2018 Women's Volleyball Roster
Sam Jones
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- DS/L
- Hometown:
- Horsham, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Hatboro-Horsham
- High School:
- Hatboro-Horsham
KENT STATE AWARDS & HONORS
• Team captain: 2018
• Letterwinner: 2015, 2016, 2017
• Academic All-MAC: 2016, 2017, 2018
• All-Tournament Team: Comfort Inn-vitational (2016)
• Arthur Family Endowed Athletic Scholarship: 2018
CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Digs: 25 (Northern Illinois, 10/19/18)
Assists: 20 (vs. Nicholls, 8/24/18)
Aces: 3 (three times, last: Central Michigan, 10/27/18)
CAREER MISCELLANEOUS STATS
Matches with 10 or more digs: 26 (last: 19, Central Michigan, 10/27/18)
Double-doubles: 1 (last: Youngstown State, 8/28/18)
2017 - JUNIOR SEASON
• Saw action in 25 matches and 62 sets
• Totaled 77 digs for an average of 1.24 digs per set
• Posted double-digit digs in two matches
• Registered a career-high 21 digs vs. Miami (Sept. 30)
• Also totaled nine service aces and nine assists
2016 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Saw action in 25 matches and 73 sets, making six starts
• Named to Comfort Inn-vitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 3.09 per set over three matches
• Totaled 146 digs for an average of 2.00 digs per set
• Posted double-digit digs four times
• Record a season-high 15 digs vs. Coppin State (Sept. 17)
• Tied for third on team with 15 service aces
• Served a career-high 3 aces vs. Montana (Sept. 16) and at Toledo (Oct. 15)
2015 - FRESHMAN SEASON
• Saw action in 25 matches and 79 sets, making 16 starts
• Totaled 156 digs and 1.97 digs per set
• Posted double-digit digs eight times
• Recorded a season-high 13 digs in three games - vs. Albany (Sept. 5), vs. Miami (Sept. 25) and at Buffalo (Oct. 9)
• Served a season-high two service aces in collegiate debut vs. Morgan State (Aug. 28)
PRIOR TO KENT STATE
• Four-time all-district and all-conference selection at Hatboro-Horsham High School
• Earned All-State and Montgomery County Player of the Year her senior season
• Finished career with 1,028 kills to become the first player in school history to reach 1,000 kills
• Recognized by PrepVolleyball.com on the 2015 'Dandy Lions' list, which includes "all-around high school or club talents who project as back row animals at the collegiate level"
• Named to the 2012 PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 High Honorable Mention
• Named to the 2011 PrepVolleyball.com Frosh 59 Honorable Mention list
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Dave and Dawn Jones
• Has an older brother, Josh
• Majoring nursing
• Went on a volunteer trips to work with youth in Haiti during the summers of 2014 and 2017
