Education
Jackson-Cartwright attended of Los Angeles, a Catholic institution for young mentor He graduated with honors in 2010 and completed his high school career as a three-year starter on the varsity team Jackson-Cartwright also served as the team"s captain for three years and lead them to Mission League titles in 2008 and 2009.
He was selected as the 2009 Mission League Most Valuable Player and earned First Team All-Mission League honors in 2008 and 2010.
Jackson-Cartwright earned First Team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) honors in 2009 and 2010. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network selected him to their All-California team in 2009 and 2010 and he was picked to be a member of the IRN Sports All-California team in 2010.
He also earned the Loyola High School Athlete of the Year Award in 2010.
Jackson-Cartwright attended the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) of the Ivy League after being heavily recruited by the school"s coaching staff At the time he was the highest ranked player by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s basketball writers and other credible college basketball scouting services to ever commit to the Penn in its long and storied history.
Miles was a four-year starter who served three seasons as a team captain.
Jackson-Cartwright ended his career at Penn second all-time in minutes played (3,959), seventh in assists (358), ninth in free throws made (364), ninth in free throw percentage (813), tenth in steals (131), tenth in 3-point field goals made (155), tenth in 3-point field goals attempted (449), and thirteenth all-time in points scored (1,401). He won the Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors four times during his freshman season (2007-2008). Jackson-Cartwright was selected as an Second Team All-Ivy League honoree and also won the Philadelphia Big 5 Cy Kaselman Award for the Best Free Throw Percentage in 2012-2013.
A notable Jackson-Cartwright play is when he scored a three-point play on a dunk over three Princeton players including Will Barrett, a seven-foot center.
The points were the last ones scored in the away game loss and the dunk was so prolific that it made Entertainment and Sports Programming Network SportsCenter"s Top Plays of the day on March 8, 2011.