2007 (SOPHOMORE) Played in 35 games ... Hit .279 in 61 at-bats, driving in seven runs ... Auburn's top left handed pinch hitter ... Hit .250 in 12 pinch-hit appearances ... Started 10 games and hit .324 when in the starting lineup ... Started five games as the DH, three in right and two in left ... Had a string of five games where he went 9-for-18 (.500) with a double, a run and three RBI from March 3-14 ... Included in that span was a 3-for-3 day against VMI (Mar. 14). SUMMER 2006 Hit .229 for Covington Lumberjacks in the Shenendoah Valley League, driving in 18 runs while scoring another 15. 2006 (FRESHMAN) Saw action in 20 games, starting four ... Hit .226 with two 2B and 3 R ... Was used primarily as a lefthanded pinch hitter off the bench, hitting .300 in that role as well as a late-innings defensive substitution ... Four starts all came as the DH. HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner for Mike Burns at Decatur High School ... Hit .439 with eight home runs as a senior ... Over the course of his three-year career, he hit 17 home runs ... Honorable mention all-state in 2004 and 2005 ... First-Team All-State selection by the Birmingham News in 2005 ... Decatur Daily 2005 Player of the Year ... Decatur Daily All-Area Team selection in 2004 and 2005 ... Participated in the North-South All-Star Game as a junior ... Had a 4.2 GPA and graduated fourth in his class. PERSONAL Benjamin Russell Jones ... Son of Rusty and Kathy Jones ... Has one brother, Matt (19) ... His cousin, Paige Jones, played softball at Auburn from 2001-04 ... Major: Mechanical Engineering.
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