Career Accolades
- ACWPC All-Academic – Excellent (2023)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2023)
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes (2023)
As a Junior (2024)
- Appeared in 20 games for the Cardinal, scoring 14 times
- Scored six times in the win against Concordia on Sept. 8, the second-most in a single game of any Cardinal player in 2024
As a Sophomore (2023)
- ACWPC All-Academic – Excellent
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes
- Scored 11 goals on the season
- Recorded his first collegiate goal against No. 10 UC Irvine on Sept. 2
- Finished the year with nine assists
- Scored twice at No. 14 Loyola Marymount on Sept. 10
As a Freshman (2022)
- Redshirted
National Team Water Polo
- Has trained and competed with Canada's Junior National Team, as well as USA National Youth program
- Finished fourth at Youth UANA Pan-American Championships (2019)
- Part of the US Junior Team that won the United States' first-ever medal at the 2023 World Junior Championship
Prior to Stanford
- 2022 graduate of Rye Country Day School in Rye, N.Y.
- Trained and competed at the club level with Chelsea Piers (2014-20) and CT Premier (2020-present)
- Junior Olympics Session III champion (2021)
- Junior Olympics Session III MVP (2021)
- Futures Water Polo best defender (2021)
- Recently played with Ferencvárosi Torna Club U19 team in Budapest (2022)
- Also competed with NYAC Master's Team (2021)
- Senior National Champion (2021)
- Selected to multiple Northeast Zone ODP teams
Personal
- Full name is Jackson Allan Merrill
- Son of Vera and Allan Merril
- Father, Allan, played golf at Simon Fraser University in Canada
- Has a younger sister, Sydney
- Dual citizen of both United States and Canada