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Jersey Number 30
Paul Jones II
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- INF
- Major:
- Letters and Sciences
- Hometown:
- Burnsville, MN
- High School:
- Cretin-Derham Hall
Career Honors:
- Big Ten Player of the Week (5/18/26)
- Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week (5/18/26)
- Appeared in 54 games with 51 starts
- Hit .323 with a .414 on-base percentage, .572 slugging percentage and .986 OPS while totaling 65 hits, 42 runs, 54 RBI, 14 doubles, 12 home runs, 26 walks, eight hit-by-pitches and 115 total bases
- Set a new program record with 11 RBI and tied the program record with three home runs vs. Georgetown (5/12)
- Hit a home run with two RBI vs. Penn State (5/16)
- Recorded two home runs and five RBI at Rutgers (5/10)
- Notched three hits, two doubles and three runs scored at Towson (5/5)
- Tallied two hits with three RBI and three runs at Georgetown (4/28)
- Went 2-4 with a home run and RBI against Mount St. Mary's (4/21)
- Recorded with three RBI against Iowa (4/19)
- Picked up four hits, including a home run and four RBI's in his series against Indiana
- Went 2-4 with a home run and five RBI's against Richmond (3/31)
- Tallied three hits, including an RBI, in his series against USC
- Picked up two hits, including a double against Virginia (3/24)
- Tallied two hits with a run scored against #1 UCLA (3/20)
- Went 3-5 with two doubles against Purdue (3/15)
- Recorded a hit, two walks, one run, one RBI and a stolen base vs. Wagner (3/1)
- Hit a home run, three RBI and two runs against Wagner (2/28)
- Scored two runs, recorded one hit and one walk vs. Wagner (2/27)
- Crushed a home run in a two hit effort vs. Delaware (2/24)
- Went 2-3 with two runs scored against Georgetown (2/17)
- Got his first hit and RBI against UNCW (2/14)
- Played in 18 games and made 12 starts
- Made one appearance on the mound
- Finished season with a .282 batting average, three doubles, three home runs, and 16 RBI
- Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week (5/12)
- Hit a three-run home run at home against Rutgers (5/16)
- Drove in two runs and had an RBI double at Minnesota (5/11)
- Launched a three-run home run on the road against Minnesota (5/9)
- Hit first collegiate double and got start at Georgetown (4/29)
- Came off the bench and had a grand slam for first collegiate home run at Western Carolina. Also made debut on the mound, throwing an inning of relief (2/22)
- Made Maryland debut vs. Mercyhurst, picking up first collegiate hit and drove in two runs (2/15)
- Ranked No. 368 overall player and No. 10 first baseman in the nation by Perfect Game.
- Ranked No. 6 overall player and No. 1 first baseman in Minnesota by Perfect Game.
- Two-time All-State selection (2023 & 2024).
- Two-time All-Suburban East Conference selection (2023 & 2024).
- Helped lead Cretin-Derham Hall to a conference championship in 2023.
- Four-year varsity player
- Born December 8, 2005
- Parents are Paul and Nancy Jones
- Has a sister, Anesha
- Grandfather is former Minnesota Twins player Cesar Tovar, who was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame in 2022
- The William J. Graham Memorial Baseball Scholarship recipient
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