Sydney Jones

Position:
Catcher / Infield
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Palm Beach Gardens
Hometown:
Royal Palm Beach, Fla.

2017 / JUNIOR

2nd Team All-MVC
Commisioner's Academic Excellence Award
MVC Academic Honor Roll
Started in all 57 games, one of four players to do so... Hit .250 with 24 RBI, nine home runs and six doubles... Led the team in home runs and third in RBI... Third on the team in slugging percentage (.469), total bases (75), walks (19) and sacrifice hits (10)... Seventh in the MVC with 10 sac bunts... Had seven multi-hit games... Went 2-3 with two runs, three RBI and a home run against Missouri State... Had seven multi-RBI games... Went 2-2 with two runs a triple, and home run and an RBI in the season opener against Coppin State... Hit a walk-off double against Northern Iowa on 4/9.

2016 / SOPHOMORE

Second-team All-MVC...Honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection...Started all 52 games...Second on the team with 28 walks drawn and a .399 on-base percentage...Threw out five would-be base stealers out of 22 chances...Hit eight doubles and five home runs while driving in 20 runs...Posted 13 multi-hit games...Ranked seventh in the MVC with 28 walks drawn...Drew three walks vs. Iona, a team single-game high for the season.

2015 / FRESHMAN

Started all 48 games ... One of only two players on the team to start all 48 games (Shaye Harre) ... Second on the team with 28 RBIs ... Team-leading eight multi-RBI games ... Posted a 16-game reached base streak that start in the third game of her career ... Picked up first collegiate hit against Ohio State (2/7) ... Had two separate six-game hitting streaks ... First career home run was the game-winning two-run blast in the seventh to beat Morehead State ... Hit a walk-off two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th to beat Bradley ... Went 1-for-2 with a triple, RBI and run scored vs. No. 5 Kentucky ... Caught 11 runners stealing, good for fourth in the MVC ... Caught 36.7 percent of potential base stealers (11 of 30)....Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

PRIOR TO SIU

Four-time All-Conference honoree...Second-team All-State honoree in 2013...Three-time All-County honoree (2012, 13, 14)...Team won Florida 8A state title in 2011 and reached No. 1 ranking on ESPN in 2012...Team won district title in 2013...Earned first-team All-County recognition from the Sun-Sentinalas a senior...Also earned first-team All-Conference honors from the Palm Beach Post as a senior... Earned team MVP honors as a senior...List of professional athletes from Palm Beach Gardens HS includes Emanuel Cook, Zach Miner, Chris Volstad, and Willie Young.

PERSONAL

Full given name is Sydney Elizabeth Jones...Born Feb. 20, 1996, in West Palm Beach, Fla....Daughter of Sherry and Thomas Jones...Has one sister, Savannah...Undecided on a major.