Hall of Fame
What’s in a name? For the CSI Women’s Basketball team from 2001-05, the team tagline could have read, “Rock Solid” because at the center was perhaps the greatest basketball player to put on a uniform at the College, Jacclyn Rock. Appearing in 118 games (starting 95), Rock was the unstoppable force that her name suggested, revolutionizing the way the game was played at the Sports & Recreation Center hardwood, that included alongside it, a decimation of the record books that could stand for generations.
Almost lost in her record-breaking 1,615 career point performance at CSI was Rock’s ability, at 5-foot-7, to control the inside game. As a freshman she set a CSI rookie record with 327 rebounds (11.7 per game), at the time, the second-highest total in school single-season history. The season, which included a 14.1 point-per-game average included CUNYAC All-Tournament and Rookie of the Year honors in 2002. From there, the stage was set, and Rock’s dominance on the hardwood was nothing short of spectacular. Against the backdrop of back-to-back frustrating losses in the CUNYAC Championship Game, Rock continued to earn honors. In 2003-04, the then-junior tallied a 15.1 rebounds-per-game average, the highest in the nation, en route to CUNYAC Most Valuable Player and All-Tournament honors, and by then she had already broken CSI’s all-time rebounding record and was second all-time in scoring. There was still one thing missing, however, from Rock’s growing list of achievements: a CUNYAC Championship.
That changed in 2004-05. Rock and the Dolphins obliterated the competition, posting a school-best 26-3 record, winning games by an average of 24.5 points. Rock walked away with her second straight CUNYAC MVP honor averaging 13.7 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, and more importantly, the Dolphins scored a 73-60 win over Hunter College in the CUNYAC Championship that year. All logged, Rock ended her career as the school leader with 1,615 points and 1,500 rebounds (647 more than any other Dolphin). She finished 11th all-time in free-throw percentage, and showing off her defensive strengths, she currently stands 7th in school history in blocked shots and 11th in steals. She owns the school’s single game (30) and single season (450) rebounding records, and is a part of seven other Top 10 records at the College.
