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Alex Jones

Position Pitcher/Outfield
Height 5'7''
Class Senior
Hometown Enid, Okla.
High School Enid

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Career Honors
2013: Academic All-Big 12 First Team; Co-Big Jay Award
2012: Big Jay Award
2011: Team Captain; Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2010: Team Rookie of the Year; Team Leadership Council member

2013 (Senior Season)
Started 42 games in centerfield and eight games in the circle for the Jayhawks… Led the team in stolen bases (11) and ERA (1.94) as she tied her career-high with seven wins in the circle… Also posted a career-best season at the plate with a .324 batting average and 43 runs scored… Only Jayhawk on the team with 50 or more hits in each of her seasons… Went 9-for-16 at the plate with six runs scored in the first weekend of the season at the Florida International Tournament (2/8-10)… Allowed just one run in four innings to pick up a win against Georgetown (2/9)… Recorded two hits and scored a run against Indiana State (2/15)… Pitched five innings and struck out eight to pick up her second win of the season against Bryant University (2/17)… Had a career-high four hits in four at bats and scored three runs at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/22)… Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases, in addition to throwing a five-inning shutout to pick up her third win of the season, against Southern (2/23)… Recorded three hits, an RBI and a run scored against North Carolina A&T (3/1)… Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against Stony Brook (3/1)… Picked up her fifth RBI of the season, scored two runs and threw two shutout innings with four strikeouts against Lafayette College (3/2)… Went-2-for-4 with two runs scored against Stony Brook (3/3)… Recorded two hits, scored a run and threw two scoreless innings in relief against Ball State (3/9)… Pitched her second shutout of the season after throwing five scoreless innings with eight strikeouts against Florida Atlantic (3/9)… Threw her first complete game, allowing just one run and four hits, while striking out a career-high 11 batters in seven innings against Saint Mary’s College (3/15)… Pitched four scoreless innings against Texas State (3/16)… Threw six innings and allowed just two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at Furman (4/13)… Recorded three hits in four at bats against Oklahoma State (4/21)… Went 5-for-10 in the series against No. 14 Baylor (4/27-28)… Caught the final out at the centerfield wall in KU’s upset of No. 1 Oklahoma on Senior Day (5/5).

2012 (Junior Season)
Will redshirt the 2012 season due to a torn ACL.

2011 (Sophomore Season)
Started all 53 games, splitting time between centerfield and the pitching circle…Hit .293 on the season and ranked second on the squad with 53 hits, all singles…Her speed led the team as she swiped 15-of-17 bases in 2011…Also a threat in the circle, her 2.55 ERA led the Jayhawk pitching staff as she built a 6-2 record…Appeared in 15 games and started 10 as a pitcher and allowed just 17 earned runs in 46.2 innings of work…Led the staff in opposing batting average (.233)…Threw the complete game shutout of her career in the Jayhawks[apos] 8-0 run rule at Stetson (Feb. 20), setting a new career-high strikeout count (8) in the process while going 2-for-4 at the plate…Racked up eight hits to power the Jayhawks to a flawless 4-0 record at the North Florida Tournament (March 11-13)…Tied her career-high, three-hit performance three times during her sophomore campaign, at Troy (March 5) vs. Alabama State (March 12) and vs. Delaware State (March 12)…Went 2-for-3 in the second game of the Jayhawks[apos] Big 12 series opener against Missouri (March 23)…Drove in a run at Texas Tech (April 13)…Posted two-hit games against Nebraska (April 3) and at Iowa State (April 22)…Tossed back-to-back shutout relief stints to end the season with 1.1 innings of work at Iowa State (April 23) and 5.0 scoreless at Wichita State (April 27).

2010 (Freshman Season)
Kansas[apos] leadoff off batter…Made 53 starts in centerfield and at pitcher…Named Rookie of the Year by the KU coaching staff…Led the Jayhawks with 29 runs scored, 23 starts from the circle and 12 stolen bases…Shared team lead of 55 hits…Tied for third in the conferece with three triples…Recorded a team-high 16 multi-hit games, including 10 of her first 16 outings…Had two hits, two runs and a stolen base in collegiate debut vs. Louisville (Feb. 12)… Scored three times in KU[apos]s first victory of the season vs. Sam Houston State (Feb. 13) while also pitching for six scoreless innings…Tallied three hits three times- vs. Marshall (Feb. 21), vs. UMKC (March 30) and vs. Wichita State (April 28)…Struckout a career-high seven batters vs. Illinois-Chicago (March 20)…Threw a complete game shutout vs. UMKC (March 30)…Ended the season tossing a one-hit complete game win at Drake (May 5) followed by a complete game shutout vs. Iowa State (May 8).

Enid High School
Back-to-back conference champs in 2008 and 2007…6A Academic state champs in 2008…Four-year all-conference player and two-time conference MVP…Also selected the conference[apos]s offensive player of the year as a senior…An all-state and all-American scholar honoree as a senior…Two-time NFCA All-South Region First Team…Chosen as an NFCA High School All-American Third Team member her junior year…Holds school records in single-season batting average, ERA, season strikeouts and winning percentage and is Enid[apos]s all-time strikeouts leader…Also a conference and regional champion in the long jump as a senior.

Club
Played for the Tulsa Shootout Gold under coaches Krystel Markwardt and Tim Burton.

Personal
Daughter of Jeff and Sherri Jones…Has two sisters, Sydni and Bayli…Sydni played softball at Iowa State…A National Honor Society member and her school[apos]s valedictorian…Graduated with honors and distinction…Undecided on a major.