Minor trash talking has already begun between me and my sister." It is a really special experience for my whole family because it is my senior year and we're going to all have Thanksgiving together for the first time in four years. "I don't know exactly how much playing time she'll get, but we will be matched up because she is a guard also. "I am looking forward to playing against my sister," Stratton said. Her sister, Nikki, is a freshman at Washington State, which visits the Ferrell Center Nov. Her father played hoops at Northern Arizona and later played semi-pro ball in Australia. The older of two daughters, Stratton comes from a basketball family. ![]() She helped with the Pike Peak Marathon as they did the journey up in one day, stayed the night up there and journeyed back down the next day. She has also been named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll six times and to Baylor's 3.4 Club twice.ĭuring high school, Stratton ran 13,000-foot Pikes Peak four times, once each year. At Baylor, she has made the Dean's List, first-team Academic All-Big 12 (2002, 2003) and Academic all-district second team (2003). In high school she was a member of the National Honor Society all four years and graduated in the top seven percent of her class of 325. Through all of her volunteer work and basketball, Stratton remains dedicated to achieving high academic success. There she served as a liaison between athletes and the Athletic Department voicing her opinion on such issues as money, tuition and red shirt issues. ![]() The president of Baylor's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Stratton attended the 2003 NCAA Student Leadership Conference in Orlando. I enjoy being active because college offers a vast world of people to meet and build relationships with." I make sure to complete each task, because I know it has to be done. "I love to stay busy, and have done so all my life. "It is not difficult to keep up with everything I have going on in my life," Stratton said. She is the coordinator for Adopt and Angel for the Athletic Department, is a mentor for University High School student and works with Santa's Workshop. Along with all that, Jessika dedicates time to Texans Standing Tall, which is an anti-drug and alcohol awareness program. She spends quality time at nursing homes, working with Little Wranglers and is a starter for Race for the Cure. Stratton also participates in Bears and Books, where she reads to local elementary schools. "My advice to young players is to play basketball with one purpose, to glorify the Lord with your talents," Stratton said. She is passionate in her devotion to being a Christian. She speaks at elementary, junior high and high schools as the President of Baylor Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She dedicates much of her spare time doing volunteer work. Jessika ranks tenth all-time in Colorado for career points second in career steals.īut there is more to Stratton than athletics. She also was named Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year and Gatorade All-America after her senior year. In high school she earned such awards as Street and Smith Honorable Mention All-America, USA Today Honorable Mention All-America twice. She lettered four times in basketball, cross-country and tennis and once in track. Stratton began her career at Coronado High School in Colorado, where she was a four-sport athlete. Jessika's game is a consequence of her many hours in the gym." "She is a gym rat that spends many of hours in the gym, always has. "The thing this team will miss most about Jessika is she is a leader and sets the standards for how hard the team has to work," Mulkey-Robertson said. The feeling of respect, admiration and appreciation is mutual. ![]() Stratton said she appreciates Mulkey-Robertson's amazing dedication to the game as well as to her family. She liked Baylor because of it family atmosphere, Christian environment, and outstanding academics and athletic programs.ĭuring her time at Baylor, Stratton has developed a strong relationship with head coach Kim Mulkey-Robertson. Stratton selected Baylor over Colorado State, Arizona State, Santa Clara and New Mexico. She was the only player to start in all 35 games and was named the team's top defender. As a junior last season, Stratton averaged 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists a game. Therefore, success as a Division I student-athlete should be all but expected from the Colorado Springs, Colo., native.Ī senior, Stratton ranks fifth on Baylor's career top-10 list for 3-pointers made with 82, and she is ninth in assists with 270. For years, Baylor's Jessika Stratton has climbed mountains.
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