By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
Former St. Joseph Central basketball player and Northwest Missouri State guard Jaelyn Haggard has announced that she’ll be using her extra year of eligibility to play for Missouri Western.
"Jaelyn Haggard is a perfect fit for our program at this time," Missouri Western coach Candi Whitaker said. "With a young talented team retuning, Jaelyn brings maturity, playing experience and knowledge of the MIAA. Her speed, scoring and competitiveness will impact us from day one. We are thrilled Jaelyn is a Griff!"
Haggard has played in 105 games during her four-year career at Northwest Missouri State, including 81 starts. She scored 1185 points, which ranked 19th all-time at Northwest, and she is the Bearcats' all-time leader in three-point field goals made with 256.
Haggard, the MIAA Freshman of the Year in 2018, is also third all-time at Northwest in free throw percentage as she shot 82.8 percent for her career.
Haggard averaged 9.3 points per game this past season and has averaged 11.3 over the course of her career.
Haggard left Central as one of the most prolific players in school history, scoring 1319 career points, which ranks second all-time in program history. Haggard's father, Darren, played baseball at Missouri Western.
Haggard is the sixth player to sign with the Griffons for next season, joining grad transfer Trinity Knapp from Missouri State, and incoming freshmen Abby Bala, Alyssa Bonilla, Jae'mya Lyons and Jaidyn Schomp.