Essa Jacobsen
Coming out of high school, Essa Jacobsen was one of the few girls in Minnesota to score over 1,000 points and gather an astounding 1,444 rebounds for her varsity career.
The daughter of John and Heidi Jacobsen, Grand Marais, Jacobsen took her prolific basketball skills to Mesabi Range Community & Technical College, a two-year school. Despite averaging 11 points and 9 rebounds her last year for the Lady Norse, Jacobsen wasn’t sure she wanted to continue playing ball when looking at transferring to a four-year school to finish her education.
All of that changed when Lakehead College’s Coach John Kreiner recruited her. In her second year at the Thunder Bay school, Jacobsen’s game has blossomed and her Thunderwolf team is 6-3 so far this year.
On November 1, Jacobsen grabbed a whopping 17 rebounds and scored 8 points in a game against Ryerson College. The night before Jacobsen netted 14 points and pulled down 6 boards against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. Earlier Jacobsen earned all-tournament team honors in a pre-season tourney and she has contributed to her team’s success with her tough defense, passing, and ability to set picks and roll to the basket.
“Essa’s team is in the top 10 Canadian schools when it comes to rebounding,” said her father, John “Jake” Jacobsen.
For the past nine years. Jake Jacobsen, who coaches junior high basketball at Cook County High School, has taken his team to Thunder Bay in January to participate in games. Following those games they stayed to watch Lakehead College men’s and women’s varsity games, which are held one right after the other. This year when he points out situations and plays on the floor, you can bet he will be telling his kids to pay attention to how No. 15 gets in position for a rebound, and then he will turn and cheer loudly for his favorite Thunderwolf player.
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