Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Has made the Consolation Final at the BIG EAST Championships twice in his career, finishing ninth both times … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in his first semester at Villanova.
 
2024-25: Season highs: 1 meter (293.45 at West Virginia) and 3 meter (321.15 vs. NJIT); NCAA Zone A Diving Championships (3/10): Scored a 286.85 in the 3 Meter for a 25^th place showing; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-27): Made the Consolation Final in the 1 Meter, finishing ninth (279.85); Drexel (1/31): Won the 3 Meter (288.83) and was second in the 1 Meter (261.75); Providence (11/9): Finished second in the 1 Meter (271.35); La Salle (11/8): Scored a 301. 58 in the 3 Meter that placed him third; NJIT (11/1): Won the 1 Meter (274.58) and 3 Meter (321.15); Rider (10/30): Picked up second-place finishes in the 1 Meter (253.65) and 3 Meter (277.28).
 
2023-24: Scored season highs of 269.05 in the 1 meter at West Virginia and 342.08 in the 3 meter against La Salle … NCAA Zone A Diving Championships (3/10): Scored a 257.90 in the 3 meter prelims; La Salle (11/4): Posted a pair of wins, scoring a season-high 342.08 in the 3-meter and a 252.60 in the 1-meter; NJIT (11/3): Swept events on the boards, winning the 1-meter (260.55) and 3-meter (293.25); Rider (11/1): Top scorer in both dives, winning with a 252.98 in the 1-meter and a 281.63 in the 3-meter.
 
2022-23: BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Made the Consolation Final of the 1 Meter, finishing ninth with a 484.40 total (236.10 prelims, 248.3 finals); Penn State (1/27): Was third in the 1 Meter with a 239.85 score; La Salle (11/22): Scored a 276.00 that was good enough for second in the 3 Meter; NJIT (11/5): Finished second in the 1 Meter (245.09) and third in the 3 Meter (234.37).

Powers Catholic: Dual-sport athlete as a four-year varsity golfer and three-year varsity diver, serving as a three-time captain for the diving squad … Named a MISCA All-State selection in 2022 and was a two-time county and league champion … Broke both the six-dive (315.4) and the 11-dive (488.9) school records … Earned MISCA Academic All State, NISCA Academic All American 2022 and Kiwanis Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award honors in 2022.
 
Personal: Born May 2, 2004 in Linden, Mich. … One of three children to Jeffrey and Carey Jones … has two siblings, Michael and Sydney … Michael runs track at John Carroll University and was a part of the football team … Member of the Legacy Diving National Team … Enjoys golfing, reading, writing and spending time with family and friends … Chose Villanova because of welcoming family atmosphere, both on the team and in the classroom and knew it would be the best place to thrive academically, athletically, and spiritually … Economics major.