Alex Jones

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hattiesburg, Miss.
High School:
Presbyterian Christian

BEFORE OLE MISS: Placed 15th in the 800 meters at the 2013 USATF Junior Olympics in a time of 1:57.35 ... lettered four years in track and cross country at Presbyterian Christian School ... named All-State by The Clarion-Ledger in 2014 ... as a senior, won the MAIS AAA 800-meter title and anchored the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams to state titles while helping Presbyterian Christian claim the overall team title ... also won the individual 800 and 4x800 relay state titles and helped the Bobcats to the team title as a sophomore and junior ... helped his school win four straight MAIS AAA cross country team titles ... achieved high school personal bests of 50.70 in the 400 and 1:56.97 in the 800 ... philanthropic chairman for the French National Honor Society ... honor roll student.

PERSONAL: Born July 12, 1995 ... son of Frederick Jones and Michele Hammendorp ... would like to be a mechanical engineer and work for NASA or build rollercoasters.