alone ... Shot 41.9% from long range over the course of the season, the third-best clip in CofC Division I History ... Averaged 48.6% from the field and 78.8% from the free throw line ... Finished her career with the following career-distinctions: 4th-most blocks per game (1.3), 6th most total blocks (82), 7th-highest 3-pt percentage (36.0%) and 10th-highest field goal percentage (47.8%)
Junior (2014-15): Appeared in all 30 games for the Cougars, drawing starts in 28 of them ... Averaged 9.5 points, 5.5 rebounds 1.1 assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field, 28.1% from deep and 76.8% from the stripe ... Hit a season-high of 16 points twice against both Upstate and UNCW, pulling off a 16-12 double-double against the latter ... Pulled off her first double-double of the season against UNCG by scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 boards ... Swatted away a career-best five blocks on two separate occasions (vs. Northeastern and at William & Mary)
Sophomore (2013-14): Sat out the entire 2013-14 season per NCAA transfer guidelines.
Freshman (2011-12 at UC Santa Barbara): As a freshman, played in 25 games for the Gauchos, with one start…Played 138 minutes (5.5 per game average)…Started on Feb. 4 vs. Cal Poly posting career-highs in minutes (18), blocks (2) and rebounds (5)…Had a career-high eight points in the NCAA tournament vs. No. 1 ranked Baylor on Mar. 18…Second on the team in blocked shots with seven (0.3 per game average)…Shot 48.4 percent from the field (15-for-31)…Went 6-for-7 from the free-throw line (85.7 percent)…Tallied 36 points, 35 rebounds and seven blocks on the year.
Prep Career: Earned three varsity letters playing at Boise High School under Kim Brydges…As a senior in 2010-11, Jackie averaged 18.9 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.1 bpg, and 1.3 steals per game…Was named the 2010-2011 Gatorade Idaho girls basketball player of the year…Also was honored as the Southern Idaho Conference Player of the Year and was named to Idaho State 1st team…On December 21, 2010, she had a double double, scoring 31 points and getting 20 rebounds vs. Centennial…Following a 2nd place finish at Districts and an appearance in the State Tournament, Jacqueline was named the MVP of Boise Senior High School…As a junior in 2009, Jacqueline averaged 9.4 ppg, 6.5 rbg, 1.7 bpg, and 1.4 steals per game…She led her team a 1st place finish in the Southern Idaho Conference, a 2nd place finish at Districts, and the Braves were also the State Consolation Champions…As a sophomore in 2008, she averaged 6.3 points per game, 5.1 rebounds per game, 2.1 blocks per game and 1 steal per game…She also helped her team to a 3rd place finish in the State Championship…Set a school record by going 28-for-28 from the free throw line in the state tournament…Also played volleyball for the Braves…Receive the Triple A award – Academics, Athletics and Activities…Part of her volleyball team's State Academic Championship squad in 2010, a feat she accomplished with her basketball team in 2009.
Personal: Daughter of Fausto and Elizabeth Luna…She has an older sister, Martha…Nicknames are either Jax or Jac-Jac…Was also recruited by Boise State, Seattle University, Long Beach State, Montana State, University of Montana, University of San Francisco, University of Portland, and Portland State
Luna-Castro's CofC Career-Highs
Points: 23 (Twice; Last vs. UNCW, Mar 2, 2016)
Rebounds: 12 (vs. UNCW, Mar 1, 2015)
Assists: 6 (at William & Mary, Jan 29, 2016)
Blocks: 5 (Twice, Most Recently at William & Mary, Feb 15, 2015)
Steals: 5 (at Charlotte, Dec 8, 2015)
Luna-Castro's CofC Career Double-Doubles
12 Pts, 10 Reb - at UNCW, Jan 17, 2016
16 Pts, 12 Reb - vs. UNCW, Mar 1, 2015
12 Pts, 10 Reb - vs. UNCG, Nov 16, 2014
