Memorial's Ford settles on UTEP - The Port Arthur News
Port Arthur Memorial senior Jakeira Ford went to El Paso this summer and quickly fell in love with the town and the city’s university. Ford recently made the decision to name the University of Texas at El Paso her college destination and to accept its basketball scholarship. “UTEP has an amazing campus,” Ford said. Ford was not a stranger to UTEP and its history among the college athletics world. Her favorite movie is “Glory Road”, the 2006 tale of Texas Western coach Don Haskins, who led the first all-black starting line-up to the NCAA national championship in 1966. Texas Western became UTEP in 1967. “The movie was made out there,” Ford... Ford was named to the 21-6A all-district team in 2015 after posting 17. 8 points and 10. 7 rebounds a game as a junior. She drew offers from LSU, Houston, Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech, Stephen F. Austin, Florida International, Wichita State and Kansas State, to name a few. “It got crazy,” Ford said. One of the toughest things Ford will have to get used to is being more than 800 miles away from home. “That is going to be tough,” Ford said. “UTEP really impressed me because they said if I need my parents at games, they will do everything they can to help out my family. Source: www.panews.com
