Ashia Jones

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Jasmine James, Ashia Jones and Brianna Porter

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Position:
Forward
Height:
6-1
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Covington, Tenn.
Prev School:
UT Martin

Career
Returns to action in 2018-19 after sitting out 2015-16 as a result of NCAA transfer rules and 2016-18 from an ACL injury … transferred to Memphis from UT Martin in the summer of 2015 … has played in 64 games and made 57 starts … averaging 18.4 points and 6.0 rebounds … has 110 assists, 110 steals and 42 blocked shots … shooting 54.3 percent from the field and 72.2 percent from the charity stripe … has 52 double-figure scoring games, including 25 games of 20 or more points … has posted seven double-doubles.

Academic Honors

Fall 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club
Spring 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club
Fall 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club
2016 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team

Athletic Honors (UT Martin)

2014-15 National Mid-Major Player of the Year by College Sports Madness
2014-15 All-American First-Team by College Sports Madness
2014-15 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Player of the Year; First-Team All-OVC
Six time OVC Player of the Week
2013-14 All-OVC Second-Team; All-OVC Newcomer Team; OVC Freshman of the Year
Six time OVC Freshman of the Week (school record)

2017-18 (Redshirt-Senior)

Sat out due to season-ending knee injury

2016-17 (Redshirt-Junior)

Sat out due to season-ending knee injury

2015-16 (Junior)

Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules

2014-15 (Sophomore/UT Martin)

Played in and started all 32 games, led the OVC and ranked fourth in the country with 23.4 points per game
Averaged 5.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals
Scored 772 points, setting the program’s single-season scoring record
Broke program record with 10 games with 30 points or more
Set the single-season field goals record with 287
Tallied three double-doubles against Southern Illinois, Miami and Jacksonville State
Flirted with a triple-double against Miami, tallying 35 points, 11 steals and nine rebounds – breaking the program’s long standing single-game steals record
Scored 20 points or more 24 times
Led the team in minutes played at 1,122, averaging 34.0 minutes per game
Tallied seven games with 10 free throws or more
Tied UT Martin single-game scoring record with 44 points at Murray State (Jan. 31)
Attempted the lone three-pointer of her career at Belmont
Tallied 18 games with multiple steals.

2013-14 (Freshman/UT Martin)

Saw action in 31 games for the Skyhawks, starting the last 24 games
Reached double-figures 20 times, including the final 17 games
Scored a season-high 27 points against Eastern Illinois (11-of-15) and Southeast Missouri (10-of-11)
Scored 20 points or more six times
Tallied 18 points and eight rebounds against North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament
Posted five double-doubles
Ranked fifth in OVC play with 18.1 points per game
Ranked third on the team in points with 13.1 points per game
Led the OVC with a .585 field goal percentage
Tallied a career-high 15 rebounds against Southeast Missouri
Tallied 13 multi-steal performances, including a career-high five steals against Southern Illinois.

High School

Joined the Skyhawks out of Covington High School under head coach Dion Real, where the Chargers tallied a 34-3 record and advanced to the state tournament quarterfinals in 2012-13
She led Covington to a 21-game winning streak and first state tournament appearance for the program since 2002
Emerged as one of the premier frontcourt players in the area, averaging 18 points and 11 rebounds on her way to leading CHS to district and regional championships
Produced huge scoring games against Dyersburg (35 points on Dec. 7) and Crockett County (35 points on Jan. 4) and in the final game of her high school career, tallying 23 points and 15 rebounds in a near-comeback against Macon County
Captured Class A-AA accolades in the Commercial Appeal’s Pepsi Best of the Preps listing and was named by the TSWA as a Class AA all-state selection
Played in the West Tennessee Ridgecrest National Guard All-Star basketball game
Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Daughter of Wesley Sr. and Angel Jones ... Birthday is May 15 ... Has one sibling, Wesley Jones Jr. ... A criminal justice major.