COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Fresno State senior Cierra Jackson has been named Mountain West Co-Outdoor Student-Athlete of the Year, announced by the conference office on Thursday. Jackson shares the honor with Mya Lesnar from Colorado State.
The senior Bulldog is the national champion in discus, throwing for a NCAA meet record throw of 65.82m/215-11 on her first attempt at the Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon earlier this month. Jackson became Fresno State's first-ever outdoor national champion, and the first individual champion since 1999.
The lists of program firsts for Jackson continues to grow as she earns the first Mountain West "of the year" award since Fresno State joined the conference. The Bulldogs' last conference honor came as J'Quyra Moncur-Blue earned WAC Outdoor Outstanding Performer honors in 2011.
Not only did Jackson earn the national discus title, but she picked up first team All-America honors in shot put just days before her title win. She placed eighth in shot put, becoming the first Bulldog in program history to earn two first team All-America honors in the same season.
Jackson concludes her Bulldog career as the most decorated thrower in program history. Her complete list of honors:
2022 All-MW Indoor Weight Throw (2nd place)
2022 All-MW Outdoor Shot Put (3rd place)
2022 Honorable Mention All-America, Discus
2023 All-MW Indoor Weight Throw (2nd place)
2023 All-MW Outdoor Discus (3rd place)
2024 All-MW Indoor Shot Put (3rd place)
2024 All-MW Outdoor Hammer Throw (2nd place)
2024 All-MW Outdoor Shot Put (3rd place)
2024 All-MW Outdoor Discus (2nd place)
2025 All-MW Outdoor Hammer Throw (2nd place)
2025 All-MW Outdoor Shot Put (2nd place)
2025 First Team All-America, Shot Put
2025 First Team All-America, Discus
2025 Discus National Champion
2025 Mountain West Outdoor Co-Student-Athlete of the Year
She also owns the program records in outdoor shot put (17.77m/58-3.75) and discus (65.82m/215-11), with both records falling this season. She is third on the program's all-time hammer list with a mark of 65.89m/216-2, also falling this year. In indoor events, she owns the shot put record (16.74m/54-11.25) and is fourth in weight throw (19.82m/65-0.5).