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Karrington Jones, Kenna Sauer and team celebrate

Kenna Sauer and Karrington Jones go up for a block

KJ Adams, Kiari Gier, Lindsey Dodson, Karrington Jones and Kenna Sauer celebrate

Photo by: Jack Pepper

Karrington Jones

Height:
6-0
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Little Elm HS
Hometown:
Little Elm, Texas

AWARDS/HONORS
2021

All-Big 12 Second Team
Buffs Invitational All-Tournament Team

2020-21

Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2019

Sports Imports All-Tournament Team
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

FIFTH-YEAR SEASON (2022)
Played in all 29 matches, starting in 28 of them for the Red Raiders … Posted a career-best 14 kills and 17.5 points in the Red Raiders’ reverse sweep of UTRGV (9/17) … Also recorded a career-high two aces against Rice (9/11) … Collected a season-best eight blocks versus Notre Dame (8/26), while adding a season-high six digs in the following match against Milwaukee (8/27) … Hit for a season-best .750 at Iowa State (11/12) after recording 12 kills on 16 attacks … Ranked second on the team in blocks and blocks per set … Finished the season with 174 kills, 1.61 k/s, six aces, 49 digs, 101 blocks and 0.94 b/s.

SENIOR SEASON (2021)
Put together a stellar senior campaign appearing in 27 of 30 matches for the Red Raiders … cataloged the third most kills on the team (221), kills per set (2.08), points (279.5) and points per set (2.64) … led the Red Raiders in hitting percentage (.358) which ranked fourth in the Big 12 and tied for second in single season program history … ranked second on the team in blocks (90.0) with 0.85 blocks per set … tallied 10+ kills in 11 outings and five or more blocks in nine matches … led the Red Raiders in blocks in eight matches and kills in three matches … posted a career-best .786 hitting clip against UAB (9/17) which ranks sixth best in program history minimum 10 attacks, finished the match with 11 kills on 14 attacks with no errors and four blocks ... set a career-high in kills with 13 against TCU (11/6) … posted a career-best 17.5 points at Oklahoma (10/14) with 12 kills and seven blocks … collected 21 kills on a .513 hitting clip with nine blocks at the Buffs Invitational where she earned All-Tournament Team honors … recorded 10 kills and a season-high nine blocks in the Red Raiders first NCAA Tournament appearance in 20 years against FGCU (12/3) … finished the season with 221 kills, 2.08 k/s, 279.5 points, 2.64 pts/s, .385 hitting percentage, seven service aces, 54 digs and 90.0 blocks … earned All-Big 12 Second Team accolades for the first time in her career.

JUNIOR SEASON (2020)*
Saw limited action due to injury and illness during the 2020 season … started in four of the five matches she appeared in … recorded eight kills on a .429 hitting clip and a career-high eight blocks in a win at TCU (10/9) … posted seven blocks with two solo blocks at Houston (2/25/21) … added eight kills with one service ace, one assist and five blocks in a five-set win over Houston (2/26/21) … led the team with 1.37 blocks per set … earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.

*2020 season extended into Spring 2021 due to COVID 19 postponing fall championships, 2020 fall season was Big 12 only, with non-conference played in the spring

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019)
Rose to the occasion as she took on an increased role as a sophomore … Made 25 starts and 28 appearances … finished the season with a team-leading 92 blocks, including 72 block assists and a team-high 20 solo blocks … ranked fourth on the squad with 164 kills while carrying a .253 hitting percentage … ranked fifth on the team with 2.2 points per set … recorded a career-high 12 kills against TCU on Oct. 6 … threw up a career-high 10 blocks in Tech’s first victory over Kansas since 2010 on Oct. 16 … put together a career-high 15 points thanks to 11 kills, two solo blocks and for block assists at UNLV on Sept. 13 … kicked off the season with five kills and seven total blocks against VCU on Aug. 30 … returned to the court later in the day and posted a career-high .634 hitting percentage thanks to nine kills on 14 attacks … picked up the first ace of her career against Lehigh on Aug. 31 and earned Sports Import All-Tournament Team honors following the conclusion of the weekend … threw up five blocks against Northwestern (9/6), Northern Ill. (9/9), West Virginia (9/25) and Iowa State (10/12 & 11/20) … tallied 11 kills against UNLV (9/13) and West Virginia (9/25) … buried nine kills in Big 12 Conference play against Kansas (11/6), Oklahoma (11/13) and in Tech’s five-set victory at TCU (11/23) … finished the season with four assists … nearly tripled her blocking production from 2018 … named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)
Started eight Big 12 matches her freshman season, filling in for the injured Allison White along the front line … started nine of the 10 matches in which she appeared in 2018 … showed impressive blocking skills, tallying 35 on the year and finishing third on the team with 1.00 blocks per set … led the team in blocks five times, including in four Big 12 matches … established a career high with seven blocks against Baylor (Nov. 12) … led the team with six blocks in a win over TCU (Oct. 27) … also recorded six blocks against Oklahoma (Nov. 7) … also had a pair of four-block matches, doing so at West Virginia (Oct. 24) and later in a win at Kansas State (Nov. 17) … finished the year with 35 kills on .097 hitting … established a career high with eight kills on .467 hitting in an impressive showing at Kansas (Nov. 3) … added a seven-kill performance against Baylor (Nov. 12) and a six-kill effort at West Virginia (Oct. 24).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
A versatile athlete that starred at Little Elm High School where she led the Lady Lobos to its first postseason berth in 12 years her senior season … named MVP of District 14-5A her senior year after leading the district with 485 kills and adding 60 total blocks, 52 solo blocks, 427 digs and 44 services aces … averaged 4.0 kills per set at a .392 clip her senior year … missed her entire junior season with an injury after earning 14-5A All-District Honorable Mention as a sophomore … played club ball with Dallas Skyline, who she helped reach the Girls Junior National Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

PERSONAL
Born January 22, 2000 to Eric Jones and Kim Oliphant … both parents played collegiate basketball … mother, Kim, serves as the assistant athletic director for Forney ISD … awarded the LEHS Principals Award for Citizenship as well as the LEHS Academic Excellence Award for Athletics her senior year.