2022 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOFTBALL GUIDE ASSISTANT COACH KRISTEN JONES
The Jones File Experience: Seventh Year at SEMO Hometown: Plant City, Fla. Birthdate: September 10, 1989 Alma Mater: Augusta State, 2012 Education: B.S. Kinesiology (Augusta State) Master’s (Augusta State) Date Hired: October 20, 2015 Playing Experience: Augusta State, 2009-12 Coaching Experience: Southeast Missouri, Asst. Coach, 2016-pr.
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he 2022 campaign marks the seventh season at Southeast Missouri for assistant coach Kristen Jones. Jones works primarily with the catchers and handles the team’s travel logistics, as well as overseeing the team’s academics, compliance and recruiting efforts. The 2019 National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division I Mideast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, which has posted 144 wins over the last five years, led the Redhawks to a program record 46 wins in 2019. That season marked just the second 40-win season in program history and capped the most successful fouryear stint since the 1998-2001 teams won a combined 125 games over a four-year stretch. In 2018, catcher Abby Tillotson earned AllOVC honors under Jones’ tutelage. Tillotson batted .287 with seven homers and 24 runs scored. In the field, Tillotson recorded 157 putouts and eight assists with no errors. The Redhawks eclipsed the 30-win mark for the first time in seven seasons in 2018, collecting the most wins since the 1998 team won 38 games and improving their win total by 10. SEMO used 15 OVC wins to advance to the
OVC Tournament for the first time since 2015. In Jones’ second season (2017), the Redhawks won 23 games, showing a +7 improvement in wins from the previous season after helping SEMO to a 16-33 record, including a 10-17 mark in OVC play in her first season with head coach Mark Redburn and the Redhawks. Prior to coming to Cape Girardeau, Jones worked as the Coordinator of New Media and Championships for the Peach Belt Conference located in Augusta, Georgia. Jones first joined the Peach Belt Conference as a New Media & Programming Intern, a position she held from January 2012-June 2014. She then moved to full-time status in July 2014. She received her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology at Augusta State University in 2012 and then earned her master’s degree in 2014. Jones enjoyed a successful playing career at Augusta State, garnering National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Second-Team All America and NFCA & Daktronics First Team All-South Region honors in 2011. In addition, Jones was a two-time First-Team All Peach Belt Conference selection (2010, 2011).
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