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43  Josh Jones
Josh Jones

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Ben Wheeler, Texas
High School:
Greenwood LSD
Last College:
LSU/Howard J.C.
Height / Weight:
6-2 / 190
Position:
RHP
Bats/Throws:
Right/Right

1999 at LSU: Spent year as a medical redshirt after injuring his throwing arm … required surgery.

1998 at Howard J.C.: Played two seasons at Howard Junior College in Big Spring, Texas for head coach and former Texas Tech player Brian Roper … named Outstanding Pitcher as a freshman after finishing 8-4 with a 2.72 ERA and struck out 55 in 96 innings, notching seven complete games … also earned all-conference honors in 1997 … magna cum laude graduate from Howard College.

High School: A 1996 graduate of Greenwood ISD in Midland, Texas where he played baseball for coach Tony Pallanez and football for coach Bob Purser … went 8-2 and led team to Regional finals as a junior … named an All District player all four seasons … lettered four seasons at Greenwood … led team to the regional semifinals as a junior … named All-Permian Basin (Midland-Odessa) in 1995 and '96 … also lettered four seasons in football at quarterback, earning all-Permian Basin honors his last two seasons … also played basketball.

Personal: Born Joshua Shea Jones on April 9, 1978 in Odessa, Texas … son of Rick and Debra Jones … has one sister, Jadi, 16 … majored in Multidisciplinary Science … outstanding student … hobbies and interests include hunting and fishing.

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