Coach Bolding: “Brant enters his senior year as one of Longwood’s all-time greatest players. He dominates every aspect of the game and arguably is the greatest clutch player I ever have coached, and I’ve had some clutch players. Brant will anchor the Lancers, both as lead captain and bell cow player. We expect Brant to project very nicely for professional baseball. When Frank Robinson, the only major leaguer ever to win the Triple-Crown in both leagues was playing for Cincinnati, and the owner of another club inquired as to how many of his players it might take to obtain Robinson, the Red’s owner replied instantly: ‘Forget it; I wouldn’t give you Frank for your whole team!’ This is precisely the way I feel about Brant Christopher Jones.”
2011
Fourth-year team member and first-year team captain … will open season as starting second baseman.
2010
Started all 47 games … hit .402 with seven home runs, four triples, 10 doubles, 38 RBI, 60 runs, and 10-15 stolen bases … led team in runs, triples, and walks (28) … 22 multi-hit games … 10 multi-RBI games … career-best 22-game hitting streak (48-96, .500) … season team-best six run at Campbell (5.8) … season team-best five hits at Campbell (5.8) … season team-best two home runs at Richmond (5.5) … team season-best four walks vs. Binghamton (2.28) … season team-best two sacrifice flies at Norfolk State (5.16) … season team-best two stolen bases vs. Binghamton (2.28) … Longwood Scholar-Athlete Award.
2009
Started all 48 games … hit .387 with seven home runs, four triples, 17 doubles (tied for sixth-best all-time), 44 RBI, 60 runs, and 7-7 stolen bases … led team in games, starts, at bats, hits (74, tied for second-best all-time), runs, triples, total bases (120), slugging percentage (.628), sacrifice bunts (8), stolen base percentage (1.000), and assists (101) … team-best 24 multi-hit games … 11 multi-RBI games … season-best 16-game hitting streak (28-67, .418) … also had a 13-game hitting streak (24-53, .453) … season team-best five RBI at James Madison (4.22) … season team-best nine total bases at James Madison (4.22) … All-Independent 2nd-Team … VaSID All-State 2nd-Team.
2008
Started 26 of 40 games … hit .270 with one triple, one double, seven RBI, 12 runs, and 1-1 stolen bases … five multi-hit games … one multi-RBI game … season-best two three-game hitting streaks (5-9, .556; 6-16, .375) … season team-best seven at bats vs. North Carolina A&T (4.20).
High School
Standout at Monacan, 2006 State Champions … two-time All-Conference and All-Region as a junior … hit .551 as a senior, and .491 as a junior … also played football.
Personal
Son of Mindy and Dave Jones … father played soccer at Lynchburg College, and in … 2010 All-Valley League 2nd-Team, playing for Haymarket (.352, 5 HR, 38 RBI) … 2009 New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) All-Star, playing for Watertown (.338, 2 HR, 32 RBI) … NYCBL Top 25 Pro Prospect … played in 2008 Clark Griffith League for Fairfax (.300, 16 RBI).
Academics
Business real estate and finance major.
