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2021 Baseball Roster

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24 Hayden Jones

  • Position C
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215

Biography

2021 Season (Illinois State): Appeared in 38 games with 31 starts.. homered 5 times and brought in 19 RBI's... signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds. 

2020 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not play due to NCAA transfer rules.

2019 (Freshman Season - Mississippi State): Appeared in 27 games with 14 starts...made five starts at catcher and nine at designated hitter...MSU debut came as a pinch-hitter against Youngstown State (2/15) in the season opener...hit 400-foot solo home run versus Youngstown State (2/16) for his first collegiate hit ... produced a pair of three-game hitting streaks: (2/16-24 and2/27-3/2) ... owned a season-long seven-game reached base streak from 2/16-3/2 ... had one multi-hit game and two multi-RBI games...Homered against Youngstown State (2/16) ... named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
 
Carroll HS: Lettered four times for head coach Dave Ginder at Carroll High School … helped the Chargers to the sectional championship as a senior … selected team captain and team MVP as a junior and senior … three-time first-team all-state selection by the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association, earning the distinction as a sophomore, junior and senior … two-time USA Today All-Indiana pick, earning the honor as a junior and senior … named All-Area Player of the Year as a senior … selected to play in the North/South IHSBCA All-Star game and earned MVP honors of the contest  ... also lettered in basketball once.


Personal: Born Hayden Perry Jones on April 27, 2000 in Kalamazoo, Michigan … son of Jennifer and Ken Jones … father, Ken, was a two-time Academic All-American and two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection in baseball at Western Michigan University … father was drafted by San Diego Padres in the 33rd round of the 1995 MLB Draft … father served as an assistant coach at Ball State and Western Michigan … uncle, Brad Jones, lettered in baseball at Ball State University … cousin, Chris Menzie, lettered in baseball at Huntington University … cousin, Tyler Jones, is a member of the University of Dayton baseball program…Undecided.

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2020Sophomore

    Catcher
    6'0" 215 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2021Sophomore

    C
    6'0" 215 lbs
    24