WSSU's Jones is CIAA baseball player of the year

AARON JONES

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - First baseman Aaron Jones of Winston-Salem State, one of the most consistent hitters in the CIAA, was named the conference player of the year on Wednesday.

Jones, a 22-year-old junior from Kernersville, leads the CIAA in hitting with a .479 average and in RBIs with 54 heading into this weekend's conference tournament.

"It's pretty cool to win something like this, and I was kind of surprised when I was told about it," Jones said by cell phone as the Rams traveled to Petersburg, Va., for the Thursday's start of the conference tournament. "I think this is a team-based award and really we've had such a good season and a lot of guys made all-conference, so that shows you how good we are as a team."

Jones, who graduated from Gospel Light in 2008, played one season at UNC Wilmington, then transferred and played one season at Lenoir Community College. He was at LCC last spring, but didn't play baseball and said he missed it.

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