In her Sophomore year at UNCP...
Named to 2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All America third team. Named to the 2008 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Region South Atlantic Team. Earned All PBC honors at third base. Named to the NCCSIA All-State Team. Batted .381 with 42 RBI, 11 home runs, seven doubles, five triples and 55 runs scored. Finished first in the PBC in runs scored in the PBC, first in triples, first in total bases with 122, second in stolen bases, tied for second in home runs, third in hits with 72, tied for third in RBI, fifth in the PBC in batting. Was one of three Braves who started all 60 contests for UNCP. Recorded a 12-game hitting streak during the season. Led the team in multiple-hit games with 24 and finished second on the team in multiple-RBI games with 11, including a five-RBI performance against Bluefield State on March 9.
In her Freshman year at UNCP...
Was named to the All-Peach Belt Conference Team, the All-PBC Tournament Team and the Daktronics All-South Atlantic Regional Second Team for her efforts on the season. Led the team in batting average with a mark of .414, hits with 77, runs scored with 55 and total bases with 109. Also led the team in stolen bases with 21 on 24 attempts. Led the PBC in triples with eight. Hit four doubles, four home runs and drove in 26 runs. Started all 55 games for the Braves at shortstop. Had 29 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games. Went 3-for-5 against St. Andrews on Feb. 11 with a double, a triple, two runs scored and three RBI. Drove in three runs against Alderson Broaddus on March 17. Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored against Lander on April 20. Had four games with two stolen bases. Had the longest hitting streak of the season hitting safely in 12 consecutive contests.
High School
Was named first team All Conference, All Region and All State her junior and senior seasons … earned MVP honors and was named the female athlete of the year her senior year … broke the school record her for home runs with eight during her senior season … finished third in the conference her final season … team was the Eastern Regional Champions, Conference Champions and Conference Tournament Champions her junior season … tallied a .488 batting average with nine doubles, three triples and eight home runs and 36 RBI her senior campaign … team was 33-15 over her final two seasons … also lettered in basketball and volleyball during her career.
Personal
Is the daughter of Evelyn Shaw Townsend and John Jones … was born on January 12, 1988 in Hope Mills, N.C. … had one brother, Marcus (26) and one sister, Katreana Daly (11) … is majoring in Early Childhood Education/Psychology.
