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SOFTBALL

Aubrey Jones

Shortstop/Right-handed pitcher
GAYLORD HS
GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.483

ERA

108

Strike Outs

.417

Batting Average

23

Home Runs
“Aubrey Jones is the kind of player that needs to be in a ‘different league’ where they can match her talent level—and she’d still be a five-tool player there. She has everything you would want in a player and everything that scares you to coach against. Not only does she have a great swing, but she owns plus-plus power. She plays defensively as well as you’ll see with an arm that is second to none. Then, when she’s needed in the circle, she can throw 66 miles an hour. If there is or has been a more complete player, I haven’t seen her. Hands-down, one of the best players and kids you will ever see at the high school level.”
Chris Kokaly
Head Coach head coach at Essexville High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 junior shortstop and right-handed pitcher has led the Blue Devils (33-4) to the Division 2, District 34 title this past season and a berth in the Regional 9 semifinals, scheduled for June 8. In the circle, Jones compiled a 13-0 record in 64 innings with a 0.483 ERA and 108 strikeouts against just eight walks through 37 games. She also batted .417 and blasted 23 home runs, picking up 73 RBI and scoring 58 runs. A whopping 34 or her 39 hits went for extra bases and she posted an OPS of 1.698. Ranked as the nation’s No. 43 position player in her class by Softball America, she also played in the Future Stars Game at the 2023 Women’s College World Series.

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Academic Achievement

Jones has maintained a 3.92 GPA in the classroom. She has verbally committed to play softball on scholarship at Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2025.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society, Jones has donated her time as a chapter leader for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and she has volunteered as a youth softball instructor.