Northwestern State Softball
CAYLA JONES
Second B ase, 5-2 Junior-2L Missouri City, Texas Elkins HS 2019 Season (Sophomore): Second-Team All-Southland Conference second baseman who followed up a great freshman season with a notable sophomore campaign ... SLC All-Tournament team member who led NSU to a 2-2 mark ... hit .375 with a .643 on-base percentage in the SLC Tournament, including a three-run home run against Lamar ... ranked top 10 in the SLC in nine different categories, including tied for league 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 Hitter of Week (April 1) with 10 RBIs on six hits in four games ... her 36 walks tied for second in NSU’s single-season program records ... the 10 hit-by-pitches tied for fifth in NSU single-season history ... her 46 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 pair of wins vs. Southeastern in a sweep ... homered at SHSU to help NSU take 2 of 3 on road ... homered at Arkansas, vs. HBU, Southeastern (twice) and La. Tech ... three-RBI double at Lamar that was part of six-run seventh inning ... 13 multi-hit games, including a four-hitter vs. Nevada that tied a career-high ... had three hits in wins vs. SLU and ACU ... 11 multi-RBI games, including 4 vs. SLU and four more with three RBIs. 2018 Season (Freshman): An NFCA First-Team All-Region selection and All-American finalist who had arguably the best freshman season in NSU history ... All-Louisiana Freshman of the Year and an All-Louisiana first teamer by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association ... selected to
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First-Team All-Southland Conference ... her slugging percentage (.714) was the best-ever for an NSU freshman, sixth-best overall in NSU history ... ranked in the top three for NSU 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 for most of the season, but went to the leadoff spot after an injury to Sidney Salmans ... hit over .400 for most of the season, including .414 at the end of April ... career-high four hits, 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 Hitter of Week (Week 2) in which she had 10 hits and nine RBIs in an 8-0 week ... had a 22-game reached base streak that spanned March and April ... team-high .525 on-base percentage ... had eight RBIs in a three-game sweep of Lamar ... in SLC Tournament, her triple started rally against ACU ... 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... had four RBIs in pair of SFA wins. High School: Four-time all-district pick out of Elkins High ... district offensive MVP as a senior ... co-offensive MVP as a junior ... coached by Alex Meng ... three-time academic all-district pick who was an honor society member. Personal: Daughter of Sheri and Carl Jones ... four sisters Carissa, Brittany, Latoya and Devon ... nickname is CJ or Cayjo ... business administration major who wants to either go to law school or be a business assistant ... life’s ambition is to be successful and give back to my family. and my community.
CAREER HIGHS 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)
At B ats..........................................5 Runs..................................... ........3 Hits ...... ........................................4 RB Is ..............................................5 Walks.............................................3 Doubles.. ........................................ 1 Triples ........................................... 1 Home Runs.. ................................... 2 Stolen B ases.. ................................. 2
2019 SEASON HIGHS At B ats...........................................5 Runs..............................................2 Hits .. .............................................4 RB Is ..............................................4 Walks.. ...........................................3 Doubles.. ........................................1 Triples ....................................... N/A Home Runs.. ...................................1 Stolen B ases.. .................................1
CAREER HONORS • 2020 Preseason All-SLC • 2019 All-SLC 2nd Team • 2019 SLC All-Academic 2nd Team • 2019 All-SLC Tournament Team • 2018 NFCA First-Team All-Region • 2018 All-Louisiana Freshman of Year
at Sam Houston State (3/8/19 12x, last Prairie View 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 • 2018 All-Louisiana First Team • 2018 All-Southland Confernece 1st Team • 2x SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll • SLC Hitter of the Week (2/20/18) • SLC Hitter of the Week (4/1/19)
JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2019 2018 TOTAL
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AVG. .335 .378 .353
GP-GS 57-57 47-47 104-104
AB 164 119 283
R H 2B 41 55 11 41 45 8 82 100 19
3B 0 1 1
HR 9 10 19
RB I 35 36 71
BB 36 29 65
SO SB -ATT 21 10-10 19 9-9 40 19-19
PO A 113 97 68 50 181 147
E 2 5 7
FLD% .991 .959 .979
CHAMPIONS ‘91 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘15
