Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A SENIOR IN 2023 AT EKU
Saw action in 54 games and started 52 times … made all of his starts at second base … hit .249 with 13 doubles, six home runs, 38 RBIs, 30 runs and five stolen bases … drew 27 walks and had a .347 on-base percentage … went 4-for-5 with a run and two RBIs against Alabama-Birmingham (Feb. 17) … had two doubles in a 3-for-4 performance at Kennesaw State (March 24) … had two doubles while going 3-for-5 with a run and four RBIs at Western Kentucky (May 9) ... Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022 AT EKU
Appeared in 54 games and started 52 times … made all his starts at second base … hit .292 with 33 runs, 10 doubles, two home runs and 22 RBIs … had a .366 on-base percentage … registered 12 steals in 15 attempts … tied for 17th in the ASUN Conference in steals … tied for second on the team with 19 multi-hit games … hit .340 with a .403 on-base percentage in ASUN regular season games only … ranked by D1Baseball as the No. 9 prospect in the ASUN for the 2022 draft … chosen as one of the top-50 junior college transfers in the nation by D1Baseball.com, ranking as the 44th-best JUCO transfer … was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs against Kentucky State (Feb. 23) … had a 4-for-6 game with two runs and an RBI at Jacksonville State (April 2) … hit his first home run of the season and went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI against Central Arkansas (April 14) … scored a season-best three runs while going 3-for-4 with two RBIs against Jacksonville State (May 8) … hit a home run and went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI against Jacksonville State (May 25) in the ASUN Tournament … finished 3-for-4 with a season-best three RBIs against No. 1 seed Liberty (May 27) in the ASUN Tournament semifinals ... ASUN Conference Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021 AT SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE
Hit 12 home runs while batting .408 with 57 runs scored and 57 driven in … played in 55 games … had 19 doubles … finished with 27 stolen bases in 28 attempts … had a .491 on-base percentage and a .728 slugging percentage.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020 AT WESTERN CAROLINA
Played in 11 games, including six starts … started three times at third base and one apiece at second base, shortstop, and the outfield … collected two hits in 21 plate appearances (.095) on the shortened season, scoring three runs and driving in one … doubled for his only hit against Kansas (March 1), also plated a run in the victory.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019 AT WESTERN CAROLINA
Played in 50 games with 44 appearances in the starting lineup including 33 starts at shortstop, eight at second base, two at third base and once as the designated hitter … batted .289 with 43 base hits including 11 for extra bases with nine doubles and two triples … recorded 10 multiple-hit games including three, three-hit outings with four multiple-RBI games … enjoyed hitting streaks of both six and seven games … drew 12 walks with three HBPS to add to his .352 on-base percentage … made his collegiate debut with a start at second base against Oakland (Feb. 15), driving in his first collegiate run on a sacrifice fly in the third inning, scoring his first run in the fourth before tallying his first career base hit on an eighth-inning double to left field to plate his second run … tripled in his second collegiate game, lacing a game-tying, two-RBI pinch-hit triple off the fence in center field against Oakland (Feb. 16) … doubled twice in a 3-for-4, two RBI performance against Indiana State (Feb. 27) … matched a career-high with three hits in a road win at UNC Asheville (March 6) and again against Elon (March 16).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played infield and pitched as a prep at Union Grove High School ... hit .300 as a senior after batting .324 as a junior on the varsity squad ... credited with 24 RBIs and 42 runs scored over his final two years as a prep ... was named to the 2016 Main Event Showcase Top Prospect List.
 
PERSONAL
Full name is Jalen Anthony Jones … son of Erroll and Charisse Jones … has one brother – Eric, and two sisters – Maya and Erica … majoring in sport management.