Reminder: Jan Sojourner Day Next Tuesday

January 21, 2025 / Athletics/All News

Jackson Academy will celebrate Jan Sojourner’s final season leading the Lady Raiders with a special day and evening in her honor on January 28. The head girls basketball coach is completing a stellar 45-year career as the third-winningest girls basketball coach in Mississippi history. This season will complete 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!