Haley Jones
Jones with Stanford in 2022
No. 13 – Atlanta Dream
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2001-05-23) May 23, 2001 (age 22)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High schoolArchbishop Mitty
(San Jose, California)
CollegeStanford (2019–2023)
WNBA draft2023: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023–presentAtlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2021 Puerto Rico Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belarus Team

Haley Jones (born May 23, 2001)[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played collegiate basketball for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. As a sophomore in 2021, she was named an all-conference selection in the Pac-12.[2] The Cardinal won a national championship that season, and Jones was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player.[3] She was selected 6th overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Jones was born in Santa Cruz, California. She attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, where she was named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year and a McDonald's All-American as a senior in 2019.[4] A five-star recruit, Jones was ranked the number one recruit in the 2019 class by ESPN.[5][6] As a freshman at Stanford University in 2019–20, she averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assist before suffering a season-ending, knee ligament injury.[7][8] The following season in 2020–21 Jones returned to play, averaging 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 2.8 assists.[9] The Cardinal won the 2021 NCAA tournament for their first national title since 1992.[3]

On April 13, 2021, the Santa Cruz City Council declared that henceforth April 4 will be known as "Haley Jones Day" in recognition of her athletic accomplishments, specifically winning the national championship with Stanford and receiving the NCAA Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four award.[10]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019–20 Stanford 18 13 25.8 .528 .273 .627 4.2 2.4 0.8 0.9 2.7 11.4
2020–21 Stanford 32 32 27.6 .546 .353 .725 7.4 2.8 0.8 0.7 2.5 13.2
2021–22 Stanford 33 31 30.7 .418 .244 .823 7.9 3.7 0.5 1.1 2.9 13.2
2022–23 Stanford 35 35 32.7 .432 .094 .720 9.0 4.0 0.9 0.9 2.8 13.5

She won 1 state champion

References

  1. ^ "Haley Jones". fiba.basketball. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Santa Cruz's Haley Jones named to Pac-12 all-conference team". Santa Cruz Sentinel. March 2, 2021. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "How Haley Jones helped Stanford win the 2021 NCAA women's basketball championship". ESPN.com. April 4, 2021. Archived from the original on April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Haley Jones". USAB.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "haley-jones". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Stanford lands No. 1 recruit Haley Jones". ESPN.com. November 28, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  7. ^ Schnell, Lindsay (April 2, 2021). "'The future of our game:' Stanford's Haley Jones and the rise of positionless players in women's basketball". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Almond, Elliot (April 3, 2021). "Like Magic? Stanford's Haley Jones likes comparison to NBA legend". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Haley Jones Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  10. ^ "Santa Cruz to celebrate basketball star Haley Jones with Key to the City, parade Sunday". Santa Cruz Sentinel. April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2022.

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