Tessa Jones

Ole Miss Volleyball vs Alcorn State on September 7, 2023, at Gillom Athletics Performance Center in Oxford, MS.

Photo by Hannah Morgan White/Ole Miss Athletics

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Class:
Junior
Position:
MB
Height:
6-0
Experience:
2L
Hometown:
Cleves, Ohio
High School:
Seton
Major:
Integrated Marketing Communications

2025 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played and started in all 29 matches, missing just one set all season … Recorded 112 kills on .240 hitting, while adding a team-high 90.0 total blocks … Recorded six blocks and three aces in a win over Wofford (8/31) … Finished with four kills and six blocks in a three-set sweep of Memphis (9/16) … Tallied 10 kills on .529 hitting, as well as three blocks and three digs in a win over UAlbany (9/20) … Exploded for a season-high 11 kills and four blocks on .529 hitting at Arkansas (9/26) … Tallied five kills on .500 hitting against No. 3 Kentucky (10/3) … Notched five kills and four blocks on .357 hitting vs. No. 2 Texas (10/24) … Picked up four kills and four blocks to help the Rebels win a five-set thriller over Alabama (10/31) … Recorded five kills on .500 hitting, three digs and a block in the SEC Tournament win over LSU (11/21).

2024 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Competed in 10 matches, making three starts over 31 sets ... Earned first start of the regular season in a win over Tennessee State, tallying seven kills, four blocks and a .462 hitting percentage (9/21) ... Followed it up that afternoon with another start and a career-high 12 kills, three blocks and two service aces in a win ove Texas A&M Commerce (9/21) ... Made first career SEC start in a win at Auburn, recording six kills and four blocks on a .500 hitting percentage (10/30) ... Recorded service aces in back-to-back SEC matches, with one each against Oklahoma (11/8) and in a win over Arkansas (11/15).

2023 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in five matches, playing in 11 sets for the Rebels … Recorded 12 kills on 29 swings, hitting .310 … Blocked six shots and added an ace and an assist … Made her collegiate debut against Tennessee State, tallying four kills and a block (9/1) … Collected three kills on six swings to help Ole Miss tie the single match program record for hitting percentage with a .488 mark against Alcorn State (9/7) … Saw action in conference play, registering three kills and a pair of blocks in Ole Miss’ SEC opener against Alabama (9/22) … Blocked a pair of swings and added a kill against No. 24 Auburn (9/24).

2022 (FRESHMAN): Did not appear in any matches and was redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Totaled 735 kills throughout four years at Seton High School … Racked up 64 blocks as a senior … Named First Team All GGCL and first team All-State in 2021 … Earned AVCA High School All-Region honors … Selected to participate in the Ohio All-Star Match … 2021 team captain … Recognized on the Prep Volleyball Top-150 list for the class of 2022.

PERSONAL: Daughter Samuel and Sherry Jones … Born October 22, 2003 … Majoring in integrated marketing communications ... Has one brother Trace … Mother Sherry played volleyball at Cincinnati.