Florida prep guard commits to Red Raiders
The Texas Tech men's basketball team added to its 2023 recruiting class Thursday night with a commitment from Jason Jackson, a high-flying guard from Sarasota (Fla.) Riverview.
His high-school team lists Jackson at 6-foot-4 and 195 pounds.
Jackson announced for the Red Raiders on social media. According to recruiting services, he also has been offered scholarships by Florida, LSU, Virginia Tech, Houston and Penn State.
Playing for a 21-8 team this past season, Jackson averaged 17.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals per game. He's known for explosive leaping ability and dunks.
The 247Sports recruiting service lists Jackson as the No. 100 high-school prospect in the nation, and the Rivals recruiting service ranks him No. 128 nationally.
Tech softball
Texas Tech first baseman Ellie Bailey and pitcher Kendall Fritz were honored on the all-Central Region softball team selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and announced Thursday.
Bailey was named to the second team, and Fritz made the third team.
Bailey, a junior from Tom Bean, batted .309 with three home runs and 31 runs batted in. She led the Red Raiders in hits (42), doubles (13) and RBI and was second on the team in batting average and extra-base hits (16).
Fritz went 12-9 with a 3.12 earned-run average. She threw 121 innings and had 12 complete games and five shutouts. The junior righthander from Frisco Wakeland transferred to Tech from Nevada.
LCU baseball
Lubbock Christian University designated hitter Mason Donohoe was named second-team all-South Central Region this week by two organizations: the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the Division II Collegiate Commissioners Association.
Donohoe, a junior from Round Rock Cedar Ridge, batted .366 with six home runs and 37 runs batted in. This season was his second at LCU after he transferred from Odessa College.
LCU finished 34-18 and 32-16 and third place in the Lone Star Conference.
Tech track & field
Texas Tech middle-distance runner Moad Zahafi is one of 10 men's athletes on the watch list for The Bowerman trophy, which is presented annually to the top male and top female in college track and field.
Zafahi has the world lead in the 800 meters this year with a time of 1 minute, 43.69 seconds that he ran at the Tom Jones Memorial on April 15 in Gainesville, Florida. The time is the third-fastest in the event in collegiate history.
Zahafi is a senior from Casablanca, Morroco. In the Big 12 championships last weekend, he ran the fastest 800 time in qualifying, but was scratched from the finals with "soreness" as a precautionary measure, Tech coach Wes Kittley said.
Next up for Tech athletes is the NCAA West Regional on May 25-28 and the NCAA outdoor championships June 8-11. Combined events are not contested, so Tech's Callie Jones has clinched a berth in the NCAA championships with her No. 5 ranking in NCAA Division I in the heptathlon.
Tech announced Thursday that it will have 36 women's entries, most in the nation, and 27 men's entries in the regional.
Tech men's basketball
A Nov. 30 game between Texas Tech and Georgetown at United Supermarkets Arena was confirmed on Thursday when the 10 games that make up the Big 12-Big East Battle were formally announced by the two conferences involved.
A Tech source had confirmed the game to A-J Media on Wednesday.
Georgetown was 6-25 last season and 0-19 in conference play.
The 10 games are scheduled from Nov. 29 through Dec. 4. Five teams from each conference will host a game.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: College sports roundup: Florida high-school guard commits to Red Raiders
