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Alex Jones

Class: RS Junior Hometown: Enid, Okla. High School: Enid

Height: 5-7 Position: Pitcher/Outfield Experience: 2L B/T: L/R

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

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' 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' 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' 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'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'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'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's valedictorian...Graduated with honors and distinction...Undecided on a major.