2013: Named the Uvaldo Acosta Memorial EIVA Co-Player of the Year ... also collected first team all-conference accolades ... was tabbed the EIVA Offensive Player of the Week twice (February 11 and March 11) ... appeared in 24 matches for the Patriots with 20 starts ... led the team with 294 kills (3.30/set) and was third with 18 service aces (0.20/set) and 133 digs (1.49/set) ... his 294 kills ranked 16th in the single-season record book ... finished his career ranked in the all-time record books in several categories including kills (1,030 - 5th), digs (430 - 8th) and service aces (67 - 6th) ... hit a career-best .692 with 19 kills in a 3-0 sweep of NJIT on February 16 ... tied a career-best with five block assists in a 3-1 loss at Penn State on February 22 ... recorded a season-high 27 kills on March 14 versus IPFW ... had a season-high three service aces in a 3-2 loss to Penn State on March 30.
2012: Tabbed to the All-EIVA Second Team ... started 23 matches for Mason, appearing in 94 sets ... led the team with 301 kills (3.20 kills/set and finished second with 149 digs ... averaged 3.20 kills, 1.59 digs, 1.00 assists and 0.49 blocks during the season ... registered a team-high 30 kills in a 3-2 win on January 20 at Ball State ... also had a season-high five blocks in the match ... recorded 20+ kills on two occasions, on January 21 at IPFW (28) and on February 24 at St. Francis (20) ... moved to the setter role for several matches during the midpoint of the season, recording a season-high 35 assists in a 3-0 sweep of Princeton on March 10.
2011: Named first-team All-EIVA and was twice named EIVA Player of the Week ... appeared in 27 matchs and appeared in 95 sets ... started 26 matches ... led the team with 424 kills, 144 digs and 32 service aces ... was second in the EIVA in kills and seventh in service aces ... was fifth in the nation in kills per set and 22nd in the country in service aces per set ... also had 64 blocks, fourth on the team ... recorded a career-high 30 kills at Springfield with a career-high 65 total attacks ... had double-digit kills in 25 of 27 matches ... hit season-best .583 against Saint Francis with 16 kills and just two errors on 24 attacks ... twice had five service aces in a match, each time against Princeton ... had a career-high nine digs five separate times, at home against Ball State and IPFW, on the road at IPFW and Ball State, and at Rutgers-Newark ... had a career-high six blocks against NYU in the EIVA Quarterfinals, with a career-best two solo blocks.
2010: Saw action in 12 matches and 25 sets for the Patriots ... averaged 0.44 kills per set and 0.62 points per set.
Prep: Played volleyball for four years at Glenbard East High School ... named to Volleyball Magazine's Fab-50 Team ... two-time First-Team All-Area selection by the Daily Herald ... named First-Team All-Area by the Chicago Sun-Times during his senior year ... two-time All-Conference selection ... MVP Male Athlete of Glenbard East as a senior ... selected to the Academic All-Conference Team all four years of high school.
Personal: Son of Garrell D. Jones, Jr. ... siblings are Laurie, Cheryl and Kyle ... major is undecided.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year |
SP |
K |
E |
TA |
PCT |
A |
SA |
D |
BS |
BA |
TB |
2010 |
25 |
11 |
12 |
38 |
-.026 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2011 |
95 |
424 |
184 |
930 |
.258 |
15 |
32 |
144 |
2 |
62 |
65 |
2012 |
94 |
301 |
164 |
741 |
.185 |
94 |
14 |
149 |
1 |
45 |
46 |
2013 |
89 |
294 |
138 |
759 |
.206 |
20 |
18 |
133 |
2 |
40 |
42 |
Totals |
303 |
1030 |
498 |
2468 |
.216 |
129 |
67 |
430 |
5 |
150 |
155 |
SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 30, two times, most recently at Ball State, 1/20/12
Total Attempts: 66, at Ball State, 1/20/12
Hitting Percentage: .692, vs. NJIT, 2/16/13
Assists: 35, at Princeton, 3/10/12
Aces: 5, two times, most recently at Ball State, 3/5/11
Digs: 14, at St. Francis, 2/24/12
Block Solos: 2, vs. NYU, 4/23/11
Block Assists: 5, five times, most recently at Penn State, 2/22/13
Total Blocks: 6, vs. NYU, 4/23/11