Tickets2024 Season: Played in 39 games, making 31 starts at catcher…Hit .248 with eight home runs and 28 RBI…Hit first homer of the year at home vs. Oakland on Feb. 29…Season high-tying three hits at Kansas State (March 10)…Homered at Louisville (March 26)…Had a three-game home run streak, homering at Ohio State (April 30) and vs. West Virginia (May 3-4)…Went 2-for-4 with a home run at BYU (May 11)…3-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI vs. Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament (May 23).
2023 Season: Batted .278 (42-for-151) in 39 starts over 46 games played with seven doubles, seven home runs, 30 RBI and 27 runs scored… Finished with a .464 on-base percentage and .396 slugging percentage… Had a .991 fielding percentage with 209 putouts and 21 assists… Posted 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games… Hit first career grand slam versus UCF on May 12… Had five RBI, two homers, two runs scored and a .833 slugging percentage in three-game sweep of USF… Batted .538 in three games against Tulane with four RBI, two doubles, and three runs scored… Went 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI in win over Butler (March 25)… Earned spot on AAC weekly honor roll on March 6 after batting .571 with a homer, three RBI and two walks in three games against North Alabama… Provided walk-off single in win over North Alabama on March 5.
2022 Season (Oral Roberts): Saw action in 44 games with 37 starts… Batted .177 while slugging .303… Helped his team reach the College Station Regional in 2022, hosted by Texas A&M… Had a season-high four hits in a win at South Dakota State on May 19… Tallied a season-high four RBI in a win at Omaha on May 27… Totaled 21 hits, 21 RBI and 19 runs.
2021 Season (Oral Roberts): Started 30 of the 35 games he appeared in for the Golden Eagles... Named to the 2021 All-Summit League First Team… Tallied four hits on May 15 in Omaha... Logged eight multi-hit games, including three consecutive from May 15-21... Picked up his first double for ORU on March 13 at DBU... Notched his first triple in the gold and blue on March 14 at DBU... Launched his first home run at Oklahoma on April 6... Matched his season-best with three runs batted in on three separate occasions (April 10 vs Houston Baptist; May 15 at Omaha; May 21 at South Dakota State).
2020 Season (Palomar College): Recorded a .444 batting average in a shortened freshman season ... Made his collegiate debut January 24, where he recorded a double for his first collegiate hit ... Picked up a three-hit performance against Golden West January 25 ... Also knocked in a pair of runs against Golden West.
Prior to UC: Attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California
Personal: Son of Kelly and Mary Jones... Has an older brother, Connor, who was a left-handed pitcher, causing Jones to become a catcher... Loves the ocean and surfs nearly every morning in San Diego.
2023 Season: Batted .278 (42-for-151) in 39 starts over 46 games played with seven doubles, seven home runs, 30 RBI and 27 runs scored… Finished with a .464 on-base percentage and .396 slugging percentage… Had a .991 fielding percentage with 209 putouts and 21 assists… Posted 13 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games… Hit first career grand slam versus UCF on May 12… Had five RBI, two homers, two runs scored and a .833 slugging percentage in three-game sweep of USF… Batted .538 in three games against Tulane with four RBI, two doubles, and three runs scored… Went 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBI in win over Butler (March 25)… Earned spot on AAC weekly honor roll on March 6 after batting .571 with a homer, three RBI and two walks in three games against North Alabama… Provided walk-off single in win over North Alabama on March 5.
2022 Season (Oral Roberts): Saw action in 44 games with 37 starts… Batted .177 while slugging .303… Helped his team reach the College Station Regional in 2022, hosted by Texas A&M… Had a season-high four hits in a win at South Dakota State on May 19… Tallied a season-high four RBI in a win at Omaha on May 27… Totaled 21 hits, 21 RBI and 19 runs.
2021 Season (Oral Roberts): Started 30 of the 35 games he appeared in for the Golden Eagles... Named to the 2021 All-Summit League First Team… Tallied four hits on May 15 in Omaha... Logged eight multi-hit games, including three consecutive from May 15-21... Picked up his first double for ORU on March 13 at DBU... Notched his first triple in the gold and blue on March 14 at DBU... Launched his first home run at Oklahoma on April 6... Matched his season-best with three runs batted in on three separate occasions (April 10 vs Houston Baptist; May 15 at Omaha; May 21 at South Dakota State).
2020 Season (Palomar College): Recorded a .444 batting average in a shortened freshman season ... Made his collegiate debut January 24, where he recorded a double for his first collegiate hit ... Picked up a three-hit performance against Golden West January 25 ... Also knocked in a pair of runs against Golden West.
Prior to UC: Attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California
Personal: Son of Kelly and Mary Jones... Has an older brother, Connor, who was a left-handed pitcher, causing Jones to become a catcher... Loves the ocean and surfs nearly every morning in San Diego.