Jaden Pone

Class:
Senior
Position:
UT
Bats/Throws:
L/R
Height:
5-3
Experience:
1L
Hometown:
Hope Mills, N.C.
High School:
Gray's Creek
Prev College:
Longwood
Major:
Multi-Disciplinary Studies

2024 (JUNIOR): Started 56 games in left field and appeared in all but one contest for the Rebels … Helped lead Ole Miss to its eighth straight NCAA Tournament bid … Led the team with a .346 batting average and 62 hits … Scored 34 runs and drove in 14 more … Finished the season with 18 walks and nine sacrifices … Tallied 17 multi-hit games, including five with three or more … Recorded a team-best 12-game hitting streak (4/13-5/3) ... Registered two 17 game reached base streaks throughout the season … Went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in her Rebel debut vs. BYU (2/8) … Was a perfect 3-for-3 at Hawaii (2/11) … Scored three runs and drove in two more vs. Pitt (2/16) … Recorded a four-hit contest in the win at Kennesaw State (2/17) … Racked up three hits against Southeast Louisiana (3/2) … Drove in a pair of runs vs. UAB (3/3) … Went 3-for-3 at Nicholls State (3/13) … Scored and drove in a run to help Ole Miss hand No. 2 LSU its first loss of the season (3/17) … Had a season-high three RBI as the Rebels took their highest ranked series win in program history at No. 2 LSU (3/18) … Tallied four hits against Louisiana Tech (4/16) … Scored a run to help Ole Miss take the series at No. 8 Arkansas (5/4) … Doubled and scored a run vs. No 25 Kentucky in the SEC Tournament (5/7).

LONGWOOD: Boasts a .412 career batting average with 153 hits, 82 runs scored and 62 stolen bases after two seasons at Longwood ... Was named Big South Player of the Year and earned a First Team NFCA All-Region nod following an impressive 2023 campaign ... Finished her sophomore season with a .411 batting average, 36 stolen bases, a Big South-leading 74 hits, and finished tied for fourth in the country with seven triples ... Garnered Big South Freshman of the Year in addition to earning first team all-conference honors in her freshman season ... Appeared in 57 contests, starting 56 games for Longwood between the outfield and second base in 2021 ... Tallied 79 hits, including a 19-game hitting streak, to set the Longwood program record for single-season hits in her first year of collegiate softball.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-sport athlete, playing both tennis and running track at Gray's Creek High School, Pone was named conference player of the year in softball as both a freshman and sophomore. She also collected a pair of First Team All-Conference nods and was District Player of the Year and 3A State Player of the Year in North Carolina.