Myles Jones

Myles Jones
Born (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993
Rockville Centre, New York
Nationality  United States
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 240 pounds (109 kg)
Position Midfielder
NCAA team Duke University
MLL draft 1st overall, 2016
Atlanta Blaze
MLL team
Former teams		 Chesapeake Bayhawks
Atlanta Blaze
Website
Career highlights

MLL:

Myles Jones (born March 15, 1993), is an American professional lacrosse player with the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. He attended Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station, New York, and played collegiate lacrosse at Duke University.[1]

MLL career

Jones was selected 1st overall in the 2016 Major League Lacrosse draft by the Atlanta Blaze.[2] After just 2 games with Atlanta, he was traded to the Chesapeake Bayhawks along with Atlanta's 2017 2nd round college draft pick for midfielder Matt Mackrides and Chesapeake's 2017 1st round college draft pick.[3]

In 2017, Jones was selected to the MLL All Star Game and was named the All Star Game MVP after scoring 4 goals and an assist, including the game winning goal.[4]

Awards and achievements

College

Statistics

NCAA

Season Team GP G A Pts
2013 Duke 18 16 5 21
2014 Duke 20 37 26 63
2015 Duke 18 40 37 77
2016 Duke 19 33 37 70
College Totals 75 126 105 231

MLL

Season Team GP G 2PtG A Pts
2016 Atlanta 2 2 0 1 3
2016 Chesapeake 7 15 4 12 31
2017 Chesapeake 14 23 2 14 39
2018 Chesapeake 8 15 1 10 26
MLL Totals 31 55 7 37 99

Endorsements

On August 10th, 2016 it was announced that Jones signed a multi-year endorsement deal with Adidas.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Myles Jones Bio". goduke.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  2. ↑ Lacrosse, Major League. "Atlanta Blaze Select Duke's Myles Jones No.1 Overall in 2 | Major League Lacrosse". Major League Lacrosse. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  3. ↑ Bayhawks, Chesapeake. "Chesapeake Bayhawks Announce Trade for Myles Jones | Chesapeake Bayhawks". Chesapeake Bayhawks. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  4. ↑ Lacrosse, Major League. "Myles Jones Wins All-Star Game for Team Stripes | Major League Lacrosse". Major League Lacrosse. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  5. ↑ "Myles Jones Signs with Adidas Lacrosse". Retrieved 2018-06-26.
Preceded by
Tom Schreiber		 McLaughlin Award
2015		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Incumbent		 McLaughlin Award
2016		 Succeeded by
Trevor Baptiste
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