2019 Softball Roster

18 Kara Jones

  • Position C
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Rampart
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Major Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Biography

2019: Second-Team All-RMAC … Preseason All-RMAC ... Versatile player started 41 of 42 appearances primarily at DP, but also played catcher, first base, and right field … Appeared in the cleanup spot 41 times, hitting .300 with a .418 on-base percentage … Drove in 31 RBI and scored 24 runs with nine doubles and a home run … Walked 19 times to only 15 strikeouts … Stole two bases … Graduates among the Mines career leaders in doubles (4th, 47) and RBI (9th, 114).

2018: First-Team All-RMAC at the utility position … Appeared in 51 games with 50 starts at catcher, first base, and DP … Hit .388 and slugged .517, both career bests … Drove in 30 RBI with a home run and 16 doubles … Had 57 hits in 147 at-bats … Drew 15 walks and had an OBP of .459 … Had a .981 fielding percentage.

2017: Started 35 times in 38 appearances at either catcher or DP … Hit .296 and slugged .439 … Provided power in the middle of the lineup with 25 RBI, a team-high 11 doubles, and a home run … Walked seven times … Tied the Mines single-game doubles record with three in the series finale vs. MSU Denver, going 3-for-3 including the walk-off two-run double in the seventh … Had only one passed ball behind the plate and caught five stealing … Had a .965 fielding percentage.

2016: Started 41 games as a freshman … Platooned at catcher with Loren Dempsey, starting 21 games behind the plate, five at first, and 15 as the DP … Primarily hit in the clean-up spot … Slashed .350/.409/.489, driving in 28 RBI and scoring 16 runs … Had 11 doubles, a triple, and a home run … Walked 11 times … Stole four bases.

High School: All-state catcher for Rampart (Colo.) … Career .509 hitter with a .559 OBP, 128 hits, 96 runs, and 71 RBI … Was a consensus all-Colorado selection as a senior after hitting .578 with a .630 OBP … Two-time First-Team Academic All-State pick … Four-time First-Team All-CS Metro 5A Conference and four-time All-Area Pikes Peak 4A/5A … CS Metro 5A Player of the Year in 2013 … Two-time team MVP and three-time captain … Also an academic all-state basketball and lacrosse player … Earned all-conference in both basketball and lacrosse … Played club ball for Colorado Styxx 18U Gold … National Honor Society member … Academic Excellence Award … Academic Merit Award.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2016Freshman

    C
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2017Sophomore

    C
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2018Junior

    C
    5'11"
    18
  • 18

    2019Senior

    C
    5'11"
    18