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Jackson State golfers Calixterio, Jensen earn weekly SWAC honors

Jon Myers

Jackson State golfers Jannel Calixterio and Emmanuel Jensen received weekly honors from the Southwestern Athletic Conference after competing in the Thomas W. Dortch Jr. HBCU Collegiate tournament at Bears Best Golf Course in Georgia.

Calixterio was named SWAC Female Golfer of the Week after finishing second with an even-par 72. She made four birdies and helped lead three players into the tournament’s top three.

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Jensen was selected as SWAC Male Newcomer of the Week after shooting a 3-over 75 in the first round and tying for 15th overall in the rain-shortened tournament.

Source: Jackson State Athletics.

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Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."