Jocelyn Jones

Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Richmond, Va.
High School:
Cosby
Prev School:
North Carolina

2019-20: Played in three games, all off the bench... Averaged 0.3 rebounds in 2.7 minutes per game... Grabbed a rebound at Iona on Dec. 8... Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

Before SHU: Was a member of the women’s basketball team at UNC from 2016-19...missed the 2016-17 season with an injury, then appeared in 64 games for the Tar Heels between 2017-19 and made eight starts...averaged 4.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 14.6 minutes per game in her UNC career...scored in double-figures nine times, including a career-high 14 points on March 7, 2019 in the ACC Tournament against Georgia Tech...in 2018-19 played in all 33 games for the NCAA Tournament-bound Tar Heels and shot 46.3 percent from the floor and 50.0 percent from three...prior to UNC, was a top-75 recruit out of Cosby High School in Midlothian, Va... led Cosby to three 6A state championship as a sophomore, junior and senior...named Conference 12, Region 6A and 6A state player of the year during junior and senior seasons.

Personal: Jocelyn Marie Jones...daughter of Michael Jones and Tanya Hughes...has a younger brother, Jalon...mother was a member of the 1992 US Olympic high jump team in Barcelona, Spain ...father was a team captain of the 1990 University of Colorado football team that was named national champions...pursuing a masters degree in Public Administration...born July 20, 1998.