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Cayla Jones

Northwestern State Softball CAYLA JONES Se con d B a se , 5-2 Junior-2L Missouri City,Texas Elkins HS 2

CHAMPIONS ‘91 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘15 8 2019 Se a son (Sop h om ore ): Second-Team All-Southland Conference second baseman who followed up a great freshman season with a notable sophomore campaign ... SLC All-Tournament team memberwho led NSU to a 2-2 mark ... hit .375 with a .643 on-base percentage in the SLCTournament, including a three-run home run against Lamar... ranked top 10 in the SLC in nine different categories, including tied forleague lead in walks (36), second in runs scored (41) and second in on-base percentage (.479) ... led team in nine different categories, including hits (55), doubles (11), home runs (9) and RBIs (35) ... SLC HitterofWeek (April 1) with 10 RBIs on six hits in four games ... her36 walks tied forsecond in NSU’s single-season program records ... the 10 hit-by-pitches tied forfifth in NSU single-season history ... her46 walks/hitby-pitches is the most in NSU single-season history ... provided tying run against Grambling in eventual win before a grand slam and two-run double helped NSU to pairofwins vs. Southeastern in a sweep ... homered at SHSU to help NSU take 2 of3 on road ... homered at Arkansas, vs. HBU, Southeastern (twice) and La. Tech ... three-RBI double at Lamarthat was part ofsix-run seventh inning ... 13 multi-hit games, including a four-hittervs. Nevada that tied a career-high ... had three hits in wins vs. SLU and ACU ... 11 multi-RBI games, including 4 vs. SLU and fourmore with three RBIs. 2018 Se a son (Fre sh m a n ): An NFCA First-Team All-Region selection and All-American finalist who had arguably the best freshman season in NSU history ... All-Louisiana Freshman oftheYearand an All-Louisiana first teamerby the Louisiana SportsWriters Association ... selected to First-Team All-Southland Conference ... herslugging percentage (.714) was the best-everforan NSU freshman, sixth-best overall in NSU history ... ranked in the top three forNSU freshmen with a .378 batting average (second best), 10 home runs (second best), 29 walks (second best), 41 runs scored (third best) ... walks and runs scored ranked seventh and ninth in overall NSU history ... tied team-high with 36 RBIs ... hit in the No. 3 hole formost ofthe season, but went to the leadoffspot afteran injury to Sidney Salmans ... hit over.400 formost ofthe season, including .414 at the end of April ... career-high fourhits, five RBI and two home runs (including grand slam) in win vs. McNeese ... homered vs. Baylor, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, SFA, Nicholls and UAPB ... hit .424 in 13 games vs. the RPI Top 75 ... SLC HitterofWeek(Week2) in which she had 10 hits and nine RBIs in an 8-0 week... had a 22-game reached base streakthat spanned March and April ... team-high .525 on-base percentage ... had eight RBIs in a three-game sweep ofLamar ... in SLCTournament, hertriple started rally against ACU ... 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... had fourRBIs in pairofSFA wins. H ig h Sch ool: Four-time all-district pick out ofElkins High ... district offensive MVP as a senior... co-offensive MVP as a junior ... coached by Alex Meng ... three-time academic all-district pickwho was an honorsociety member. Pe rson a l: DaughterofSheri and Carl Jones ... foursisters Carissa, Brittany, Latoya and Devon ... nickname is CJ or Cayjo ... business administration major who wants to eithergo to law school orbe a business assistant ... life’s ambition is to be successful and give backto my family. and my community. JON ES’ CAR EER STATI STI CS YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R R B I B B SO SB -ATT P O A E FLD% 2019 .335 57-57 164 41 55 11 0 9 35 36 21 10-10 113 97 2 .991 2018 .378 47-47 119 41 45 8 1 10 36 29 19 9-9 68 50 5 .959 TOTAL .353 104-104 283 82 100 19 1 19 71 65 40 19-19 181 147 7 .979 CAREER HIGHS At B a t s..........................................5 R u n s..................................... ........3 H it s ...... ........................................4 R B I s ..............................................5 Wa lk s.............................................3 Dou b le s.........................................1 Trip le s ..........................................1 H om e R u n s....................................2 St ole n B a se s..................................2 at Sam Houston State (3/8/19 2x, last vs. TAMU-CC (3/23/18) 2x, last vs. Nevada (3/2/19) vs. McNeese (3/31/18) 3x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (5/8/19) 19x, last vs. Central Arkansas (5/3/19) at Abilene Christian (5/8/18) vs. McNeese (3/31/18) at Ark.-Pine Bluff(2/13/18) 2019 SEASON HIGHS At B a t s..........................................5 R u n s .............................................2 H it s ..............................................4 R B I s .............................................4 Wa lk s............................................3 Dou b le s.........................................1 Trip le s ......................................N /A H om e R u n s....................................1 St ole n B a se s..................................1 at Sam Houston State (3/8/19 12x, last PrairieView A&M (4/30/19) vs. Nevada (3/2/19) vs. Southeastern (3/29/19) 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (5/8/19) 11x, last vs. Central Arkansas (5/3/19) 9x, last vs. Lamar(5/7/19) 10x, last at Stephen F. Austin (4/26/19 CAREER HONORS • 2020 Preseason All-SLC • 2019 All-SLC 2nd Team • 2019 SLC All-Academic 2nd Team • 2019 All-SLCTournamentTeam • 2018 NFCA First-Team All-Region • 2018 All-Louisiana Freshman ofYear • 2018 All-Louisiana FirstTeam • 2018 All-Southland Confernece 1stTeam • 2x SLC Commissioner’s HonorRoll • SLC HitteroftheWeek(2/20/18) • SLC HitteroftheWeek(4/1/19)

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