Sutton Jones

AWARDS:
Senior season (2021)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Junior season (2020-21)
· United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Week 6)
· SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Week 6)
· College Soccer News Team of the Week (Week 6)
· TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Week 6)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore season (2019)
· SEC All-Tournament Team
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Freshman season (2018)
· First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2021: Played in all 22 games, earning 20 starts… Scored her only goal of the season in the opener against College of Charleston (8/22)… Played in every minute of 13 matches, including all four NCAA Tournament games… Played in all 110 minutes of the double-overtime game against Georgia (10/15).

2020-21: Started 11 of the Gamecocks 16 matches during the split, and shortened, season while playing in a total of 14… Had her best offensive season since joining the program while playing both in the outside back position as well as center back… Scored her first career goal against Florida and added a second to become the first defender to score a brace for the Gamecocks since Taylor Leach (2014)… Scored third, and final, goal of the season against Missouri in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals… Scored her three goals on just five shots with all three of her shots on goal resulting in goals… Helped the Gamecocks post a goals against average of 0.87, allowing 14 total goals and totaling six clean sheets as a member of the back line… Played a career-high 1,162 minutes for the Gamecocks during the shortened season… Played all 90 minutes or more in 10 matches during the season including each of the final eight matches of the campaign… Was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week after her performance against Florida and was also named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week as well while also seeing honors come in from TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News.

2019: Was a vital part of the Gamecocks late-season success, starting the last eight matches of the season, seven of them in the SEC and NCAA Tournament… Scored two goals for the Gamecocks during the campaign, both headers, with the first against Jacksonville in a 6-0 win… Scored off a corner kick against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament semifinals to send the Gamecocks to the championship match… Assisted the game-winning goal in the SEC Tournament Championship match against Arkansas to give the Gamecocks their second conference tournament title in program history… was named to the SEC All-Tournament for her performances, helping the Gamecocks hold all three of their opponents scoreless on the way to capturing the SEC Tournament trophy… Played all 90 minutes twice during the season, both in the NCAA Tournament… Aided the Gamecocks back line after injuries for the second-straight season, playing primarily as an outside back.

2018: Played in 18 matches for Carolina, starting in five… Made first career start against Texas A&M (10/25)… Registered only point of the season on an assist against Coastal Carolina (9/9) in a 3-0 win… Played more than 90 minutes three times, including two in the SEC Tournament… Started in two NCAA Tournament matches against UNCG(11/9) and Penn State (11/16).

PRE COLLEGE: Played for the Charlotte Soccer Academy (CSA) of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL)…named the 2018 Charlotte Female Defender of the Year in her final season at Charlotte Latin…Guided Charlotte Latin to the state championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and captained the team as a junior and senior…received North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association (NCISAA) All-Conference and All-State honors at Charlotte Latin in 2017 and 2018.

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 10, 1999…daughter of Becky and C.T. Jones…member of the Spanish Honor Society…selected to Charlotte Latin’s Headmaster’s List as a freshman, sophomore and junior…received the Silver Award in her first two years at Charlotte Latin…participated in the National Spanish Exam…her mom Becky player field hockey and soccer at DePauw University, while her dad played golf at DePauw… Earned her bachelor’s degree in May of 2022 in public health.