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Jersey Number 3
Kaylynn Jones
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Denton Guyer HS
- Hometown:
- Denton, Texas
SOPHOMORE (2026)
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
- Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2B)Â
One of the Big Ten's top defenders started all 55 games at second base ... Hit .339 (58-of-171) with seven doubles, three triples, five home runs and 29 RBI ... Slugged .503 ... Only struck out 18 times in a team-leading 171 at-bats ... Second on the club with 33 walks ... Had a seven-game hitting streak Feb. 8-19 ... Made 97 putouts with 75 assists and only four errors for a .977 fielding percentage ... Hit .300 or better in 9-of-13 weekends in 2026 ... Hit .350 or better in all five tournaments ... Hit .400 (6-for-15) with three RBI at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 6-8) and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... Went 2-for-2 with two RBI vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 8) ... Went 6-for-13 (.462) with a double and two RBI and scored four runs at the Feb. 13-15 Cardinal Classic ... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI vs. Kentucky (Feb. 14) ... Hit .353 (6-of-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 19-21) ... Had a 3-for-4 game Feb. 19 against Auburn ... Was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and scored three runs Feb. 21 versus No. 20 Duke ... Went 4-for-11 (.364) at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) with a homer, six RBI and five runs scored ... Hit her second career homer and drove in a career-high five runs Feb. 28 vs. Samford ... Went 2-for-3 and scored twice the next day against Samford ... Hit .375 (6-for-16) with two doubles a home run and four RBI at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 6-8) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI March 6 against Sacramento State ... Had a double and an RBI March 8 against Nevada ... Was 3-for-10 and scored four runs in the Penn State series (March 13-15) ... Led Oregon on the Purdue/Indiana weekend (March 20-23) by hitting .462 (6-for-13) with a double, a home run and six RBI ... Was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the series opener at Purdue (March 20) ... After being down 7-0 after three innings March 23 at Indiana, her 3-run homer in the fifth inning gave Oregon it’s first lead, 11-9, of a game the Ducks would win 24-12 ... Went 2-for-5 in that game with five RBI and scored three runs ... Led the team with a .444 average (4-of-9) with a home run and two RBI in the Northwestern series (March 26-28) ... Hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning of Oregon’s 4-2 series-clinching win at Northwestern (March 28) ... Hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Iowa series (April 4-6) ... Tied Oregon’s single-game record with two triples against Iowa on April 5 ... Walked three times and scored three runs April 10 at Maryland ... Went 2-for-3 and scored twice April 17 versus Washington ... Hit her fifth homer of the year April 26 vs. Ohio State ... Had a pair of hits in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 15-16) ... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2025)
- All-Big Ten Second TeamÂ
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
An All-Big Ten second team and freshman team selection after hitting .345 in 64 games (63 starts) with seven doubles, two triples, one home run and 23 RBI ... Went 16-for-19 in stolen base and ranked eighth in the Big Ten in steals ... Hit .485 (16-of-33) in the NCAA Tournament (10 games) ... Impressive day on Feb. 8 at the UNLV Desert Classic where she went 3-for-4 with three RBI against Southern Utah and then came back later and added four more RBI at UNLV ... Went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs at Arizona State (Feb. 13) ... Went 1-for-2 with two RBI and scored two runs versus Illinois (March 22) ... Good series at Rutgers (March 28-29) where she hit .750 (6-of-8) with three doubles ... Career-best 4 hits including two doubles in a 4-for-4 day at Rutgers (March 28) ... Went 2-for-4 the next game at Rutgers (March 29) ... Hit two triples April 12 at Minnesota, becoming just the third player in program history to triple twice in the same game ... Hit her first career home run April 20 versus No. 6 UCLA, a three-run shot that gave the Ducks an 8-0 lead ... Went 6-for-12 (.500) and scored six runs on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) ... Was 2-for-3 and scored career-high 3 runs at Indiana (April 25) ... Went 2-for-4 in the series finale at Indiana (April 27) ... Hit .359 (14-of-39) in the month of April ... Hit .400 (6-for-14) in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 16-18) ... Went 3-for-4 against Weber State on May 17 and 2-for-4 the next day in a must-win game versus Stanford (May 18) ... Hit .714 (5-of-7) in the Super Regional against Liberty (May 23-24) ... Tied Oregon's NCAA Tournament record with four hits in the Super Regional versus Liberty (May 24) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in Oregon's WCWS opener against UCLA (May 29) ... Drove in a run in the WCWS win over Ole Miss (May 30) ... Went 2-for-3 against Oklahoma at the WCWS (June 1) ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, 2x, last vs. Liberty (May 24, 2025)
Runs: 3, 4x, last at Maryland (April 10, 2026)
RBIs: 5, 2x, last at Indiana (March 23, 2026)
Doubles: 2, 5x, last vs. Duke (Feb. 21, 2026)
Triples: 2, 2x, last vs. Iowa (April 12, 2026)
Home Runs: 1, 6x, last vs. Ohio State (April 26, 2026)
Stolen Bases: 2, 2x, last vs. Abilene Christian (March 9, 2025)
Hitting Streak: 7 games, Feb. 8-19, 2026
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked sixth nationally in her class by Extra Inning Softball and fourth nationally among infielders ... Selected to play in the 2024 PGF All-American Game ... Named the Dallas Morning News 2023 state softball player of the year after batting .540 with 24 extra-base hits, 49 RBIs, 65 runs and 24 stolen bases as a junior ... Denton Guyer High School won its first 35 games of the 2023 season and achieved its deepest state tournament run in program history ... Guyer made the Class 6A state final before falling 4-2 to Pearland and was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation by MaxPreps during its run ... Was a two-time all-league selection her first two years in high school and was named all-state as a sophomore ... Blossomed as a junior, earning first team all-state and all-district honors after breaking Guyer’s record for batting average (.540), runs (65), and triples (12) ... Guyer won the 2023 district crown ... Played club ball with Athletics Mercado, a program led by Dave Mercado who is the father of former Duck All-American Danica Mercado ... Was named to the all-tournament teams at the TCS Nationals, Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool event and the Team-1 Elite Club Invite ... Her club teams won the Colorado IDT and TCS Nationals in 2021, the Team-1 Elite and Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool titles in 2022 and the Colorado Fireworks/TV Bracket, Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool championship in 2023 ... Prior to Athletics Mercado, played softball at the highest club level in Japan ... Started playing softball in Japan at age nine ... With her father being a fire chief for the military and government, she previously lived in Italy, Japan, California and Texas.
PERSONAL
Born in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Parents are Brad and Nicole Jones ... Major is crime, law and society.
- NFCA All-Mountain Region Second Team
- Big Ten All-Defensive Team (2B)Â
One of the Big Ten's top defenders started all 55 games at second base ... Hit .339 (58-of-171) with seven doubles, three triples, five home runs and 29 RBI ... Slugged .503 ... Only struck out 18 times in a team-leading 171 at-bats ... Second on the club with 33 walks ... Had a seven-game hitting streak Feb. 8-19 ... Made 97 putouts with 75 assists and only four errors for a .977 fielding percentage ... Hit .300 or better in 9-of-13 weekends in 2026 ... Hit .350 or better in all five tournaments ... Hit .400 (6-for-15) with three RBI at the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 6-8) and was named to the All-Tournament Team ... Went 2-for-2 with two RBI vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 8) ... Went 6-for-13 (.462) with a double and two RBI and scored four runs at the Feb. 13-15 Cardinal Classic ... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI vs. Kentucky (Feb. 14) ... Hit .353 (6-of-17) at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 19-21) ... Had a 3-for-4 game Feb. 19 against Auburn ... Was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and scored three runs Feb. 21 versus No. 20 Duke ... Went 4-for-11 (.364) at the Oregon Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) with a homer, six RBI and five runs scored ... Hit her second career homer and drove in a career-high five runs Feb. 28 vs. Samford ... Went 2-for-3 and scored twice the next day against Samford ... Hit .375 (6-for-16) with two doubles a home run and four RBI at the Jane Sanders Classic (March 6-8) ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI March 6 against Sacramento State ... Had a double and an RBI March 8 against Nevada ... Was 3-for-10 and scored four runs in the Penn State series (March 13-15) ... Led Oregon on the Purdue/Indiana weekend (March 20-23) by hitting .462 (6-for-13) with a double, a home run and six RBI ... Was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the series opener at Purdue (March 20) ... After being down 7-0 after three innings March 23 at Indiana, her 3-run homer in the fifth inning gave Oregon it’s first lead, 11-9, of a game the Ducks would win 24-12 ... Went 2-for-5 in that game with five RBI and scored three runs ... Led the team with a .444 average (4-of-9) with a home run and two RBI in the Northwestern series (March 26-28) ... Hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth inning of Oregon’s 4-2 series-clinching win at Northwestern (March 28) ... Hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Iowa series (April 4-6) ... Tied Oregon’s single-game record with two triples against Iowa on April 5 ... Walked three times and scored three runs April 10 at Maryland ... Went 2-for-3 and scored twice April 17 versus Washington ... Hit her fifth homer of the year April 26 vs. Ohio State ... Had a pair of hits in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 15-16) ... 2026 CSC Academic All-District Team ... 2026 Big Ten All-Academic Team.
FRESHMAN (2025)
- All-Big Ten Second TeamÂ
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
An All-Big Ten second team and freshman team selection after hitting .345 in 64 games (63 starts) with seven doubles, two triples, one home run and 23 RBI ... Went 16-for-19 in stolen base and ranked eighth in the Big Ten in steals ... Hit .485 (16-of-33) in the NCAA Tournament (10 games) ... Impressive day on Feb. 8 at the UNLV Desert Classic where she went 3-for-4 with three RBI against Southern Utah and then came back later and added four more RBI at UNLV ... Went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs at Arizona State (Feb. 13) ... Went 1-for-2 with two RBI and scored two runs versus Illinois (March 22) ... Good series at Rutgers (March 28-29) where she hit .750 (6-of-8) with three doubles ... Career-best 4 hits including two doubles in a 4-for-4 day at Rutgers (March 28) ... Went 2-for-4 the next game at Rutgers (March 29) ... Hit two triples April 12 at Minnesota, becoming just the third player in program history to triple twice in the same game ... Hit her first career home run April 20 versus No. 6 UCLA, a three-run shot that gave the Ducks an 8-0 lead ... Went 6-for-12 (.500) and scored six runs on the Indiana trip (April 25-28) ... Was 2-for-3 and scored career-high 3 runs at Indiana (April 25) ... Went 2-for-4 in the series finale at Indiana (April 27) ... Hit .359 (14-of-39) in the month of April ... Hit .400 (6-for-14) in the NCAA Eugene Regional (May 16-18) ... Went 3-for-4 against Weber State on May 17 and 2-for-4 the next day in a must-win game versus Stanford (May 18) ... Hit .714 (5-of-7) in the Super Regional against Liberty (May 23-24) ... Tied Oregon's NCAA Tournament record with four hits in the Super Regional versus Liberty (May 24) ... Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in Oregon's WCWS opener against UCLA (May 29) ... Drove in a run in the WCWS win over Ole Miss (May 30) ... Went 2-for-3 against Oklahoma at the WCWS (June 1) ... NFCA Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4, 2x, last vs. Liberty (May 24, 2025)
Runs: 3, 4x, last at Maryland (April 10, 2026)
RBIs: 5, 2x, last at Indiana (March 23, 2026)
Doubles: 2, 5x, last vs. Duke (Feb. 21, 2026)
Triples: 2, 2x, last vs. Iowa (April 12, 2026)
Home Runs: 1, 6x, last vs. Ohio State (April 26, 2026)
Stolen Bases: 2, 2x, last vs. Abilene Christian (March 9, 2025)
Hitting Streak: 7 games, Feb. 8-19, 2026
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked sixth nationally in her class by Extra Inning Softball and fourth nationally among infielders ... Selected to play in the 2024 PGF All-American Game ... Named the Dallas Morning News 2023 state softball player of the year after batting .540 with 24 extra-base hits, 49 RBIs, 65 runs and 24 stolen bases as a junior ... Denton Guyer High School won its first 35 games of the 2023 season and achieved its deepest state tournament run in program history ... Guyer made the Class 6A state final before falling 4-2 to Pearland and was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation by MaxPreps during its run ... Was a two-time all-league selection her first two years in high school and was named all-state as a sophomore ... Blossomed as a junior, earning first team all-state and all-district honors after breaking Guyer’s record for batting average (.540), runs (65), and triples (12) ... Guyer won the 2023 district crown ... Played club ball with Athletics Mercado, a program led by Dave Mercado who is the father of former Duck All-American Danica Mercado ... Was named to the all-tournament teams at the TCS Nationals, Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool event and the Team-1 Elite Club Invite ... Her club teams won the Colorado IDT and TCS Nationals in 2021, the Team-1 Elite and Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool titles in 2022 and the Colorado Fireworks/TV Bracket, Colorado Fireworks/PowerPool championship in 2023 ... Prior to Athletics Mercado, played softball at the highest club level in Japan ... Started playing softball in Japan at age nine ... With her father being a fire chief for the military and government, she previously lived in Italy, Japan, California and Texas.
PERSONAL
Born in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Parents are Brad and Nicole Jones ... Major is crime, law and society.
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