Althea Jones' Honors
2004
All-Academic Pac-10 Second Team
UA Academic Excellence Award
2002
Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award
2004:
Played in all 21 games on the season... Took two shots in 1-0 victory over Brigham Young (9/25/04)... Had one assist in 3-1 victory over Washington State (10/08/04)... Scored the only goal of the game in upset of then No. 5 UCLA (10/31/04)... Attempted two shots in final regular season game at Oregon (11/07/04).
2003: Started all 19 games in the back for the Cats... Collected six shots for the season... Assisted the game-winning goal in 2-1 victory at Washington State (11/7/03)... Helped UA defense log shutout win at USC (10/24/03)... Had one shot against UNLV (9/27/03), at Montana (9/26/03) and against San Francisco (9/21/03)... Part of a UA defense that shutout Kentucky (9/19/03) at home... Recorded one shot in that match... Helped Wildcat defense log a 3-0 shutout win over Kent State (8/31/03)... Registered two shots, with one on-goal, against Iowa State (8/29/03).
2002: Played in 17 of the season’s matches, starting two... Tallied two assists (two points) and five shots on the season... Had one shot against Washington (11/1/02)... Combined with Jennifer Klein for a double-assist on the second goal of a 3-2 loss at Oregon (10/25/02)... Subbed-in against No. 19 USC (10/20/02), No. 7 UCLA (10/18/02) at Arizona State (10/11/02) and against Saint Louis (10/6/02)... Had two shots, one on-goal, against Youngstown State (10/4/02)... Assisted the sixth goal of a 10-0 blowout at Belmont (9/28/02)... Came off the bench against San Diego (9/22/02)... Had one shot against Wisconsin (9/6/02)... Had one shot against Drake (8/30/02) in her first collegiate contest... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner.
Prep: Four-year letterwinner in soccer at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario, Canada... Team captain in both 2001 and 2002... Named team Most Valuable Player in 2001... Ontario Federation of School Athletics Association Bronze Medalist in 2000... Earned Top Academic Player honors in 2000... Helped St. Mary to Lake Ontario Secondary School Athletics Conference championships in both 1998 and 2000... Four-year honor roll student... Led the Monarchs to Hangar Varsity High School Indoor Tournament titles three years in a row... Played for the Pickering Power Club, which was the 2002 Indoor Ontario Cup champion.
Personal: Born Althea Melissa Jones on Jan. 13, 1983, in Scarborough, Ontario... Daughter of Gordon and Beverley Jones... Has one older brother, Gregory... Majoring in biology... First Canadian ever to play for UA women’s soccer program.
Althea Jones' Stats at Arizona
|
Year |
GP |
GS |
Sh |
G |
A |
Pts |
GWG |
|
2002 |
17 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
2003 |
19 |
19 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
2004 |
21 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
Totals |
57 |
21 |
23 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
