Awards and Honors

• 2018 Top Dawg Challenge All-Tournament Team
• 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2017 War Eagle Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2016-17 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2016 SEC All-Freshman Team

 
2018
Played in every match for Auburn as a junior on the right side, competing in 104 of the team’s 105 sets … Finished second overall in total kills with 221, while her 2.13 kills/set mark came in fourth … Her .275 hitting clip finished second on the squad … Had seven matches with double-digit kills … Set a season bets at Mississippi State (9/26) with 17 kills vs. the Bulldogs … Went 12-0-18 in the sweep of Eastern Illinois (9/1) for a career-best .667 hitting percentage … Had a pair of 11-kill performances – at Kennesaw State (9/11) and vs. Florida State (9/16) … Her .54 blocks/set mark finished fourth on the team as she totaled 56 on the season … Saw a career-best six blocks at then-No. 25 Alabama (9/23) … Finished with five stuffs vs. the Owls and against then-No. 14 Florida (11/11) … Reached a career-best five digs in Auburn’s sweep of High Point to start the season.
 
2017
Started in all but one match for the Tigers and played in all 102 sets ... Third on the squad with 265 kills and a 2.60 kills/set average ... Totaled 11 double-digit kill performances on the year ... Set a career-high with 21 kills vs. Missouri (9/29), while added a .410 hitting clip against the Tigers ... Notched 19 kills to go with a .516 hitting percentage at then-No. 20 Florida State (9/16) ... Recorded 11 kills and a career-best .588 clip vs. Mississippi State (11/19) ... Opened the 2017 season with a solid .462 hitting percentage at Georgia Tech (8/25) ... Had 14 kills and went .400 in the 3-2 victory over NC State in Puerto Rico (9/3) ... Her 49 blocks finished third on the team ... Totaled a career-best five blocks at South Carolina (10/29) ... Reached four blocks on two occasions - at Tennessee (10/4), vs. Alabama (11/1).
 
2016
Competed in all 123 sets for the Tigers, primarily on the right side ... Second on the team with 321 kills and a 2.61 kills/set average ... Totaled 59 blocks to come in second on the squad ... Recorded double-digit kills in all but two SEC matches this season ... Set a career-high at Arkansas, having 16 kills in the 3-1 win (10/23) ... Followed with another 16-kill performance at nationally-ranked Missouri (11/18) ... Dropped 15 kills at Georgia (10/2) ... Finished with 14 kills on three occasions - Miami (OH) (9/9), at Mississippi State (9/30), and Ole Miss (11/4) ... Recorded four blocks on five occasions ... Hit a season-best .526 (10-0-19) at Texas A&M (9/25).
 
High School/Club
Played for Floyd Central High School ... Competed club volleyball with KIVA (Kentucky Indiana Volleyball Academy) ... 2015 Indiana All-State first team honoree ... named Indiana All-State second team as a junior ... PrepVolleyball “Senior Ace” ... member of the 2014 Junior Volleyball Association All-National Team ... Three-time Hoosier Hills All-Conference ... Guided Floyd Central to three-straight sectional and regional championships (2013, 2014, 2015) ... conference champions in 2013 and 2014 ... 2014 AVCA Phenom list ... 2013 PrepVolleyball All-American.
 
Personal
Full name is Gwyn Jeannine Jones ... Daughter of Paul and Jill Jones ... Has a brother, Garrett ... Mother, Jill, played volleyball at Kentucky, while her father, Paul, played football at Eastern Kentucky ... Aunt, Mary Jones Buczek, played volleyball at Kentucky and was also head volleyball coach at Wake Forest (1995-200) and Georgia (2000-2005) ... Plans on earning a degree from the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business.