Kennard Jones OF L-L 6-0 175 Jr./Jr. Beltsville, Md./Wallace State CC
drafted in the 3nd round 2002 by the Padres out of Indiana.
LAKE ELSINORE STORM Individual Statistics Thru Games of: 9/01/03 W-L Record: 75- 65
GI ---GAMES BY POSITION---
BATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP 1B 2B 3B SS OF C E
*Jones, Kennard .250 17 76 16 19 26 3 2 0 5 1 0 0 4 0 11 3 2 4 .342 .288 0 0 0 0 17 0 2
FORT WAYNE WIZARDS Individual Statistics Thru Games of: 8/31/03 W-L Record: 71- 66
GI ---GAMES BY POSITION---
BATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP 1B 2B 3B SS OF C E
X*Jones, Kennard .307 81 306 61 94 118 13 4 1 30 3 2 3 50 2 52 20 19 5 .386 .407 0 0 0 0 80 0 8
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB
Jones, Kennard..404 55-55 228 75 92 14 2 1 33 113
SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
.496 25 1 28 2 .465 0 1 22-31 131 2 3 .978
2002 - Started his professional career by hitting safely in 8 of his first 9 games with Single-A Eugene, good for a .343 average (12-for-35)...was promoted to Single-A Fort Wayne August 4 after just 16 games with the Emeralds...had a season-best 4 hits in a 5-0 win August 20 vs. South Bend...following the regular season, joined Single-A Lake Elsinore for the California League playoffs...went 0-for-1 with one RBI in 3 games.
June 4, 2002
Two Hoosiers Taken in 2002 MLB Draft
Bloomington, Ind. - Junior center fielder Kennard Jones has a choice to make now. Either he can come back to Indiana for his senior season, or make the trip to join the San Diego Padres after begin drafted on Tuesday. The San Diego Padres made the 2002 Big Ten Tri-Player of the Year the 85th overall pick in the third round of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft in New York City.
“I am excited,” said Jones. “I’m excited and when it was announced my mom was crying. It’s great. I was feeling pretty anxious and now I am just excited. I thought I was going in the second round, but it doesn’t matter. I am just happy to be drafted.”
Jones, first team All-Big Ten outfielder, led the Big Ten Conference regular season in hitting with a .411 overall average. He also led the league in hits (88), runs (72) and was second in stolen bases (22).
At Wallace State: Played two years for head coach Randy Putman at Wallace State, earning first-team all-JUCO honors as well as first-team all-region accolades...
