2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 26
Ruthie Jones
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Bio
U.S. Soccer: Competed with the U.S. U-23 Women’s Youth National Team at the Thorns Preseason Tournament, held March 5-11, 2022, in Portland, Ore. … in two matches, had five saves, allowed only one goals in 180 minutes of play … represented the U.S. U-23 Women’s Youth National Team in June of 2022 for the Women’s U-23 Three-Nations Tournament in Sweden.
Career: Made 68 appearances in goal for the Blue Devils with 64 starts … started 64 straight matches to conclude her career … tallied 165 saves and a career 0.76 goals-against average … notched 24 shutouts and a 41-14-7 ledger in goal … her 0.76 career goals-against average ranked second all-time on the Duke charts, while her 24 shutouts ranked fifth and 165 saves was seventh.
Awards/Honors: 2023 Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Award ... 2022 All-ACC Second Team … 2022 All-ACC Tournament Team … 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … 2021 All-ACC First Team ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... 2022, 2021, 2020 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 ACC Honor Roll ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American.
2022 -- Senior: All-ACC Second Team selection … ACC All-Tournament Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … All-ACC Academic Team selection ... started all 23 matches in goal for the Blue Devils leading the squad to 14 wins and 11 shutouts … tallied a career-high 10 saves in the ACC Championships semifinals against North Carolina (Nov. 3) and didn’t allow a goal over 110 minutes … had eight saves on the road at Notre Dame (Oct. 27) and nine saves at Alabama (Nov. 25) in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals … registered three straight shutouts to open the postseason against North Carolina (Nov. 3), Radford (11/12) and Texas (11/18) … a preseason United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper to Watch selection … College Soccer News Preseason First-Team All-American … TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Second Team.
2021 -- Junior: Started all 21 matches in goal ... named to All-ACC First Team and United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... recorded 46 saves (.793 save pct.) while allowing 12 goals (0.59 goals against average) ... registered 9/3 shutouts ... 0.59 GAA is tied for second-best mark in a season in program history ... ranked first in the ACC in save percentage and goals against average during regular season ... 12 goals against were tied for 17th-fewest nationally, while 0.59 GAA ranked 11th ... collected three saves in 2-1 win over No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... recorded a clean sheet with three saves at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) ... made three saves in win over No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) ... named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after recording six-save shutout at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17), helping Duke beat the Tar Heels for the first time since 2015 ... made five saves at No. 7 Virginia (Sept. 23) ... collected four saves to lead Duke to 1-0 victory over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... had season-high seven stops in ACC Tournament first round match against Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... made one save in shutout win over Memphis in NCAA Round of 16 (Nov. 19).
2020-21 -- Sophomore: Earned the starting role in the second match of the season ... started the final 20 matches of the season ... recorded 12 clean sheets and eight shutout wins, which both ranked second in the ACC ... finished the season with an 11-5-4 record, 56 saves and a 0.70 goals against average ... made six saves in first career start vs. Virginia (Sept. 17) ... named to TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week after back-to-back 110-minute matches (Sept. 17 vs. Virginia, Sept. 20 vs. Wake Forest) ... had a streak of 429:51 without allowing a goal, which ranks sixth all-time at Duke ... led the Blue Devils to four consecutive shutout wins in October ... saved a combined 8-of-10 shots on goal vs. No. 1 North Carolina (Oct. 23) and No. 2 Florida State (Oct. 29) ... made three saves at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after not yielding a goal in home finale vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (April 11) ... allowed zero regulation goals in six out of eight matches during the spring portion of the season ... finished season with an eight-save performance vs. top-seeded Florida State in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 9) ... named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 -- Freshman: Saw action in four contests across her freshman campaign … made her collegiate debut in the opening game of the Duke Nike Classic against UNLV (Sept. 5), logging 25 minutes to help Duke to its third shutout of the season ... played the final 45 in the match versus LSU (Sept. 8), helping the Blue Devils to their second consecutive shutout and fourth of the season ... helped the Blue Devils to their third consecutive shutout in the matchup against James Madison (Sept. 15), recording two saves … faced three shots in the opening-round matchup versus Utah (Nov. 15) to help combine for Duke’s ninth shutout of the season.
Prior to Duke: An in-state product from Charlotte, N.C. … rated as the No. 30 player in the nation and the third-best goalkeeper in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … helped lead Charlotte Latin School to three-straight NCISAA State Championships, with the first coming in May 2015 … on the club level, she was a member of the Charlotte Soccer Academy, helping them capture the 2018 State Cup Championship … prior to joining the CSA, she competed with the Charlotte United Soccer Futbol Club from 2011-14, reeling in the State Cup Championship in 2015 while shutting out every opponent … a part of the U.S. National Team’s system for the majority of her playing career … a frequent member of U.S. U-15 National Team Training Camps, eventually landing on the U-15 Girls CONCACAF Tournament, and serving as a member of U-17 national teams … helped lead the U-15 U.S. squad to the CONCACAF championship, while also earning Golden Glove honors … a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, being tabbed East Conference U-18/19 Best XI in July 2018 … a two-sport athlete who also competed in basketball … lettered all four years as a guard and a forward, while receiving all-conference honors across her prep career … a member of the Honors Spanish Society at Charlotte Latin School, while also serving as the Student Council Student Body Treasurer.
Personal: Full name is Ruth Hendry Jones … born Jan. 17, 2001 in Charlotte, N.C. … daughter of Becca and Steve Jones ... sister, Becca, lettered four seasons (2013-14-15-16) as a member of the field hockey program at Davidson College ... brother, Bates, played with the Duke men's basketball program in 2021-22 after a four-year career at Davidson ... brother, Daniel, lettered three seasons at Duke (2016-17-18) as the quarterback, while serving as a two-year team captain and currently is a member of the New York Giants football team … graduated from Duke in May of 2023 with a degree in psychology along with minors in Spanish and chemistry.
Last Updated 5/20/2024
Career: Made 68 appearances in goal for the Blue Devils with 64 starts … started 64 straight matches to conclude her career … tallied 165 saves and a career 0.76 goals-against average … notched 24 shutouts and a 41-14-7 ledger in goal … her 0.76 career goals-against average ranked second all-time on the Duke charts, while her 24 shutouts ranked fifth and 165 saves was seventh.
Awards/Honors: 2023 Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Award ... 2022 All-ACC Second Team … 2022 All-ACC Tournament Team … 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … 2021 All-ACC First Team ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... 2022, 2021, 2020 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 ACC Honor Roll ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American.
2022 -- Senior: All-ACC Second Team selection … ACC All-Tournament Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … All-ACC Academic Team selection ... started all 23 matches in goal for the Blue Devils leading the squad to 14 wins and 11 shutouts … tallied a career-high 10 saves in the ACC Championships semifinals against North Carolina (Nov. 3) and didn’t allow a goal over 110 minutes … had eight saves on the road at Notre Dame (Oct. 27) and nine saves at Alabama (Nov. 25) in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals … registered three straight shutouts to open the postseason against North Carolina (Nov. 3), Radford (11/12) and Texas (11/18) … a preseason United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper to Watch selection … College Soccer News Preseason First-Team All-American … TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Second Team.
2021 -- Junior: Started all 21 matches in goal ... named to All-ACC First Team and United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... recorded 46 saves (.793 save pct.) while allowing 12 goals (0.59 goals against average) ... registered 9/3 shutouts ... 0.59 GAA is tied for second-best mark in a season in program history ... ranked first in the ACC in save percentage and goals against average during regular season ... 12 goals against were tied for 17th-fewest nationally, while 0.59 GAA ranked 11th ... collected three saves in 2-1 win over No. 19 Washington (Aug. 22) ... recorded a clean sheet with three saves at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) ... made three saves in win over No. 10 Stanford (Sept. 2) ... named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after recording six-save shutout at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17), helping Duke beat the Tar Heels for the first time since 2015 ... made five saves at No. 7 Virginia (Sept. 23) ... collected four saves to lead Duke to 1-0 victory over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... had season-high seven stops in ACC Tournament first round match against Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... made one save in shutout win over Memphis in NCAA Round of 16 (Nov. 19).
2020-21 -- Sophomore: Earned the starting role in the second match of the season ... started the final 20 matches of the season ... recorded 12 clean sheets and eight shutout wins, which both ranked second in the ACC ... finished the season with an 11-5-4 record, 56 saves and a 0.70 goals against average ... made six saves in first career start vs. Virginia (Sept. 17) ... named to TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week after back-to-back 110-minute matches (Sept. 17 vs. Virginia, Sept. 20 vs. Wake Forest) ... had a streak of 429:51 without allowing a goal, which ranks sixth all-time at Duke ... led the Blue Devils to four consecutive shutout wins in October ... saved a combined 8-of-10 shots on goal vs. No. 1 North Carolina (Oct. 23) and No. 2 Florida State (Oct. 29) ... made three saves at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... named ACC Defensive Player of the Week after not yielding a goal in home finale vs. No. 14 Vanderbilt (April 11) ... allowed zero regulation goals in six out of eight matches during the spring portion of the season ... finished season with an eight-save performance vs. top-seeded Florida State in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 9) ... named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 -- Freshman: Saw action in four contests across her freshman campaign … made her collegiate debut in the opening game of the Duke Nike Classic against UNLV (Sept. 5), logging 25 minutes to help Duke to its third shutout of the season ... played the final 45 in the match versus LSU (Sept. 8), helping the Blue Devils to their second consecutive shutout and fourth of the season ... helped the Blue Devils to their third consecutive shutout in the matchup against James Madison (Sept. 15), recording two saves … faced three shots in the opening-round matchup versus Utah (Nov. 15) to help combine for Duke’s ninth shutout of the season.
Prior to Duke: An in-state product from Charlotte, N.C. … rated as the No. 30 player in the nation and the third-best goalkeeper in the country by TopDrawerSoccer … helped lead Charlotte Latin School to three-straight NCISAA State Championships, with the first coming in May 2015 … on the club level, she was a member of the Charlotte Soccer Academy, helping them capture the 2018 State Cup Championship … prior to joining the CSA, she competed with the Charlotte United Soccer Futbol Club from 2011-14, reeling in the State Cup Championship in 2015 while shutting out every opponent … a part of the U.S. National Team’s system for the majority of her playing career … a frequent member of U.S. U-15 National Team Training Camps, eventually landing on the U-15 Girls CONCACAF Tournament, and serving as a member of U-17 national teams … helped lead the U-15 U.S. squad to the CONCACAF championship, while also earning Golden Glove honors … a member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, being tabbed East Conference U-18/19 Best XI in July 2018 … a two-sport athlete who also competed in basketball … lettered all four years as a guard and a forward, while receiving all-conference honors across her prep career … a member of the Honors Spanish Society at Charlotte Latin School, while also serving as the Student Council Student Body Treasurer.
Personal: Full name is Ruth Hendry Jones … born Jan. 17, 2001 in Charlotte, N.C. … daughter of Becca and Steve Jones ... sister, Becca, lettered four seasons (2013-14-15-16) as a member of the field hockey program at Davidson College ... brother, Bates, played with the Duke men's basketball program in 2021-22 after a four-year career at Davidson ... brother, Daniel, lettered three seasons at Duke (2016-17-18) as the quarterback, while serving as a two-year team captain and currently is a member of the New York Giants football team … graduated from Duke in May of 2023 with a degree in psychology along with minors in Spanish and chemistry.
Last Updated 5/20/2024