Abby Jump, Assistant Coach
The only coach nationally to be named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) 30 Under 30 list each of the last six years, Jump joins the staff after spending the last five seasons with Merriweather at Memphis and Wright State. With the Tigers, Jump oversaw the development of perimeter players, including leading scorer and All-AAC Second Team selection Jamirah Shutes, while coordinating recruiting efforts over the last two seasons.
Prior to Memphis, Jump helped lead her alma mater Wright State to two NCAA Tournament appearances and two Horizon League Championships over three seasons. Before returning to Wright State, Jump was an assistant coach at Morehead State for two seasons, where she was a part of the Eagles’ first WNIT appearance and helped signed the highest ranked recruiting class in program history.
Jump spent a season as the director of operations at Bucknell from 2015-16. The Union, Ky., native played four seasons at Wright State under then-assistant coach Merriweather from 2011-15, where the guard led the conference in three-point field goal percentage each of her last two seasons and helped guide the program to a 2014 NCAA Tournament appearance.
