Dinah Jones Video2014 (Junior): A two-sport letterwinner in volleyball and basketball for the Lady Bears…Was named the team’s most improved player…Started all 26 matches, playing in 97 sets and averaging 2.20 kills per set…Finished with 213 kills, 32 digs, a team-leading 64 blocks, 10 assists and nine service aces…Ranked ninth in the MEAC in hitting percentage (.257)…Tied a career-high 16 kills and had four blocks, including two solos, a dig and an assist against Florida A&M (11/21) in the MEAC quarterfinals…Had a career-high seven blocks to go with seven kills and four digs at Norfolk State (10/24)…Totaled 13 kills and two blocks at rival Coppin State (10/19)…Notched a hitting percentage of .632 with 13 kills and added three blocks against Coppin State (9/26)…Named to the Red Flash Classic All-Tournament team (9/20)…Totaled 38 kills, 10 blocks and three digs to help the Lady Bears to a 2-1 weekend and capture the Red Flash Classic title…Had 16 kills and six blocks against George Mason (9/20) in the finale of the Red Flash Classic…Tallied 16 kills and two blocks against host Saint Francis-Pa. (9/19) in the opener of the Red Flash Classic…Recorded a career-high 1.000 hitting percentage with seven kills against Quinnipiac (9/13) during the Friar Classic…Had eight kills, four blocks and five digs to help Morgan State to its first-ever win over Sacramento State (8/30) at the Charlotte Invitational…Played in 24 of the 30 games played, making 18 starts for the women’s basketball team…Averaged a team-leading 5.7 rebounds and added 3.7 points…Tied a career-high 15 rebounds in a win at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (1/1).
2013 (Sophomore): Played in 17 matches, making four starts…Tallied a season-best 33 kills and 12 blocks, while adding two digs and an assist…Notched her first collegiate assist, while adding two kills and two blocks at Delaware State (11/3)…Finished with six kills at Hampton (9/29)…Recorded two kills and two blocks against Quinnipiac during the Lafayette/Lehigh Crosstown Tournament (9/14)…Had a career-high seven kills and a career-high four blocks vs. Loyola Chicago (9/6) during the East Carolina Classic…Began the season with a team-high five kills and a dig at Arizona (8/30) in the season opener during the Arizona Invitational…Ranked second on the women’s basketball team in rebounding (5.2) and fourth in scoring (5.2) per game…Started 24 of the 30 games played.
2012 (Freshman): Was a second-team Morgan State All-Academic team honoree…Appeared in seven matches, recording five kills, two digs and three blocks…Finished with a kill on her only attempt in the season finale at Howard (11/9)…Recorded a season-best two kills and added a dig and a block against Norfolk State (9/30)…Tallied a career-high two blocks, including one solo against Hampton (9/29)…Made her first career start as a Lady Bear and recorded a kill in the season opener against St. John’s (8/24) in the Battle at the Bay Tournament…On the basketball court, she played in 31 games, making 10 starts…Averaged 2.7 points and 3.0 rebounds per game…Also totaled 14 steals, nine blocked shots and had 12 assists, while shooting 73.3 percent from the free throw line.
High School: Was a two-sport letterwinner in volleyball and basketball at Broadneck High…Lettered for three years on the Bruins volleyball team, earning MVP honors…Was a second-team all-county and honorable mention selection…Helped the team to a 17-2 overall mark and a Maryland State championship as a sophomore…Coached by Scott Graf…Lettered for four years on the basketball team…Named team defensive MVP and played in the Buffalo Wild Wings all-star game…A first-team All-Anne Arundel County selection in basketball by The Baltimore Sun following her senior season…Coached by Erin Thorne…Was on the honor roll and a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born on February 19, 1994 in Portsmouth, Va….Daughter of Anissa Jones…Major is physical education with a concentration in pre-professional physical therapy…Hobbies include shopping and eating…Plays the flute and was in the choir…Has volunteered her time at Light of the World Family Ministries and at the Naval support office…Is a member of the Student Athlete Athletic Committee (S.A.A.C) and the National Council of Negro Women at Morgan State.
DINAH’S CAREER HIGHSAttack Percentage 1.000 vs. Quinnipiac, 9/13/14
Kills 16 three times; last vs. Florida A&M, 11/21/14
Total Attempts 42 at Saint Francis-Pa., 9/19/14
Assists 2 twice; last at Hampton, 10/26/14
Digs 5 vs. Sacramento State, 8/30/14
Aces 2 three times; last at Providence, 9/12/14
Blocks 7 at Norfolk State, 10/24/14
