DeAira Jackson
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_31_(Jackson).jpg) Jackson with the Utah Royals in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 23, 2002 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utah Royals | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Cal State Fullerton Titans | 16 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Grand Canyon Antelopes | 43 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | Orlando Pride | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Utah Royals | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
DeAira Jackson (born March 23, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Cal State Fullerton Titans and the Grand Canyon Antelopes.
Jackson grew up in Fontana, California, one of two daughters born to James Jackson and Regena Weatherford.[1] She attended Rancho Cucamonga High School, where she played soccer, track and field as a hurdler, and one season of football as a kicker.[1][2]
College career
Jackson enrolled in California State University, Fullerton, in 2020 after graduating high school early, but her first season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] She went on to play in 16 games, starting 10 of them, over the next two seasons with the Fullerton Titans.[1] She was named to the Big West Conference all-freshman team in 2021.[1] She also began training in rugby sevens after winning Next Olympic Hopeful, a TV show organized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.[2]
Jackson then transferred to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2023, becoming the primary keeper for the Antelopes soccer team.[3] In her debut season, she started all 23 games and kept 7 clean sheets (plus 3 combined shutouts), earning second-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors.[3] She helped them win the 2023 WAC tournament and was named to the all-tournament team.[3] She made 5 saves in a 1–0 defeat to USC in the NCAA tournament, allowing only a goal from the penalty spot.[3] In her senior season in 2024, she started all 20 games and kept 9 clean sheets, being named first-team All-WAC and the WAC Goalkeeper of the Year.[3]
