Butler University Athletics

2023 – Senior Season: Played in 40 games, making 37 starts primarily in the outfield… Recorded 45 hits in 142 at-bats to post a .317 batting average… Scored 26 runs… Provided BU with eight extra-base hits including two doubles, four triples and two home runs… Ended the year with 29 RBI and 61 total bases… Posted a .430 slugging percentage… Walked 14 times and was hit by pitch seven times to raise his on-base percentage to .398… Stole three bases… Made 67 putouts in the field and assisted on one out… Only committed one error to post a .986 fielding percentage… Went 4-for-4 from the plate with an RBI and two runs scored at Seton Hall (4/22)… Ended the UConn series going 4-for-6 with two RBI and two runs scored (5/13)… Had multiple RBIs in five-straight games from May 9-13… Finished the year with nine multiple-RBI games… Had multiple hits in a single-game 12 times… Led the team with an 11-game hitting streak… Reached base safely in 12-straight games… Scored a season-high four runs in the getaway game at Georgetown (5/7)… Hit two triples to notch four RBIs in the final game vs. Villanova (4/15)… Hit his first home run of the year at Purdue to help record three RBI and score two runs (4/19)… Homered in the opening game of the Creighton series (4/28)… Hit a double in back-to-back games in early May (9-10)… Hit a two-RBI triple over opening weekend vs. FDU (2/19)… Recorded 15 RBIs over his final eight games.

2022 – Junior Season: Played in 49 games, making 47 starts… Led Butler with two triples… Added six doubles and two home runs to provide the team with 10 extra base hits… Held a .249 batting average with 42 hits coming in 169 at-bats… Scored 21 runs… Recorded 27 RBI… Ended the year with 58 total bases… Walked 11 times and was hit by a pitch 11 times… Posted a .343 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage… Stole 12 bags on 16 attempts… Only made one error in the field to go along with 96 putouts (.990 fielding percentage)… Had 10 multi-hit games… Had a six-game hitting streak… Recorded multiple RBIs in six games… Recorded a season-high five RBI in the final game at Murray State (2/20)… Walked three times at Jackson State (2/25)… Stole two bases at Jackson State (2/26)… Stole two more bags in the home opener vs. Manchester (3/2)… Hit a triple at North Florida (3/8)… First home run of the season came at #1 Tennessee (3/22)… Went 3-for-6 with a double at Villanova (4/10)… Opened the Georgetown series going 3-for-4 from the plate with a stolen base (4/14)… Hit a home run vs. the Hoyas the next day (4/15)… Hit a triple in the first game vs. UConn (4/29)… Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Xavier (5/7)… Opened the Seton Hall series with two hits and two RBI (5/19).

Before Butler: Three-year starter… Earned four varsity letters… Reached the first round of the playoffs in 2016… Moved to the quarterfinals in 2017… Won a district championship in 2018… Finished State Runner-up… Hit .438 as a senior in 2018… Scored 34 runs… Recorded 31 RBI… Stole 28 bases… Hit .333 as a junior and .284 as a sophomore… Credited with 24 RBI in 2017… Scored 22 runs… Stole 16 bases… Sophomore stats included 10 RBI and 17 runs… Part of a 21-0 team at LSUE… Hit .404 in 2019-20 with 19 runs scored and 25 RBI… Enjoyed a 51-7 season at LSUE in 2020-21… Region 23 Champs… NJCAA Division II National Champions… Ranked second on the team with a .385 batting average… Scored 60 runs… Came up with 67 hits… Posted 52 RBI… Led the team and ranked third in NJCAA DII with eight sac flies… Led the team and ranked seventh in NJCAA DII with 34 stolen bases… Hit .571 in the Region 23 playoffs… Honorable Mention All-American… Perfect Game Pre-Season Underclassmen All-American Team (2017)… LSWA All-State honorable mention… All-Southwest LA… All-District… Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All-Region (2018)… LSWA All-State honorable mention… All-Southwest LA… All-District… LBCA All-State Team… LBCA All-Region… Selected to the LHSCA All-Star Game… LHSAA All-Academic Team… Hit a three-run walk-off home run advancing his team to the quarterfinals on Senior Night to cap off a 4-for-4 game at the plate… Played club baseball for Marucci Elite and Team Louisiana… Made the Perfect Game All-Tournament Team in 2015, 2016, and 2017… Played summer ball with the DuPage County Hounds… Selected to the Midwest Collegiate League All-Star Game… BETA Club Member…National Honor Society Inductee… Honor Roll… LHSAA All-Academic Team.
 
Personal: Son of Scott and Misty Jones… Has three siblings Lexie, Scottlynn and Easton… Psychology major.