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Merit Jones

Outfielder/right-handed pitcher
IDAHO FALLS HS
IDAHO FALLS , IDAHO
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

.405

Batting Average

6

Home Runs

27

RBI

1.404

OPS
“Merit Jones was an outstanding player every time he took the field this season. His stats do not lie. He was a competitor and did whatever it took to be successful. He simply played the game of baseball the right way.”
Tyler Kite
Head Coach head coach at Rigby High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 195-pound senior outfielder and right-handed pitcher batted .405 with six home runs and 27 RBI, compiling an OPS of 1.404 this past season, leading the Tigers (17-14) to a a berth in the Class 5A semifinals. Jones also swiped 24 bases and scored 40 runs. The state’s No. 4 prospect in the Class of 2022 as rated by Perfect Game and the 2022 Post Register Player of the Year, he also finished with a 9-0 record on the mound, posting a 1.26 ERA and recording 73 strikeouts in 55.2 innings pitched.

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Academic Achievement

Jones has maintained a 4.20 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at the University of Utah this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A graduate of the four-year Seminary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Jones has volunteered locally on behalf of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and as part of multiple community service initiatives in association with the National Eagle Scout Association.