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