Katie Jones Hometown: Kingwood, Texas High School: Kingwood Height: 5-8 Position: Outside Hitter Year: Fourth

Returning starter at outside hitter ... team tri-captain ... currently fourth on UVa’s career digs per game list with an average of 2.91 ... is also eighth on the Cavaliers’ all-time digs list with 956 ... recipient of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation’s (VSAF) MassMutual University of Virginia Scholarship for the 2000-01 academic year as the most outstanding student-athlete in the School of Commerce.

1999: Named the Cavaliers’ Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... played in all 31 matches and in 110 of 111 games ... led the 'Hoos in digs with 362 and needs just 44 more in her career to reach 1,000 ... second among all ACC players with an average of 3.29 digs per game ... recorded double figures in digs in 21 matches, including the last nine matches ... with 276 kills was fourth on the team and fell just four shy of her career high which she set in 1998 ... surpassed the 20-kill mark in a match three times, including a career-high 25 against Alabama (9/4) in a 3-2 win in the Jefferson Cup ... named to the Jefferson Cup All-Tournament team ... set a career high and also tied for team-high honors with 37 service aces on the year ... notched seven double-doubles in kills and digs during the season ... posted 22 kills and 23 digs in a 3-2 win against Rice (9/11) ... also notched 23 digs against Georgia Tech (10/30) ... selected to the 1999-2000 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

1998: Appeared in all 34 matches as an outside hitter ... recorded a team and career-high 417 digs which ranks fifth at Virginia in a season ... finished the season with a career-best 280 kills, 30 service aces, 23 assists and 22 blocks ... collected a career-high 26 digs to go along with 17 kills in a 3-2 win over Pepperdine in the Pepperdine Tournament (9/11) ... tallied double figures in digs 24 times and kills 11 times ... posted nine double-doubles ... finished with 24 digs and 13 kills in a 3-2 victory over North Carolina (10/24) ... recorded a then career-high 21 kills to go along with 13 digs against Clemson (11/7) ... tallied 21 digs and seven kills against North Carolina (10/6) ... collected 21 digs and nine kills in a 3-2 win over Wake Forest (11/15) ... recorded 17 digs and 13 kills in a 3-1 victory over Georgetown in the championship match of the Jefferson Cup Tournament (9/19) ... registered 12 digs, five kills and three services aces against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament ... matched a career-high with four service aces in a 3-0 win over N.C. State (10/11) ... gathered 16 kills and 10 digs in a 3-0 victory over Navy at the Navy Trident Classic (9/5) ... recorded 14 digs and 11 kills in a 3-2 win over Georgia Tech (11/6) ... a 1998-99 ACC Academic Honor Roll selection.

1997: Appeared in all 34 matches as a first-year ... finished the season with 177 digs, 93 kills, 22 service aces, 16 assists and 14 blocks ... collected court time as both a defensive specialist and outside hitter ... posted a season-high 20 digs to go along with 10 kills and a block in a win over Cincinnati (9/13)... tallied 17 digs and a season-high 12 kills in a victory over William & Mary (9/16) ... finished with 16 digs, three kills and two blocks against Indiana (9/13) at the Radisson/Marshall Thundering Herd Tournament ... recorded double figure totals six times in digs and three times in kills ... gathered two double-doubles in kills and digs ... named to the 1997-98 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Honored as Texas Athlete-of-the-Year in volleyball ... three-year starter at Kingwood ... named the Houston Chronicle Player-of-the-Year (1996) ... first-team All-District three times ... named Houston Chronicle’s First-Team All-Area ... named MVP of Division II edition of the Kaepa Texas Girls Coaching Association All-Star Game ... team captain and MVP as a senior ... played in two Texas State Volleyball Final Fours, including the championship game in 1996 ... All-Tournament selection at Cypress Creek Volleyball Classic (1995) and Duncanville (Texas) Tournament of Champions (1995 and 1996) ... club team won bronze medal at National Junior Olympics (1995) ... National Honor Society ... active member of National Charity League.

Personal: Daughter of Bobby and Susan Jones ... born 11/16/78 in Raleigh, N.C. ... enjoys windsurfing and reading ... majoring in marketing/finance ... played club volleyball for Mitch Casteel.

Why Katie chose UVa: “I really wanted to show all my Seminole relatives which is the best school in the ACC.”