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Jada Peacock follows in her parents footsteps as a collegiate athlete

Freshman guard Jada Peacock was born into a basketball family. Both of her parents played collegiate basketball. Her father, Dexter, played at Langston University and her mother, Miniki, played at Louisiana Tech University.

“Basketball was really my only sport growing up because it ran in the family,” Peacock said. “My dad was my skills coach growing up.”

Growing up in the Dallas area, Peacock had success at the high school level — leading Allen High School to its first ever state championship while averaging 15 points, three assists, and two steals per game as her team’s defensive player of the year.