MLB Draft, New York Mets (5th round, 2019)
2019 First-Team All-Louisiana Pitcher
2019 Second-Team All-Southland Conference Pitcher
2019 Second-Team Academic All-Southland Conference
2019 Southland Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll
Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (4/29/2019)
2017 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2016 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2019 Season:
• Started 14 games, ranking second on the team.
• led Northwestern State pitchers in wins (7), ERA (2.78), strikeouts (80) and opponent batting average (.209).
• turned in 7 quality starts among his 13 normal starts -- made one, 1-inning start in the final weekend of the regular season.
• struck out seven and scattered six hits and two runs in an 11-2 win against Grambling on May 5, his third straight win.
• spun his second straight sub-100-pitch complete game shutout, striking out six in a four-hit win at Stephen F. Austin on April 27, earning him Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week honors.
• shut out eventual Southland Conference Tournament champion McNeese on April 20, striking out five in the 6-0 win.
• picked up his fourth win of the season by shutting out Nicholls for six innings of the Demons' 3-2 April 6 victory.
• earned his second win of the year by limiting New Orleans to one run in seven innings, striking out a season-high nine in an 8-1 win on March 17.
• tossed four shutout innings against Little Rock on March 2, earning the victory in his designated short start of a 7-5 Demons win.
• struck out eight in five innings of one-run ball in the Demons' 2-1, 11-inning win at Houston on Feb. 17.
• Made 16 starts, tying for the team lead.
• led the Demons in innings pitched (103.0), which tied for the ninth-most in school single-season history.
• led Northwestern State pitchers with three pickoffs.
• had a run of five straight quality starts from March 29-April 29, lowering his ERA by more than half a run in that span.
• collected his fourth win of the year with seven innings of one-run ball in a 6-1 win against Abilene Christian on May 13, a win that clinched Northwestern State’s Southland Conference Tournament berth.
• tossed a complete game, striking out eight and allowing two earned runs in a 3-2 loss to Houston Baptist on April 29.
• fanned a career-high 10 – Northwestern State’s first double-digit strikeout game since 2012 – and tossed a complete game in a 5-2 April 14 win against Southeastern Louisiana.
• tossed 7 2-3 innings of one-run ball in a Feb. 23 no-decision against Penn – a game the Demons won 2-1 in 13 innings.
• made his second straight Opening Day start, tossing five innings of one-run ball to beat Binghamton, 3-2, on Feb. 16.
2017 Season:
• Made 14 starts in his first season as Northwestern State’s Friday night starter.
• led the team in innings pitched (83.1) and strikeouts (50); tied for the team lead in wins (4), all of which came in Southland Conference play.
• scattered seven hits in 5 2-3 innings to pick up his fourth win of the season at Abilene Christian on March 12.
• tossed his first career complete game in a hard-luck 2-0 loss to Incarnate Word on May 5.
• grabbed wins in back-to-back starts at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (March 24) and against Central Arkansas (March 31).
• turned in a quality start (6 2-3 IP, 2 ER) to earn his first win as a starter against Nicholls in the Southland opener on March 10.
• struck out a season-high seven in just 5 innings against Arkansas State on Feb. 24.
2016 Season:
• Tied for the team lead with 21 appearances out of the bullpen.
• led the Demons with five saves, earning the closer’s role early in the season.
• went unscored upon in 12 of his appearances, including four straight from March 16-26.
• earned the win in his college debut, firing 3 2-3 shutout innings against Alabama State on Feb. 19.
• earned a win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on April 29, tossing 1 2-3 scoreless innings.
• notched saves against eventual College World Series runner-up Arizona, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, McNeese and Nicholls.
• struck out a season-high four on two occasions.
High School:
• Three-year letterman for coach Dusty Griffis’ Flyers.
• three-time all-district selection was also all-city and all-state as a senior.
• went 6-2 with a 2.76 ERA as a senior, striking out 80 batters in 66 innings.
• batted .309 with 23 RBIs and 23 runs scored.
• teammates with redshirt junior Austin Townsend.
Personal:
• Born Jan. 6, 1997.
• son of Tammy and Mike Jones.
• four sisters – Baylee, Brooklyn, Breanne and Brighton – and one brother, Noah.
• business major holds a 3.7 grade point average and plans to own a business.
• life’s ambition is to “enjoy what I do.”
