2007-08: Selected Division I Independent women's basketball Newcomer of the Year. ... six-time NCAA Division I Independent Newcomer of the Week. ...Gerald ranks 10th among independent individual leaders in points per game. She is the only Highlander to average double-figures with 12.7ppg while reaching double-figures in 21 out of 26 contests. ... Gerald exploded for a school-record 37 points on January 11 against California State University, Bakersfield where she scored the highest single-game total in 21-season history of NJIT women's basketball and eclipsed the NJIT Division I mark of 22 points, set by teammate Jill Dickinson last year.

Prior to NJIT: All-time leading scorer for coach Bob Green at Kingsway Regional HS with 1,720 career points ... Kingsway-record 42 points against Winslow Township in January 2007 ... named as one of 25 seniors to watch statewide in preseason by the Star-Ledger ... all-state Group 3 second team as a senior (Star-Ledger) ... all-state Group 3 third team and all-South Jersey third team as a junior (Star-Ledger) ... third-leading scorer in South Jersey (22.1 ppg) as a junior ... AAU team was the South Jersey Blitz, coached by Tobin Wrice ... also excelled in track and field--as a senior, was second in the South Jersey Group 3 long jump and triple jump and lead runner in her school's 4 x 400 relay team, which was fifth in South Jersey.

Personal: Jessica Caryn Gerald ... daughter of David and Luvenia Gerald ... majoring in management ... born 3/26/89 in New York, NY.