CCS Senior of the Year
HANNAH JUMP, PINEWOOD
The expression we coined for the great Jacki Gemelos of St. Mary’s-Stockton, USC and WNBA fame, “she stopped, she hopped, she popped and it dropped,” may be even more appropriate for Hannah Jump of Pinewood.
After a season in which she helped lead Pinewood to a second straight CIF Northern Regional Open Division title and a state No. 5 finish and national ranking as well, Jump has stopped, hopped, popped, and now we’re dropping the Prep2Prep Central Coast Section Girls Basketball Senior of the Year award on her as she heads off to Stanford after narrowly beating out Yale-bound teammate Klara Astrom.
“The CCS is filled with a lot of talented girls so to be acknowledged is such a great honor and a testament to my hard work on the court,” Jump said.
No, Jump got close but didn’t win a CIF Open Division state championship, but for a tiny school of 300 students to do what Jump and her teammates did the last two years is outstanding.
“Falling short of a state championship two years in a row was definitely heartbreaking after our team gave so much and worked so hard to get back there, so to lose again was awful,” Jump remarked. “However, I’m so proud of our team. Even though the outcome wasn’t what we wanted I wouldn’t have wanted to take part in that journey with any other team. Ever year nobody expects us to get that far ad each year we continued to prove them wrong.”
This past season on a very talented team with a lot of girls that could score and shoot the three-pointer, which is a specialty at Pinewood, Jump led the team with 16.7 points per game and was second with 5.8 rebounds a game while adding 1.6 assists a contest as well.
Three-point shooting is her specialty and although she was a bit below the past two seasons with teams double and triple-teaming her to take away her shot, Jump pumped in 92 three pointers and shot 39-percent from beyond the arc. For her career Jump finishes with 357 career three-pointers, and that is the most in school history and will net Hannah a place in the top 10 all-time on the Most Three-Point Field Goals Made (Career) list in the Cal-Hi Sports Record Book.
Pinewood has had some great three-point shooters, including Coach Doc Scheppler’s daughter Kacey Scheppler. She had 395 career three-pointers but only played three years at Pinewood. Even though it’s his daughter the doctor likes Jump. When asked how she compares to other three-point shooters he’s had in the past, including his daughter, Scheppler, who is the personal shooting coach of former Palo Alto, Harvard and NBA star Jeremy Lin, had this to say.
“Without questions Hannah is the best and it’s not close,” Scheppler remarked. “In a two-minute drill she was 35-of-36 from three-point range. Besides being a tremendous shooter she has great court vision, and is a willing, creative passer with angle knowledge.”
Along the way Jump finished her career with 1,829 points, 620 rebounds, 184 assists, 154 steals, and besides the 39-percent from beyond the arc she was 51-percent from the field overall and a very solid 80-percent from the charity stripe. Besides the P2P honor Jump was also a San Francisco Chronicle All Metro and Bay Area News Group All Bay Area First Team selection.
At the Iolani Classic in Hawaii Scheppler had Jump matched up on defense against 6-3 Purdue-bound Rickie Woltman of nationally-ranked Missouri Incarnate Word Academy, she shut down the bigger girl and on offense set a school record for three-pointers after she drilled 11-of-13 from outside the arc and finished with 36 points in a 63-49 victory that earned her the tourney’s MVP award.
She didn’t have her best game offensively in the Platinum Division title game at the West Coast Jamboree, but she played great defense and without Jump they wouldn’t have been facing Salesian, so after a 47-37 victory she was honored with the David “Scoop” Jackson MVP award.
From where her game was as a freshman and sophomore to elevating it to go along with a 4.3 GPA that garnered her the Stanford offer, Jump has improved every year, and surprising the soft spoken Jump thinks leadership was where she improved the most..
“My leadership on and off the court was something I had to improve this year, and I knew I had step up and fill that role,” Jump said.
“I may not be the loudest on the court but I try to lead by example,” Continued Hannah. “Every practice I tried to work my hardest and give everything I had in every drill we did, setting a standard for the team to follow. I shared my passion for the game with my team and we got better every day.”
Scheppler sees the kind of teammate that should fit in well when she reaches The Farm this fall.
“Hannah is a great, supportive leader,” Scheppler said. “She leads with her hears and celebrates others success with genuine joy.”
Speaking of the Farm? Was there ever a doubt Jump would not choose Stanford after passing the rigorous entrance requirements and getting an offer?
“Stanford has always been my dream school,” answered Jump. “I did keep my options open early and talked to other schools, but I always knew Stanford was the best fit for me. It offers a high level education and a phenomenal basketball program, and it’s also close to home, and with my tight knit family they’ll be close for them to be able to watch my games means a lot to me.”
Jump seemed to fit in fine at Pinewood so how does she see herself fitting in on The Farm?
“Off the court I felt like I really bonded well with the team. All the girls were very welcoming and a joy to be around,” Hannah answered. “On the court I hope to be able to make an impact with my shooting ability. Being an threat outside allows the floor to be spread and offers space for my teammates to drive and work inside the paint.”
Right now what fits for Hannah Jump after this past season’s work at Pinewood is the Prep2Prep Central Coast Section Girls Basketball Senior of the Year.
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