Nicole Jones

Photo by: Tristen Bronaugh

Photo by: Josh Gales

Photo by: Rachel Von Art

Position:
Setter
Class:
Senior
High School:
Marist
Hometown:
Evergreen Park, Ill.

• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 2024)
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
• 2024 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational MVP
• 2024 Horizon League All-Academic Team
• 2024 Horizon League Sportsmanship Award

2024: Played in 29 matches, with a total of 101 sets during her senior season ... Received the Horizon League Sportsmanship Award … Selected as the 2024 Purdue Fort Wayne Invitational MVP ... Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team … Finished with 498 assists, averaging 4.93 assists per set … Had a season-high 38 assists against Oakland (Oct. 11) … Dug out 190 total attacks … Had a season-high 17 digs against Oakland (Oct. 11) … Totaled 11 kills with two against Milwaukee (Nov. 1) … Recorded 22 aces with four against Northern Kentucky (Oct. 25).

2023: Played in 22 matches her junior year for a total of 55 sets … Finished second on the team with 213 assists and 3.87 per set … Ended the season with 68 digs, 14 kills, six aces and three blocks … Recorded a pair of aces against Oklahoma (Aug. 25) … Had career-highs with 39 assists, 12 digs, six kills and two blocks against Canisius (Sept. 9) … Had 25 assists against Valparaiso (Sept. 16) … Had 23 assists and 10 digs against Green Bay (Sept. 22).

2022: Played in 17 matches with two starts ... Dished out 124 assists with a season high of 24 against Robert Morris (Oct. 29) ... Recorded double-digit assists in six matches ... Recorded four kills against Eastern Illinois (Sep. 9) ... Notched a season-high seven digs against Youngstown State (Oct. 28) ... Aced Robert Morris (Oct. 29) six times, which is a top-10 mark in program history in four-set matches.

2021: Played in 25 matches with two starts as one of the Mastodons' two primary setters ... Dished out double-digit assists in 11 matches, which was highlighted by 20 at Robert Morris (Oct. 1) ... Recorded two double-doubles at Western Michigan (Sept. 4) and against Old Dominion (Sept. 11) ... Got a season-high 12 digs on the Broncos' home floor ... Got a season-high six kills to fall to the floor at Green Bay (Oct. 22) ... Had a season hitting percentage of .292.

High School: Led the Redhawks to three conference championships ... State champion in 2018 ... Placed third in the state tournament in 2019 ... Played club volleyball for Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy.

Personal: Valued member of the media services office as a student worker, helping with ESPN+ broadcasts, game day operations and social media creation ... Named 2024-25 Media Services Student-Worker of the Year ... Earned department's 2025 David R. Skelton Award ... Went viral for a video she made with her dad, William ... Video got picked up by America's Funniest Home Videos and aired on October 15, 2023 ... Daughter of William and Michelle Jones ... Has one brother, Michael ... Majoring in psychology.