University of South Alabama Athletics

Summer 2013:  Batted .275 with five doubles, two triples, one home run, 14 RBI, 29 runs scored and a team-best 11 stolen bases in 48 games, 47 of which were starts with the Morehead City Marlins in the Coastal Plain Baseball League.

2013 (Freshman):  Appeared in 39 games with 29 starts ... Batted .271 with three doubles, one home run, 13 RBI, 21 runs scored and two stolen bases ... Batted .278 with two doubles, four RBI and seven runs scored in 15 SBC games, 11 of which were starts ... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI, one run scored and a stolen base in his collegiate debut against Stephen F. Austin (2/15) ... Recorded his only multi-RBI game of the season against SFA (2/16) ... Went 3-for-4 with a run scored at Jacksonville State (2/27) ... Hit his first career home run at Nicholls State (3/5) and finished 2-for-4 with a double, one homer, two runs scored and an RBI in that contest ... Finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Western Kentucky (4/20) ... Recorded a career-high four hits against Jacksonville State (4/23) and finished 4-for-5 with two runs scored.

High school:  Earned two letters in baseball at Tift County (Ga.) HS … Did not play his senior year due to an injury ... Batted .421 as a junior while helping lead TCHS to the second round of the Georgia High School Association AAAAA state playoffs after tossing a no-hitter in the opening round of the tournament … Recorded 11 multiple-hit and eight multiple-RBI games ... Went 5-4 with one save and a 2.91 ERA in 74 2/3 innings pitched on the mound … Struck out 81 batters against 33 walks and limited the opposition to a .227 batting average in 17 appearances …  Made 12 starts and pitched seven complete games ... Batted .417 with eight doubles, a triple, one home run, 22 RBI and posted a 1.075 OPS in 31 games as a sophomore.

Personal:  Full name is William Hayden Jones … Born Jan. 5, 1994, in Jackson, Miss. ... The second of two children to Bill and Tracy Jones … Favorite movie is “Shooter” … Favorite book is Josh Hamilton’s “Beyond Belief: Finding The Strength To Come Back” … Lists the Boston Red Sox as his favorite pro sports team and Mike Trout as his favorite athlete … Favorite musical artist is Breaking Benjamin … Majoring in leisure studies.