2022 Lady Demon Softball Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Gary Hardamon
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

2 Cayla Jones

2 Cayla Jones

  • Position:
    Second Base
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Hometown:
    Missouri City, Texas
  • Highschool:
    Elkins HS

Summary

Biography

2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2022 Easton/NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete
2022 Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team
2021 Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference First Team
2021 Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, May 9
2021 All-Southland Conference Softball Third Team
2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association Softball Hitter of the Week, May 10
2021 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2021 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Softball Second Team, second baseman
2020 Southland Conference Preseason First Team
2020 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2019 All-Southland Conference Preseason First Team
2019 All-Southland Conference Softball Team, second team selection
2019 Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Second Team
2018 Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, Feb. 20
2018 All-Southland Conference Softball First-Team Selection
2018 National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Region First Team
2018 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball First-Team
2018 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year
2018 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll


2021 Season: Started and appeared in 40 games at second base for on the year ... hit .302, third best on the team, with four home runs, 27 RBIs, with a team-best .491 slugging percentage and team-leading 11 stolen bases ... had 20 of her 35 hits in the second half of the season with six multi-hit games ... reached base in 13 of the first 16 games of the season ... had a career doubleheader day against Southeastern where she went 6-for-7 on the day with two doubles, a triple, homerun and 10 RBIs ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI-double and grand slam (six total RBI) in the first game against Southeastern ... was 4-for-4 with a double and triple scoring three runs in the second game ... hit a 2-out, full-count walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the eighth against SIU-Edwardsville ... had back-to-back three-hit games at Nicholls going 6-for-8 overall with a homerun and three RBIs ... hit a double and a homerun and scored three runs in the 15-2 win at Lamar ... reached base safely in the final 15 games of the season with 18 hits and 15 walks.

2020 Season: Jones had begun to get on track in the final week of the COVID-19 shortened season … had three hits and four RBIs in her final four games … homered against Grambling and had two RBIs in a tight win … opened the season with three RBIs, including a two-run home run vs. UMass Lowell … second on the team with two home runs and 17 runs scored … tied for team-best 17 walks … second on team with 7-7 stolen bases … four multi-hit games, including Houston … Preseason Southland Conference First Team.

2019 Season: Second-Team All-Southland Conference second baseman who followed up a great freshman season with a notable sophomore campaign … SLC All-Tournament team member who led NSU to a 2-2 mark … hit .375 with a .643 on-base percentage in the SLC Tournament, including a three-run home run against Lamar … ranked top 10 in the SLC in nine different categories, including tied for league lead in walks (36), second in runs scored (41) and second in on-base percentage (.479) … led team in nine different categories, including hits (55), doubles (11), home runs (9) and RBIs (35) … SLC Hitter of Week (April 1) with 10 RBIs on six hits in four games … her 36 walks tied for second in NSU's single-season program records ... the 10 hit-by-pitches tied for fifth in NSU single-season history ... her 46 walks/hit-by-pitches is the most in NSU single-season history provided tying run against Grambling in eventual win before a grand slam and two-run double helped NSU to pair of wins vs. Southeastern in a sweep … homered at SHSU to help NSU take 2 of 3 on road … homered at Arkansas, vs. HBU, Southeastern (twice) and La. Tech … three-RBI double at Lamar that was part of six-run seventh inning … 13 multi-hit games, including a four-hitter vs. Nevada that tied a career-high … had three hits in wins vs. SLU and ACU … 11 multi-RBI games, including 4 vs. SLU and four more with three RBIs.

2018 Season: An NFCA First-Team All-Region selection and All-American finalist who had arguably the best freshman season in NSU history …  named the All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year and an All-Louisiana first teamer by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association … selected to First-Team All-Southland Conference as a second baseman … her slugging percentage (.714) was the best-ever for an NSU freshman, sixth-best overall in NSU history … other statistics in which she ranked in the top three for NSU freshmen: .378 batting average (second best), 10 home runs (second best), 29 walks (second best), 41 runs scored (third best) … walks and runs scored ranked seventh and ninth in overall NSU history ... tied team-high with 36 RBIs … hit in the No. 3 hole for most of the season, but went to the leadoff spot after an injury to Sidney Salmans … hit over .400 for most of the season, including .414 at the end of April before a May slump … career-high four hits, five RBI and two home runs (including grand slam) in win vs. McNeese … homered vs. Baylor, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, SFA, Nicholls and UAPB … hit .424 in 13 games vs. the RPI Top 75 … SLC Hitter of Week (Week 2) in which she had 10 hits and nine RBIs in an 8-0 week … had a 22-game reached base streak that spanned March and April … team-high .525 on-base percentage … had eight RBIs in a three-game sweep of Lamar … in SLC Tournament, her triple started rally against ACU … her home run pulled NSU to within one run of McNeese in eventual loss … 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games … had four RBIs in pair of SFA wins and two RBIs in Memphis win … finalist for SLC Freshman of the Year.

High School: Four-time all-district pick out of Elkins High … district offensive MVP as a senior … co-offensive MVP as a junior … coached by Alex Meng … three-time academic all-district pick who was an honor society member … played one season of volleyball … U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award ... Miss Elkins 2017.

Personal: Daughter of Sheri and Carl Jones … four sisters Carissa, Brittany, Latoya and Devon ... nickname is CJ or Cayjo … business administration major who wants to either go to law school or be a business assistant … life’s ambition is to be successful and give back to my family and my community.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2018Freshman

    Second Base
    5'2"
    2
  • 2

    2019Sophomore

    Second Base
    5'2"
    2
  • 2

    2020Junior

    Second Base
    5'2"
    2
  • 2

    2021Junior

    Second Base
    5'2"
    2
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    2022Senior

    Second Base
    5'2"
    2