Haley Jones Season 2020-21

In The News

• 4/5/23: Haley Jones' infinite playlist - Mark Schindler (WNBA)
• 3/17/23: Haley Jones, on eve of final Stanford home games, reflects on her Cardinal journey - Alex Simon (The Mercury News)
• 3/16/23: The far-reaching power of Stanford unicorn Haley Jones - Eden Laase (Just Women's Sports)
• 1/31/23: Haley Jones and Cameron Brink are Focused on Bringing Stanford Another National Title - Camille Buxeda (SLAM)
• 11/20/22: Stanford's Haley Jones, South Carolina's Aliyah Boston bond as rival stars - Marisa Ingemi (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 10/27/22: College Sports Conversations - Title IX at 50: Haley Jones (VIDEO) - NCAA
• 3/31/22: Stanford's Haley Jones is "the Magic Johnson of women's basketball," says her Hall of Fame coach - Marcus Fuller (Star Tribune)
• 3/30/22: Stanford's Haley Jones keeps her calm as it chases second straight NCAA title - Ron Kroichick (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 3/27/22: Haley Jones first had to look within. Now she's the player Stanford can't be without - Kareem Copeland (Washington Post)
• 3/17/22: 'She elevates everyone else'; Haley Jones leading Stanford's title defense - Ann Killion (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 7/29/21: Final Four MOP Haley Jones' wild offseason (VIDEO) - Autumn Johnson (NCAA)
• 4/9/21: NCAA champion reflects on Central Coast roots - Drea Blackwell (KSBW)
• 4/5/21: Stanford discusses first championship since 1992 (VIDEO) - TODAY Show
• 4/5/21: Stanford's Haley Jones 'still on a high' after winning NCAA Basketball championship (VIDEO) - Good Morning America
• 4/2/21: 'The future of our game': Stanford's Haley Jones and the rise of positionless players in women's basketball - Lindsay Schnell (USA Today)
• 4/2/21: The touching story behind opponents' hug amid Final Four elation, heartbreak - Henry Bushnell (Yahoo Sports)
• 1/31/21: How Haley Jones gives the Cardinal their best shot to win another NCAA title - Graham Hays (ESPN)
• 12/22/20: Back wiser after injury, Haley Jones' greatness on full display for Stanford - Brian Hamilton (The Athletic)
• 12/11/20: Pac-12 Feature - Michelle Smith (Pac-12.com)
• 8/21/20: Stanford's Haley Jones on adjusting to college, coming back from injury - Just Women's Sports
• 1/10/20: Stanford's Haley Jones is getting better every day - Michelle Smith (Pac-12.com)
• 3/5/19: Stanford-bound Haley Jones embraces ‘No. 1 recruit’ label - Brian Stites (KPIX)
• 12/25/18: Stanford-bound Haley Jones stays in control on basketball court - Tom FitzGerald (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 11/28/18: No. 1 recruit Haley Jones signs with Stanford - Katie Barnes (espnW)
• 4/7/18: Haley Jones is a new breed of basketball player and people are taking notice - Julie Jag (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• Sixth overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft by the Atlanta Dream
• NCAA champion (2021)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion (2021-23)
• Two-time Pac-12 Tournament champion (2021-22)
• WBCA All-America (2022)
• Three-time Associated Press All-America (2021-23)
• Three-time USBWA All-America (2021-22)
• Naismith Trophy Finalist (2022)
• Three-time Cheryl Miller Award Finalist (2021-23)
• Pac-12 Player of the Year - Coaches (2022)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 - Coaches and Media (2021-23)
• Two-time NCAA Tournament Final Four All-Tournament Team (2021-22)
• NCAA Tournament Spokane Region Most Outstanding Player (2022)
• Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2022)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2021)
• Four-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec. 7, 2020; Dec. 20, 2021; Jan. 3, 2022; Jan. 23, 2023)
• Three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 2, 2019; Dec. 16, 2019; Jan. 13, 2020)
• Rainbow Wahine Showdown MVP (2022)
• Greater Victoria Invitational All-Tournament Team (2019)

As a Senior (2022-23) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Champions

• Associated Press All-America Third Team
• USBWA All-America Third Team
• Wade Trophy Watch List
• Wooden Award Late Season Top-20
• Dawn Staley Award Late Season Watch List
• Cheryl Miller Award Finalist
• All-Pac-12 - Coaches and Media
• Rainbow Wahine Showdown MVP
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan. 23, 2023)
• Played in all 35 games, starting each
• Averaged 13.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 32.7 minutes per game
  • Ranked second on the team in scoring and rebounding, while leading the team in assists, steals and minutes played
• The only player in the country to average at least 13 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game
• The only player in program history with over 1,400 points, 800 rebounds, 350 assists and 100 blocks in a career
• Scored a season-high 25 points against No. 8 Utah (1/20)
  • Finished with 24 double-digit scoring efforts
• Totaled 12 double-doubles on the season, grabbing a season-high 18 rebounds vs. No. 24 Colorado (1/22)
• Dished a season-high eight assists in two games: vs. No. 21 Creighton (Dec. 20) and Oregon (3/2)
• Totaled four blocks at Arizona State (2/12)
• Finished with three blocks in four different games
• Ranked second on the team with 95 makes from the free throw line

As a Junior (2021-22) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• WBCA All-America
• Associated Press All-America First Team
• USBWA All-America Second Team
• Naismith Trophy Finalist
• Cheryl Miller Award Finalist
• Pac-12 Player of the Year - Coaches
• All-Pac-12 - Coaches and Media
• NCAA Tournament Spokane Region Most Outstanding Player
• Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• NCAA Tournament Final Four All-Tournament Team
• Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec. 20, 2021; Jan. 3, 2022)
• Appeared in 33 games, starting 31 of them
• Averaged 13.2 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 30.8 minutes per game
  • Led the team in assists and ranked second in scoring and rebounding
• Shot 41.8 percent (158-of-378) from the field, 24.4 percent from deep (11-of-45) and 82.3 percent from the free throw line (107-of-130)
• Scored a season-high 26 points vs. California (1/21), adding 10 rebounds and shooting 9-of-13 from the field and 7-of-7 from the free throw line
• Featured 24 double-digit scoring efforts, including four games with at least 20 points
  • Season-high nine game double-digit scoring streak from Dec. 18-Jan. 28
• Totaled 11 double-doubles on the year and 12 double-digit rebounding efforts
• Produced the program's first triple-double since 2002 against Portland (11/16)
  • Scored 17 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists against the Pilots
• Showcased a historic performance at No. 7 Tennessee (12/18), finishing with 18 points, 19 rebounds and six assists
  • Went 12-of-12 from the free throw line, the most makes without a miss in program history since 2008
  • Only the ninth player this century with at least 15 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in an AP Top-10 matchup
• Scored 24 points with 16 rebounds on 10-of-14 shooting at Washington State (1/2)
  • One of four players in the country this season with 24 points, 16 rebounds and three assists in a game
• Dished at least three assists in 26 different games
  • Had at least five assists in eight different games
• Hit a season-high three 3-pointers vs. Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game (2/6)
• Hit at least 10 free throws in a game three times
• Swatted a season-high three blocks at No. 1 South Carolina (12/21)
• Season-high two steals happened in three games: vs. Portland, vs. Washington (2/26) and vs. Utah
• Played 40 minutes in each of the last two games at the NCAA Tournament vs. No. 6 Texas (3/27) and No. 5 Connecticut (4/1)

As a Sophomore (2020-21) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions • Pac-12 Tournament Champions

• Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention
• USBWA All-America Honorable Mention
• All-Pac-12
• NCAA Tournament Final Four Most Outstanding Player
• Cheryl Miller Award Finalist
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec. 7, 2020)
• Appeared in 32 games, starting each
• Averaged 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 27.5 minutes per game
  • Led the team in rebounding, ranked second in points and assists
• Shot 54.6 percent (183-of-335) from the field, 35.3 percent from deep (6-of-17) and 72.5 percent from the free throw line (50-of-69)
  • Second on the team in field goal percentage, ranked 20th nationally
• Season-high performance of 29 points and 13 points came vs. Washington (12/6)
  • Shot 14-of-15 from the field, the second-best single-game shooting performance in program history
• Featured 24 different double-digit scoring performances, including each NCAA Tournament game past the first round
• Led the team in scoring 10 times, including vs. No. 6 South Carolina (4/2) and No. 11 Arizona (4/4) to win the national championship
• Boasted eight double-doubles on the year, including three in the postseason: vs. USC (3/4), vs. No. 9 UCLA (3/7) and vs. No. 8 Louisville 
• Hit a combined five 3-pointers in the NCAA Tournament, including two vs. Oklahoma State (3/23) and two against South Carolina, after only making one the entire season beforehand
• Shot a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line at No. 6 Arizona (1/1)
• Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 10 different games
• Had a season-high seven assists twice: vs. UNLV (12/5) and vs. Utah Valley (3/21)
• Blocked three shots at No. 10 UCLA (12/21)
• Recorded season-high three steals twice: at California (12/13) and vs. No. 9 UCLA

As a Freshman (2019-20) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Dec. 2; Dec. 16; Jan. 13)
• Greater Victoria Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Played in the season's first 18 games, making 13 starts, before being sidelined with an injury
• Averaged 25.8 minutes per game, including a season-best 36 minutes in back-to-back games at the Greater Victoria Invitational
• Finished her freshman season with averages of 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 52.8 percent from the field
• Produced double-digit scoring efforts 11 times, including a season-best 21 points twice: vs. UC Davis (12/28) and at California (1/12)
  • Became the first Stanford freshman to score in double figures in their first four conference games since Nicole Powell in 2001
• Posted a double-double against the Aggies, adding 11 rebounds
• Dished a season-high six assists against Ohio State (12/15) and blocked three shots vs. Washington (1/5)

USA Basketball

• Won a gold medal with the United States at the AmeriCup in June 2021
  • Averaged 5.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists in six games for Team USA
• Won a gold medal with the United States at the FIBA U17 World Cup in Minsk, Belarus in July 2018
  • Named to the All-Star Five after averaging 10.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in seven starts for Team USA
    • Was fourth at the tournament in field goal percentage (.561) and sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.83)
• Competed at the 2019 USA 3x3 U18 National Championship and helped her team to a second-place finish
• Selected as one of six USA Basketball participants for the 2019 NCAA Next Generation at the NCAA Final Four in Tampa, Fla.
• Participated in trials at the U19 (2019), U17 (2016) and U16 (2015, 2017) levels

Prior to Stanford

• A 2019 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif.
• A five-star talent, rated as the No. 1 player in the country according to both ESPN HoopGurlz and Prospects Nation
  • The first No. 1 prospect to sign with Stanford since Chiney Ogwumike came to The Farm as the top player in the country in November 2009
• McDonald's All-American (2019)
• Jordan Brand Classic All-American (2019)
• Naismith Trophy Girls' High School Player of the Year (2019)
• WBCA High School Player of the Year (2019)
• Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year (2019)
• USA TODAY High School Sports First Team All-American (2019)
• Played in 116 games in four prep seasons and averaged 18.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.2 steals and 2.1 blocks per game
  • Graduated as the school's career scoring leader with 2,127 points
    • Passed three-time beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist and Stanford graduate Kerri Walsh Jennings (1,878 points)
  • First in school history in career field goal percentage (.638) and fourth in rebounds (1,046)
• Two-time California Gatorade Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
• Two-time San Francisco Chronicle Metro Player of the Year (2018, 2019)
• Averaged 26.1 points., 12.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists., 2.7 steals and 2.8 blocks per game as a senior in 2018-19 and led the Monarchs (25-3) to their fourth consecutive CCS title
  • Cal-Hi Sports State Girls Athlete of the Year
    • Just the second winner to exclusively play basketball in the award’s 100-year history, joining Riverside Poly’s Cheryl Miller (1980-81)
    • The latest in a long list of winners to attend Stanford, including basketball’s Jayne Appel-Marinelli (2005-06) and Candice Wiggins (2003-04)
  • USA TODAY High School Sports California State Player of the Year
• Started all 30 games as a junior and averaged 21.9 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.6 blocks in a 29-1 season for Mitty that also included a No. 1 ranking in the USA Today Super 25
  • Also won league and CCS Open Division titles and championships at the Nike Tournament of Champions and West Coast Jamboree
• As a sophomore in 2016-17, played in all 31 games and averaged 15.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.5 blocks 
  • Mitty posted a 28-3 record, won a CIF Northern California Open Division championship and appeared in the Open Division state title game
• Played in all 27 games as a freshman and averaged 10.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists,1.3 steals and 1.4 blocks to help her team to a 23-4 record and the CIF Open Division first round

Personal

• Born in Santa Cruz, Calif.
• Daughter of Monique and Patrick Jones
• Has an older brother, Cameron
• Mother played basketball at Metro State and father at Colorado College 
• Cousin, DeLisha Milton-Jones, is a two-time Olympic and two-time FIBA World Cup gold medalist and head coach at Old Dominion