2014 (Senior Year): Competed in 29 games and made 17 starts, including 11 at designated player, four at first base and two in right field … Hit .164 on the year with nine hits in 55 at bats … Scored seven runs with two doubles, two home runs, six RBI and 12 walks … Hit a solo homer against Howard on March 31 … Added another solo homer against Hampton on May 4, breaking the NSU team record for most homers in a season in the fast-pitch era … Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI in game 2 against Hampton on May 3 … Batted 3-for-9 in the three-game series with the Pirates … Also scored a pair of runs against Morgan State on April 13.
2013 (Junior Year): Played in 26 games and made nine starts, all at designated player … Hit .214 with nine hits in 42 at bats with two home runs and nine RBI … Went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in game 2 at Morgan State on April 14, scoring the eventual winning runs in a 4-2 victory … Also scored two runs in the first game of the doubleheader that day … Hit a solo homer, scored twice and drove in two runs on April 16 in the first game of a twinbill at North Carolina Central … Plated two runs, the eventual game-winning runs, with a pinch-hit single on Feb. 20 in game 2 against North Carolina Central … Also hit a two-run pinch-hit single March 29 in the second game of a doubleheader against Howard.
2012 (Sophomore Year): Played in 28 games and made 18 starts on the season, all at designated player … Batted .172 with 10 hits in 58 at bats, six of those hits going for extra bases … Also totaled five runs, four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI … Batted 2-for-3 with a run-scoring double Feb. 26 in a 4-3 win over Delaware … Went 2-for-3 again with two doubles and two RBI in a 3-0 victory over LaSalle on March 18 … Belted a two-run, pinch hit homer April 14 during a 15-2 win over Morgan State … Hit a two-run, pinch hit single the next day in another victory over the Bears … Also belted a solo home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Hampton on May 6.
2011 (Freshman Year): Competed in 40 games, making 35 starts … Batted .219 on the season with 19 runs, 25 hits, four doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI and two stolen bases … Started 27 games at designated player, five in right field and three in left … Had a 3-for-5 showing with three runs, two RBI and a home run in Game 1 of a doubleheader at UMES on April 27, a 19-1 win … Added two hits and two RBI in Game 1 of a DH against Savannah State on March 28, including her first collegiate homer, to give NSU a 6-5 victory … Also knocked home the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh against the Tigers … Had two hits and two RBI April 16 against South Carolina State in a 4-3 victory in Game 2 of a DH … Posted seven multiple-hit games on the year … Went 2-for-2 in the season opener against North Carolina Central on Feb. 19, then scored four runs in Game 2 as NSU swept the Eagles, 11-5, 20-6.
High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years for Coach Betsey Tart … Earned second-team all-district honors her sophomore and junior seasons and honorable mention all-district her senior and freshman campaigns … Won the team’s Coaches Award her senior year … Named the Senior Athlete of the Year as well … Helped New Kent to a state runner-up finish at the VHSL AA Championship … Led team to the Region 2 Championship her freshman year and to a runner-up finish her sophomore season … Team won the Bay Rivers District regular season championship and district tournament championship freshman and sophomore seasons … Finished as the Bay River District tournament runner-up senior year … Also competed on the JV basketball team her freshman year and the varsity team her last three years … Earned the team’s Coaches Award her senior year … Earned honorable mention all-district her junior year.
Club: Competed for Coach Sheri Carneal on the Virginia Rowdies travel team.
Personal: Full name is Nikole JaNae Jones … Goes by Nikki … Born on July 19, 1992 … Daughter of Angela and Dwight Jones … Has one older brother, Corey … Majoring in business management … Wants to pursue a master’s degree in sports management … Enjoys photography and music … Secretary of the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Jones' Career Hitting Stats| YEAR | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | SO | SB-ATT |
| 2011 | .219 | 40-35 | 114 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 21 | 2-2 |
| 2012 | .172 | 28-18 | 58 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 0-0 |
| 2013 | .214 | 26-9 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0-0 |
| 2014 | .164 | 29-17 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 0-0 |
| Totals | .197 | 123-79 | 269 | 37 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 87 | 22 | 71 | 2-2 |
