Carson Jones Season 2023

Awards & Honors
• 2022:  ACC Co-Player of the Week (May 23).

Player Rankings
• 2023:  No. 39 preseason outfielder by D1Baseball (Feb. 7).

Career highlights:  2020 – Drew four walks against Bryant (March 1, 2020), tying for the second most by a Tech player during the program's ACC era; also one walk shy of matching the program's single-game record.

2022: Appeared in 21 games, starting 10 of those at right field and 3 as a designated hitter … Batted .327 across 55 at-bats … Put up eight home runs on the season, including seven home runs in a 10-day period to close the regular season … Scored 19 runs on the season while recording 23 RBIs … Finished the season with a .800 slugging percentage and a .439 on-base percentage … Went errorless on 24 chances with one outfield assist

2021:  Played in 33 games for the Hokies, making 14 starts in the outfield … Knocked in 13 runs … Finished the season with 14 hits, powering four doubles and two home runs ... Scored 11 runs ... Swiped two bags on two attempts … Enjoyed a career day against Toledo (May 9), swinging 3-for-6 with five RBIs and a home run ... Smacked a solo home run at Pitt (March 28) ... Knocked in two runs at Pitt (March 27) ... Went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored against Florida State (March 14) ... Batted 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI against Radford (Feb. 23).

2020: Started four of the 13 games played for the Hokies – two in left field, one in center and one in right … During the season, had one multi-RBI game, vs. William & Mary (March 10) and one multi-run scoring game, against Bryant (March 1) … Had a season-best four-game reached base streak, ending the season with it … For the year, had a .118 batting average with two hits, including one double for three total bases and a .176 slugging percentage … Scored three runs and knocked in three RBI … Drew six walks and was hit by one pitch for a .360 on-base percentage … Also went 3-for-4 in stolen base attempts … Registered one game-winning RBI ... Led the team in pinch-hit opportunities (6) and pinch hits (2) - an RBI double, a single and also drew a walk ... Only Hokie to record an outfield assist during the year.

High School: Earned two varsity letters playing for coach Josh Aldrich at Deep Run … Was named to the all-region and all-state teams … Also pitched at the Steward School for Bruce Seacrest, earning two varsity letters there as well.
 
Personal: Carson Sims Jones … Born September 29, 2000 in Richmond, Virginia … Son of Ben and Melissa Jones ... Has a younger brother, Dylan … Majoring in communication studies.