STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford signee Haley Jones is one of five finalists for the 2019 Naismith Trophy High School Girls' Player of the Year the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday.
The nation's consensus No. 1 recruit, Jones is the first top prospect to sign with Stanford since Chiney Ogwumike came to The Farm as the top player in the country in Nov. 2009. Ogwumike is Stanford's only previous winner of the Naismith Trophy High School Girls' Player of the Year award, taking home the honor in 2010.
The 6-foot-1 Jones is averaging 26.4 points, 12.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.7 steals and 2.8 blocks in 27 games thus far for Archbishop Mitty in San Jose, which won its fourth consecutive Central Coast Section Open Division title on Friday with a 72-51 victory over Pinewood. She averaged 21.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists as a junior and was named the 2017-18 California Gatorade Player of the Year and earned All-America honors from USA TODAY and MaxPreps.
This past summer, she won a gold medal with the United States at the FIBA U17 World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, alongside fellow incoming freshman Fran Belibi. Jones was named to the all-tournament team after averaging 10.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in seven starts for Team USA.
Both Belibi and Jones along with fellow signee Ashten Prechtel, the No. 16 overall player in the class, are on the West Team for the 2019 McDonald's All American Game on March 27 in Atlanta. Of Stanford's 24 McDonald's All-Americans all-time, nine will be on the team together next season. The Cardinal's incoming class, which also includes five-star talent Hannah Jump from Pinewood, is ranked second nationally by espnW HoopGurlz.