Jones had a career batting average of .368

GREENSBORO, June 18, 2008 – Although Jeremy Jones’ North Carolina A&T baseball career is over, the accolades keeping pouring in for one of the best players in the history of the Aggies program. Jones was recently named to the North Carolina Sports Information Association University Division All-State team. Jones was also named a 2008 second-team All-Atlantic Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Jones, who was also named to the MEAC All-Tournament team in May, has also earned MEAC Player of the Year honors in his career along with Black College Baseball Player of the Year and being recognized as an All-American by four different organizations, including the National College Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Louisville Slugger.

He was deemed a national player of the year candidate by CSTV.com and the Brooks Wallace Watch List.  Jones was also a four-time all-conference performer.

Jones earned recognition this season by hitting .404, marking the second time in his career that he hit better than .400. He led the conference in hitting, runs, hits (91), runs batted in (63), slugging percentage (.662) and he had a share of the home run lead (13) with teammate C.J. Beatty. “I did my job this season,’’ said Jones, a 2007 N.C. A&T graduate. “Hopefully something will work out for me moving forward.”

If credentials matter, Jones certainly has them. Jones is a career .368 hitter with 29 home runs and 181 RBIs. He is the Aggies all-time leader in hits (310) and he stole 58 bases in his career. Jones played in 222 games as an Aggie and recorded a .565 slugging percentage over that span.

“He’s a once-in-a-lifetime hitter,’’ said head coach Keith Shumate. “He can flat out hit and he demands respect no matter who we play. He deserves every good thing that comes his way.”

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