Naval Academy Athletics

• 2017 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

Jones in 2017 (Jr.): Saw action in 11 of the 14 contests as a backup at short-stick defensive midfield ... member of the Mids’ defensive unit that held Army scoreless for the final 18:32 of the contest while the Mids went on a 7-0 run to upset the Black Knights … Navy also held Army without a goal for the first 22 minutes of the game … the six goals by Army tied as the fewest by the Black Knights this season ... Navy’s defense held Colgate scoreless for nearly 21 minutes between the second and third quarters ... after giving up an extra-man goal two minutes into the game at Holy Cross, the Mids’ defense held the Crusaders scoreless for 33 minutes while Navy built an 8-1 lead ... also held them off the board for nearly 20 minutes between the third and fourth quarters ... the Mids held Holy Cross to just eight shots in the first half, including two in the opening quarter ... member of the Mids’ defense that held Dartmouth to a season-low tying six goals and scoring droughts of 18 (2/3Qtr) and 13 minutes (4Qtr) ... Navy’s defensive unit held Lafayette to just one shot in the fourth quarter and scoreless for the final 15:51 of the game ... part of a defensive effort that held Bucknell scoreless for better than 31 minutes (13:47 2Qtr - 12:34 4Qtr) and enabled the Mids to go on a 5-0 run to lead the Bison 10-4 ... grabbed his first ground ball of the year and the fourth of his career in the Mids’ win over Bucknell.

2016 (So.): Made his first appearance of the season against Delaware where he debuted as a short-stick defensive midfield ... grabbed his lone ground ball of the season in the win over Sacred Heart ... after giving up a goal with 4.9 seconds left in the opening quarter, the Mids held Holy Cross off the scoreboard for the next 24-plus minutes and opened up a 5-1 lead ... Navy also held the Crusaders scoreless for the final 18:18 of the contest ... the three goals scored by Holy Cross since dropping a 13-3 decision to Army West Point in 2014 ... part of a defensive unit that held Delaware to just one goal ... it was the fewest goals scored by a Navy opponent since the Mids defeated Army West Point in the semifinals of the 2007 Patriot League Tournament, 12-1 ... it was also the fewest goals scored by a Delaware team since dropping an 8-1 decision to Fairleigh Dickinson in 1969.

2015 (Fr.): Scored a goal in his first career appearance, Navy’s opener against VMI ... also played in the Mids’ win over Lafayette.

More on Jones: A 2013 graduate of Severn School in Severna Park, Md., Jones spent the 2013-14 academic year at the Naval Academy Prep School ... a two-sport standout who earned letters in football (2) and lacrosse (2) ... a second-team all-county midfielder his senior year who served as team captain ... was also captain of the football team his senior season and named the team’s MVP ... member of the National Honor Society ... also considered Brown and Tufts ... majoring in Operations Research, he owns a 3.02 grade-point average ... named to the Commandant’s List four times and earned a spot on the Superintendent’s List this past fall ... a member of the Naval Academy Glee Club ... brother, Alex, is a 2013 graduate of Brown and was a member of the lacrosse team ... brother, Will, is a 2005 graduate of Penn State and was a member of the lacrosse team ... uncle, Herbert Hundley, is a 1983 graduate of the Naval Academy ... son of William Jones III and Jean Hundley ... his service assignment is Marine Corps Ground.