Kennedy Jones

AWARDS

JUNIOR (2024)

Played in 58 games with 55 starts for the Gamecocks in 2024
Hit .289 with 35 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 48 RBI with 36 walks
Had a .483 slugging percentage and a .398 on-base percentage
Had 15 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI performances
Drove in three runs and homered in a win over Belmont (Feb. 25)
Was a perfect 3-for-3 with five runs scored and a home run in a win over Presbyterian (March 26)
Walked four times at Florida (April 14)
Went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI vs. Georgia (May 9)
Was 3-for-4 with a home run in the NCAA Raleigh Regional game vs. James Madison (May 31)
Drove in five runs in the win over Winthrop (May 7)
Had 11 RBI in a three game stretch against Kentucky (April 26-27) and East Tennessee State (May 1)
Homered and drove in four runs in a win over Longwood (March 10)
Went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run at Ole Miss (March 16)

PRIOR TO CAROLINA

Played two seasons at UNC Greensboro, where he was a First Team All-SoCon selection in 2023
Was second in the SoCon with 86 hits and fourth in the league in total bases with 144 as a sophomore
Led the Spartans with a .357 batting average to go along with 14 doubles, 14 home runs and 43 RBI in 2023
Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America team (2022)
SoCon All-Freshman team (2022)
Second Team All-SoCon (2022)
Hit .367 with 16 doubles, four triples, 11 home runs and 73 RBI his freshman season, helping the Spartans to the NCAA Statesboro Regional
SoCon Player of the Month (February, 2022)
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2023)
SoCon Commissioner’s Medal (2023)
Attended Maury High School in Norfolk, Va., where he was a Perfect Game Preseason Atlantic Region honorable mention
Hit .456 with 21 RBI his sophomore season at Maury
Played summer baseball for the Tidewater Orioles

PERSONAL

Kennedy Jones Bio