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