Jackson Academy will celebrate Jan Sojourner’s final season leading the Lady Raiders with a special day and evening in her honor. The head coach for varsity girls basketball is completing a stellar 45-year career as the third-winningest girls basketball coach in Mississippi history. This season will conclude 40 years at JA of her 45 years of coaching.
Activities will include the following:
- Students, faculty, and staff can wear a JA jersey to school on Jan Sojourner Day.
- A morning pep rally will recognize Coach Sojourner.
- The Little Dribblers, JA’s second-graders who display basketball-handling skills during routines set to music, will perform at the pep rally.
- On the evening of January 28, special recognition will occur at the completion of the varsity girls game with a reception to follow in the mirror room upstairs inside the gymnasium.
Join JA in supporting Coach Sojourner, the Lady Raiders, and the Raiders during Jan Sojourner Day!
Click here to read more about Coach Sojourner’s career and the current season.
