Jackson’s student-athletes have also been recognized for their work in the classroom with one Atlantic 10 Student-Athlete of the Year (Sean Busch), eight seasonal UMass Scholar-Athletes (Sean Busch, Stephen Bigelow, John Chuma, Kelsey Crawford, Bridget Deveau, Jessica Green, Jada Harris and Mason Lord), two Atlantic 10 nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year (Jada Harris – 2020, Kira Kopec - 2022), and a recipient of the 2022 A-10 Postgraduate Scholarship (Kira Kopec).
 
Jackson has helped coach 7 student-athletes to national team opportunities, including 4 USA Track & Field Junior Nationals (U20): Kelsey Crawford – heptathlon (2013); Jada Harris – 100m hurdles (2017); Hunter Gray – decathlon (2017); Katelyn Gorgenyi – 100m hurdles (2022); 2 Canadian Track and Field U23 athletes: Kira Kopec – heptathlon (2022); Adriana Phan – 100m hurdles (2022); and 1 World University Games athlete: Bridget Deveau (Canada) – heptathlon (2019).
 
Deveau became UMass' first ECAC champion since 2008, winning the ECAC pentathlon title in 2018 under Jackson's guidance.

Prior to coming to UMass in 2009, Jackson spent the previous two years working with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sprinters, women's pole vault and multi-event athletes, including three All-Americans and four ACC champions.