Western Carolina University

Notes: Will enter the 2026 season with a two-game hit streak and a two-game reached base safely streak.
 
2025 (Redshirt Junior*): Played in 43 games with 36 total starts, including 27 in left field, eight in right field, and once as the designated hitter … Hit in the clean-up spot 16 times … Finished the season with a .269 (35-for-130) batting average, with 12 for extra bases including eight doubles and four home runs … Hit .316 against right-handed pitching … Scored 32 runs and drove home 29, including nine two-out RBI … Matched a career-long with a seven-game hitting streak … Made his return from injury with a three-hit effort in the opener, batting 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI at Georgia Southern (Feb. 14) … Strung together a seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 21 through March 1 – and never had more than three-consecutive games without a hit … Homered twice at USC Upstate (Feb. 26), his best single-game outing … Had a four-game RBI streak, collecting three RBI in four-straight games from Feb. 26 through March 1, accounting for 12 of his 29 seasonal runs driven in … Delivered a walk-off, two-run single up the middle for a midweek, come-from-behind win over UNC Asheville (March 25).

2024 (Redshirt Junior): Selected as the Leggett No. 7 Legacy recipient … Limited to just 11 games played with seven games started before being sidelined by a season-ending injury … Collected four base hits in 29 at bats (.138) with a pair of doubles and five total RBI … Expected to apply for a medical redshirt to regain the season … Opened the season with a 3-for-5 effort with a double and three RBI against Iona (Feb. 16) … His only other base hit came on a two-run double down the right-field line at Florida State (Feb. 25) … Was a preseason All-Southern Conference second-team selection by the head coaches ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in 40 games on the season with 35 games started – 21 in the outfield (11 in right and 10 in left) and 14 games as the designated hitter … Hit .308 (41-of-133) with 16 going for extra-bases including 10 doubles and six home runs … Batted .800 (4-for-5) with the bases loaded … Recorded 30 RBI including 14 two-out RBI … Closed the season with a season-long seven-game hitting streak as a part of reaching base in 10-straight games … Made his WCU debut against Akron (Feb. 18), recording his first RBI on a second-inning sacrifice fly … Picked up his first base hit at WCU with a seventh-inning single down the right-field line at Presbyterian (Feb. 22) … Doubled twice against Xavier (Feb. 26) … Hit his first WCU home run against Eastern Kentucky (March 4) … Delivered the walk-off, run-scoring single to right-center field in the game one win over Radford (March 18) … Sparked WCU’s seven-run rally at Mercer (April 2) with a three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning … Delivered a two-out, two-run double off the wall in left field to cap WCU’s four-run rally over Wofford (4/15/23), finishing with a career-best four hits and five RBI ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred from Parkland College where he spent three seasons including the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season … Played in 51 games with 39 starts at Parkland, recording a .356 batting average with 52 hits including eight doubles, two triples, and four home runs … Scored 33 runs with 38 RBI over his three seasons including a career-high 24 RBI in his COVID freshman season in 2020-21 … Was a NJCAA All-Academic second-team selection in 2020-21.
 
Personal: Is the son of Maria and Matt Jones.

WCU Career Game Highs:

• At Bats: 6, three times - MR: vs. Maryland (2/23/25)
• Hits: 4, WOFFORD (4/16/23)
• Runs: 3, vs Rider (2/28/25)
• Doubles: 2, twice - MR: vs. Gardner-Webb (4/5/25)
• Home Runs: 2, at USC Upstate (2/26/25)
• RBI: 5, WOFFORD (4/15/23)
• Walks: 2, nine times - vs. Presbyterian (5/7/25)
• Hitting Streak: 7 games, twice (2023 & 2025)