Southwestern Michigan lands 2026 women’s basketball commitment from Kierra Jackson

Kierra Jackson’s commitment gave Southwestern Michigan College another 2026 guard from the Southeast, a small but telling addition for a Roadrunners program in Dowagiac, Michigan. FieldLevel lists Jackson, a 5-foot-6 point guard and shooting guard from Hiram, Georgia, as a women’s basketball commit to the NJCAA Division II school. The move puts another out-of-state piece into a class that is beginning to take shape well before the fall.

Jackson’s profile explains why she fits a junior-college roster search. Prep Girls Hoops lists her as a class of 2026 combo guard at Hillgrove in Georgia and says she plays club basketball for FBC Legacy. Its scouting notes describe her as a steady source of offense with multi-level scoring ability, while Hudl identifies her as a Hillgrove High School girls varsity player from Powder Springs, Georgia. Taken together, the listings place Jackson firmly in the Atlanta-area circuit before her move to Michigan.

The commitment also sits inside a broader recruiting pattern for Southwestern Michigan. The women’s basketball page on the school’s athletics site already shows recent additions including Zarya Sanford, Danai Childs, Kaylynn Taylor, Laila Collier-White, Kinah Dyer and Olivia Howard, suggesting Jackson is part of a larger incoming group rather than a one-player pickup. Sanford is listed there as a player from Ecorse Community High School who will continue her education and play for the Roadrunners starting in Fall 2026.

Southwestern Michigan is also in the middle of a broader athletics expansion. The college says its Roadrunners compete in basketball, cross country, volleyball and men’s wrestling, and that women’s wrestling plus men’s and women’s track & field begin in Fall 2025. The school also describes its athletics program as back and notes that its women’s basketball team has won a national championship in program history, a marker that gives the program a recognizable selling point as it recruits beyond Michigan.

For Jackson, the path from Hiram to Dowagiac gives her a defined college landing spot and a chance to develop in front of a junior-college stage that has long served as a springboard. For Southwestern Michigan, the addition shows a recruiting reach that extends into Georgia’s high school and club scene, with another Southeast guard now tied to the Roadrunners’ 2026 class.