University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara
2011-12
As a freshman, played in 25 games for the Gauchos, withone start…Played 138 minutes (5.5 per gameaverage)…Started on Feb. 4 vs. Cal Poly posting career-highsin minutes (18), blocks (2) and rebounds (5)…Had acareer-high eight points in the NCAA tournament vs. No. 1 rankedBaylor on Mar. 18…Second on the team in blocked shots withseven (0.3 per game average)…Shot 48.4 percent from thefield (15-for-31)…Went 6-for-7 from the free-throw line(85.7 percent)…Tallied 36 points, 35 rebounds and sevenblocks on the year. 

High School
Earned three varsity letters playing at Boise High Schoolunder Kim Brydges…As a senior in 2010-11, Jackie averaged18.9 ppg, 10.6 rpg, 3.1 bpg, and 1.3 steals per game…Wasnamed the 2010-2011 Gatorade Idaho girls basketball player of theyear…Also was honored as the Southern Idaho ConferencePlayer of the Year and was named to Idaho State 1st team…OnDecember 21, 2010, she had a double double, scoring 31 points andgetting 20 rebounds vs. Centennial…Following a 2nd placefinish at Districts and an appearance in the State Tournament,Jacqueline was named the MVP of Boise Senior High School…Asa 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 finishin the Southern Idaho Conference, a 2nd place finish at Districts,and the Braves were also the State Consolation Champions…Asa sophomore in 2008, she averaged 6.3 points per game, 5.1 reboundsper game, 2.1 blocks per game and 1 steal per game…She alsohelped her team to a 3rd place finish in the StateChampionship…Set a school record by going 28-for-28 from thefree throw line in the state tournament…Also playedvolleyball for the Braves…Receive the Triple A award –Academics, Athletics and Activities…Part of her volleyballteam's State Academic Championship squad in 2010, a feat sheaccomplished with her basketball team in 2009.

Personal
Jacqueline Luna-Castro was born on January 22, 1993 inEscondido, Calif. to proud parents Fausto and ElizabethLuna…She has an older sister, Martha…Jackie has yetto declare a major at UCSB…She enjoys all types of moviesand music, while her favorite television show is One TreeHill…Her favorite books are Water for Elephants and A ChildCalled It…Enjoys watching movies in her freetime…Nicknames are either Jax or Jac-Jac…Was alsorecruited by Boise State, Seattle University, Long Beach State,Montana State, University of Montana, University of San Francisco,University of Portland, and Portland State.