Tom Sox Media Guide 2018 DRAFT

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2018 Media Guide
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, at Saint Joseph’s (4/13/18)
RBI: 7, Georgetown (2/25/18)
Runs:
3, three times
last vs George Mason (4/6/18)
Walks:
2, eight times
last vs Charleston Southern (5/2/18)
At bats:
6, two times
last at La Salle (4/7/17)
CAREER vs. 2018 OPPONENTS
Opponent Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Lafayette .250 5 16 4 4 0 0
Wake Forest .368 5 19 5 7 3 6
Georgetown .385 7 26 7 10 3 16
N.C. A&T .438 4 16 6 7 3 7
Lehigh .267 4 15 1 4 0 0
Virginia .000 1 2 0 0 0 0
Yale .125 2 8 0 1 0 1
Harvard .200 1 5 1 1 1 3
N.C. Central* .333 1 3 1 1 0 3
Mt. St. Mary’s .583 3 12 4 7 1 7
Winthrop .444 4 18 4 8 2 5
Fordham .133 5 15 1 2 0 3
South Carolina .182 3 11 0 2 0 2
Rhode Island .250 9 32 3 8 1 5
George Mason .400 4 15 5 6 1 2
Duke .250 4 12 2 3 0 0
Saint Joseph’s .324 9 34 11 11 1 5
Richmond .360 6 25 5 9 0 6
VCU .457 11 46 9 21 2 10
Charleston So. .000 1 2 0 0 0 0
Saint Louis .273 11 44 4 12 0 4
Presbyterian .000 2 5 1 0 0 0
Dayton .400 4 10 1 4 1 2
2017 vs. VBL OPPONENTS
New Market .600 1 5 0 3 0 1
Harrisonburg .000 4 10 0 0 0 1
Waynesboro .200 5 20 3 4 0 0
Strasburg .750 1 4 1 3 0 1
Woodstock .750 2 4 2 3 0 1
Purcellville .182 3 11 1 2 0 0
Covington .300 3 10 4 3 0 5
Staunton .480 6 25 4 12 1 8
Front Royal .125 2 8 0 1 0 2
Winchester .500 2 8 2 4 0 2
JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS
CAREER BIO
2018, Junior Season
Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team at catcher … Led the team in batting average (.333), at bats (201), hits (67),
doubles (14), home runs (11), RBI (60), total bases (116), slugging percentage (.577), walks (37), and on base percentage
(.443) … Among the highest in the NCAA in RBI for much of the year, finishing the NCAA regular season tied for 38 th in
the nation … Led the Atlantic 10 in RBI … Drove in 5 runs with a double and home run against Georgetown (2/24) …
Knocked in 7 the following day with two home runs vs Georgetown (2/25) … Named the national player of the week by
Collegiate Baseball on February 26 after slugging a .462 average and going 6-for-13 … Had his first 2-double day of the
year as part of a 3-for-4 day against Lehigh (3/3) … Hit two doubles at Richmond (4/21) … Went 3-for-5 with 5 RBI vs
VCU (4/29) … Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run, and two RBI vs Dayton (5/17).
2017, VBL Junior Season
Played in 29 games for the Tom Sox in 2017, hitting .333 with 35 hits and 22 RBI … Went .462 in 3 playoff games, going
6-13 and driving in 4 with a home run … Went 3-4 in his fourth game for the Tom Sox, driving in and scoring a run (6/27)
… Went 2-3 against Staunton on July 15, driving in 3 and hitting a double … finished with eight doubles on the season …
Walked three times July 14 vs Covington and scoring two of those times.
2017, Sophomore Season
Made a program-best 61 starts, the majority coming at third base … named to the 2017 Atlantic 10 All-Championship
team after falling one hit shy of the tournament record, recording 14 hits during the week … hit three homers during
weekend series with NC A&T (4/21-4/22), including twice in second game … made game-saving play in ninth vs. Saint
Louis (5/7), snowconing a ball off the top of his glove with runner on third in 8-7 game … tallied career-high eight assists
in A-10 title game vs. VCU (5/27) … tallied three hits in NCAA Regional vs. FGCU (6/3), including knocking in winning run
… homered twice at Wake Forest (2/28) … recorded a team-high 26 multi-hit games and reached base in 17 straight
games … finished second on the squad with a .322 average, scoring 42 runs and posting 79 hits (ranks 4th all-time for
single season) … tied for third on team with nine home runs, also hit nine doubles and finished with a .469 slugging, 39
RBI, .395 OBP.
2016, Freshman Season
Played in 32 games, making 17 starts at catcher and designated hitter … finished with 30 hits, 14 runs scored, three
doubles, two home runs and 17 RBI in 97 at bats for a .309 batting average … posted a .402 slugging percentage and a
.337 on base percentage … finished with just one error and made 46 putouts with four assists for a .980 fielding
percentage … recorded nine multi-hit performances … posted a five-game hitting streak … went 2-for-3 with one run
scored in the win against Iona (3/23) … recorded his first perfect game, going 1-for-1 with two RBI against
Massachusetts (3/26) … went 2-for-6 with a season-high four RBI at Richmond (4/16) … recorded a season-high three
hits with two RBI and two runs scored against Winthrop (4/26) … played in all four Atlantic 10 Championship games,
picking up two hits on two occasions (5/25-28).
Before Davidson:
Four-letterwinner at catcher … Two-year starter at South Mecklenburg High School, after transferring from Providence
Day … Two-time All-Conference … Perfect Game All-American Honorable Mention … Second Team All Mid-Atlantic
Region … Ranked No. 3 catching prospect in North Carolina … Under Armour Preseason All-American … Team captain
his senior season … Also lettered in football at Providence Day … Helped lead the squad to become State Champions as
a freshman … A founder member of the National Social Studies Honor Society and member of the Key Club … AP
Scholar with Distinction.
Personal:
Born on March 20, 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida … Son of Kim and Brad Jones … Has three younger siblings, Kristen,
Julianna and Richard … Grandfather, Bob Jones, played professional baseball with the San Francisco Giants … Uncle,
Bryan Jones was an ACC Player of the Year and All American at UNC in tennis … Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones …
Favorite show is Entourage … Favorite food is BBQ and Cole Slaw … Favorite sports team is the Atlanta Braves.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2016 .309 32-17 97 14 30 3 0 2 17 -- .402 5 0 17 5 .337 2 2 0-1 46 4 1 .980
2017 .322 61-61 245 42 79 9 0 9 39 115 .469 24 6 44 6 .395 1 0 2-3 51 88 12 .921
2018 .328 54-54 201 42 66 14 1 11 60 115 .572 37 4 36 5 .439 2 0 2-5 335 42 7 .982
TOTAL
*incomplete; numbers unavailable
.322 147-132 543 98 175 26 1 22 116 269* .495* 66 10 97 20 .402 5 2 4-9 432 134 20 .966