UNCP Athletics

AS A JUNIOR (2016-17)
Indoor
Season bests: Long Jump (7.30m), High Jump (2.00m) … Turned in four top-3 finishes on the season, including a runner-up showing in the High Jump at the Kent Taylor Invite … Tallied NCAA provisional qualifying marks and finished third in the long jump at both the Buccaneer Invitational and the Liberty Elite Invitational.
Outdoor
Season bests: 100m (11.69), High Jump (1.98m), Long Jump (7.31m) … Won event titles in the High Jump at the PBC Championships, the Braves Track Classic and the Florida Division II Challenge … Won an event title in the Long Jump at the Florida Division II Challenge, and finished runner-up in the event at the PBC Championships.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)
Indoor
Season bests: 60m (7.36), High Jump (2.01m), Long Jump (6.98m) … Won event titles in the Long Jump at the Wake Forest Invitational and the Kent Taylor Invite … Won an event title in the High Jump at the Winston-Salem D2 Invitational, and placed second in the event at the Kent Taylor Invite.
Outdoor
Season bests: 100m (11.62), High Jump (2.03m), Long Jump (7.58m) … Earned all-American status in the Long Jump with a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships … Turned in eight top-3 finishes across his disciplines … Finished first in the high jump at the Braves Track Classic and the PBC Championships … Won the event title in the Long Jump at the Braves Track Classic, the PBC Championships and the Wolfpack Last Chance … Posted NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the High Jump at the Braves Track Classic and the Raleigh Relays, and an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the Long Jump at the Aggie Last Chance.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)
Indoor
Season bests: High Jump (1.99m), Long Jump (6.97m) … Finished third in the Long Jump at the JDL College Kick-Off Classic.
Outdoor
Season bests: High Jump (2.04m), Long Jump (7.06m), Triple Jump (13.28m) … Tallied eight top-3 finishes on the season … Won event titles in the High Jump at the Appalachian State Outdoor Open and the Carolina Relays … Recorded runner-up finishes in the Long Jump at three meets, including the PBC Championships … Also scored points at the PBC Championships with a runner-up showing in the High Jump.

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Hoke County High School … Lettered in track and field (4), basketball (3) and soccer (2) … As a senior, he garnered all-conference, all-region and all-state laurels in for the second-consecutive year … Assisted the team in becoming region champions and was named the athlete of the year … Competed in the long jump (23-3), triple jump (45-2) and high jump (6-6) … Was an all-conference and all-district basketball player.

PERSONAL
The son of Angela and Calvin Jones … Has two older brothers, Tre and Calvin … Ranked 32nd out of his 495-member senior class with a 3.93 grade point average … A member of the AB Honor Roll, was a scholar-athlete and received the Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint certifications … Assisted with the Special Olympics … An exercise science major at UNCP.