Gerry Jones, Jr.
Gerry Jones, Jr.
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Suffolk, VA
  • High School:
    Homeschooled

Bio

2021-22: Linchpin of the Charger lineup had his best season yet at Hillsdale, leading the team with a 73.9 scoring average per 18 holes and earning first-team All-G-MAC honors for the first time in his career...shot a career-best 54-hole score of 213 (71-71-71) to finish tied for sixth at the Kyle Ryman Memorial on Oct. 4-5, helping the Chargers post the best 54-hole team score since the program was restarted in 2013...also led the Chargers with near top-10s at the Saint Leo Invitational (Feb. 21-22) and Findlay Spring Invite (March 28-29)...extremely consistent player who posted just two scores of 80 all season in 11 invitational appearances...will be a key player for the Chargers in the 2022-23 season.

2020-21: Had a breakout campaign in his first full season with the Chargers, playing in 10 events with a 75.20 stroke average and helping Hillsdale to just its second NCAA Midwest Regional appearance in program history...posted his first ever top five finish as an individual at the Music City Invitational (Oct. 26-27), shooting a 72-69-141 to finish tied for fifth and help the Chargers take second place as a team...shot a four-under 68 in the third round of the Saint Leo Invitational to finish tied for 50th, the best 18-hole score in 2021 by any returning Charger golfer in 2022...carded a 73-77-69-219 to finish 13th at the G-MAC Championships (April 19-20)...placed 45th in his first NCAA Central/Midwest regional appearance (May 6-8), shooting a 225, the second best-score by a Charger in the event.

2019-20: Played in three events for the Chargers during the Covid-19-shortened season...shot a season-best round of 74 and posted his best finish of the season with a score of 226 (T22) at the Midwest Regional at Fox Run Golf Club (Oct. 6-8)...retains his freshman status due to the NCAA ruling on spring sports athletes affected by Covid-19 and has four years of eligibility remaining starting in 2021.

High School:  A 2019 Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award Recipient from Suffolk, Virginia… He was a US Amateur Qualifier and a productive participant in the 2018 Optimist International Junior Golf Championship… He received the 2018 USGA-AJGA President’s Leadership Award and is a member of the Optimist International Junior Golf All-Scholastic Team.