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2022 Volleyball Roster

0 Rainelle Jones

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position MB
  • Major African American Studies
  • Hometown Oxon Hill, MD
  • High School Oxon Hill
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Biography

CAREER HONORS

  • Program leader in career block assists (654)
  • Program leader in career total blocks (718)
  • Finished her career as the NCAA Active leader in block assists (654) and total blocks (718)
  • 5th All-Time Big Ten in Total Blocks (718)
  • 3rd All-Time Big Ten in Block Assists (654)
  • 2022 All-Big Ten Second Team
  • 2022 NCAA blocks per set leader (1.59)
  • 2022 Big Ten blocks per set leader (1.59)
  • 2022 Volleyball Magazine All-American Honorable Mention
  • 4x Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (9/27/21, 10/11/21, 8/29/22, 9/19/22)
  • 2021 NCAA blocks per set leader (1.73)
  • 2021 Big Ten blocks per set leader (1.73)
  • 2022 Virginia Tournament All-Tournament Team
  • 2021 Cherry & White Challenge All-Tournament Team
  • 2019 Wolfpack Invite All-Tournament Team
  • 2018 Maryland Invite All-Tournament Team
  • 2018 Cherry & White Challenge MVP
As a Grad (2022): 
  • Named to 2022 All-Big Ten Second team
  • Finished the season with 173 total blocks, 162 block assists, 255 points and 163 kills 
  • Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week Honors twice (8/29/22 and 9/19/22)
  • Become program leader in career blocks with her 650th against Illinois (10/7/22)
  • Recorded 600th career block against Arizona (9/10/22)
  • Recorded 700th career kill in sweep of Stony Brook (9/2/22)
  • Season-high 12 kills against Arizona (9/10/22)
  • Season-high 11 blocks in final game against Indiana (11/25/22)
  • Season-high 10 block assists in final game against Indiana (11/25/22)
  • Logged 10+ blocks in three games (Navy 8/26/22, South Florida 9/3/22, Indiana 11/25/22)
As a Senior (2021): 
  • Led the NCAA with 1.73 blocks per set
  • Totaled 209 kills, 187 total blocks, and 26 digs across 108 sets
  • Led Maryland to Big Ten's best blocking team for a second straight season
  • Season-high 11 kills vs Temple (9/3/21)
  • Season-high 9 blocks vs Virginia (8/27/21)
  • Recorded 7 block assists, 4 blocks, and 3 kills in Terps win over Wisconsin (9/24/21)
  • Cherry & White Challenge All-Tournament Team

As a Junior (2020-21):
  • Helped Maryland become the best blocking team in the Big Ten, averaging 3.15 blocks/set as a team, the most by a Big Ten team since 2009
  • Ranked second on the team in individual blocks per set (1.38)
  • Totaled 113 blocks, second on the team
  • Started all 20 matches (82 sets played)
  • Had at least two blocks in every match
  • Opened the season with a 12 kill, six block performance in a five-setter at Ohio State (1/22)
  • Recorded a then-career high 11 blocks against Ohio State (1/23)
  • Had six kills on seven attempts (.857 attack pct.) against Minnesota (1/30)
  • Had five kills on eight attempts (.625 attack pct.) against Nebraska (2/6)
  • Notched a career-high 12 blocks against Michigan (2/19)
  • Had eight blocks in back-to-back matches against Indiana and Iowa (3/6-3/12)
  • Finished the season with three consecutive matches recording seven or more kills (3/27-4/3)

As a Sophomore (2019):
  • Played at middle blocker in all 32 matches
  • Ranked fourth on the team in kills (185)
  • Fourth on the team in kills/set (1.48)
  • Second on the team in hitting pct. (.301)
  • Second on the team in blocks (136)
  • Second on the team in blocks/set (1.09)
  • Opened her season with 4 kills and 2 blocks vs. Austin Peay (8/31)
  • Contributed 7 kills and 5 blocks vs. Kansas State (8/31)
  • Posted 10 kills and 3 blocks vs. Houston (9/7)
  • Tallied a career-high 10 blocks and added 5 kills vs. Princeton (9/14)
  • Totaled 9 kills and 6 blocks in Big Ten opener vs. Ohio State (9/25)
  • Hit .800 with 8 kills on 10 attempts at Rutgers (10/12)
  • Recorded 11 kills in five-set win over Indiana (10/16)
  • Tied her career-best with 14 kills at Indiana (11/15)
  • Hit .529 with 10 kills on 17 attempts to close the season at Iowa (11/30)

As a Freshman (2018):
  • Started at middle blocker in all 32 matches
  • Stood fourth on the team with 169 kills, hitting .262, second on the team with 108 blocks and first in solo blocks with 16, while adding 23 digs and three aces
  • Posted six kills and six blocks in five set win at Iowa (11/23)
  • Tied Big Ten best with nine kills to go with three blocks and two digs vs. #7 Wisconsin (11/17)
  • Matched season-best with three digs vs. #3 Minnesota (11/16)
  • Had crucial block to seal the second set for Maryland in straight-set win at #15 Michigan (11/7)
  • Totaled seven kills and four blocks in win vs. Northwestern (11/2)
  • Tied season-best, leading the team with eight blocks in win over Iowa (10/28)
  • Hit .474 with nine kills in win at Indiana (10/21)
  • Posted seven blocks in win at Rutgers (10/6)
  • Led Maryland with six kills at #9 Penn State (10/5)
  • Had season and team best eight blocks vs. Ohio State (9/29)
  • Was named Cherry & White Invitational MVP after hitting .425 with 22 kills and posting 13 blocks over three game tournament (9/14-15)
  • Had six match streak of over seven kills from Colgate (9/8) to Princeton (9/15)
  • Posted season-best three solo blocks vs. Stony Brook (9/1)
  • Led Maryland with season-high 14 kills on a .500 clip in second game of career at UNC Greensboro (8/25)
  • Made Maryland debut in win at Wake Forest, notching two kills and a block. 

Before Maryland:
  • Selected as PrepVolleyball's No. 32 Senior Ace
  • In 2016 and 2017, Jones was one of 22 players selected to the USA High Performance Youth A1 Team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla
  • Also earned an invite to the Team USA National Holiday Prospect Camp in Colorado Springs last year
  • Played club for Metro Volleyball, helping her travel squad qualify for nationals in the last two years
  • Three-year captain and four-year starter at Oxon Hill High School
  • Named Team MVP as just a freshman, and was selected All-Met in 2016. 

Personal:
  • Daughter of Thomas and Michelle
  • Her father, nicknamed “Speedy,” played basketball at Maryland from 1984-87
  • Mother competed in basketball for the University of Winnipeg and the Canadian National Team
  • Both her parents played basketball professionally
  • Has five siblings: Reis, Ria, Renee, Ryla and Brittany
  • Favorite pregame meal is a turkey breast sandwich with a strawberry banana smoothie
  • Sports hero is Ben Patch
  • Chose Maryland over Minnesota, NC State, North Carolina and Virginia. 

Pronunciation: RAY-nell

JONES' CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 14 (3x), last vs. Northwestern (10/8/21)
Attacks: 31 vs Northwestern (4/3/21)
Assists: 1 (7x), last vs. Purdue (11/23/22)
Digs: 3 (4x), last vs. Michigan (11/19/22)
Blocks: 12 (3x), last vs. Minnesota (11/27/21)
Solo Blocks: 4 vs. Wisconsin (9/24/21)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2018Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    2
  • 2

    2019Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    2
  • 2

    2020Junior

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    2
  • 2

    2021Senior

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    2
  • 0

    2022Graduate Student

    Middle Blocker
    6'3"
    0