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2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Jones, Sophie
Jersey Number 7
Sophie Jones
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Menlo Park, Calif.
Bio
Career: Started all 75 contests over her career with the Blue Devils … her 75 straight starts ranks fifth-most on the Duke career record books … tallied five goals and eight assists for 18 points.
U.S. Soccer: Competed with the U.S. U-23 Women’s Youth National Team at the Thorns Preseason Tournament in March of 2022 … started the first two matches in the midfield.
Awards/Honors: 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-America … 2022 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team selection ... 2022 All-ACC Second Team … 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … 2021 All-ACC Second Team ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team ... 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team ... 2020-21 Top-DrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team ... 2022 & 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2020, 2021 & 2022 ACC Honor Roll ... 2020 All-ACC First Team ... 2020 ACC All-Tournament Team ... 2019 ACC All-Freshman Team.
2022 – Senior: United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-America … All-ACC Second Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … started all 23 matches in the midfield … posted two goals and three assists for seven points … opened the season with the game-winning goal on the road at East Carolina in a 1-0 win (8/18) … totaled a goal in a 3-2 comeback win on the road at Tennessee (8/25) … all three assists came in ACC action against Syracuse, Boston College and Florida State … logged 1,910 minutes … attempted nine shots ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
2021 -- Junior: Played primarily on defense throughout the season ... started all 21 matches ... named to All-ACC team for second straight year, earning second-team honors ... tapped to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... logged 73 minutes in season-opening win over No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) ... played 90 minutes in win at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... recorded two shots on goal in win over Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... logged 67 minutes in shutout win against No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... played 90 minutes with one shot attempt in ACC Tournament first round versus Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... collected first point of the season with assist in win over St. John's in NCAA Round of 16 (Nov. 21).
2020-21 -- Sophomore: Named a third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches ... Recorded two assists in the season-opening overtime win at Wake Forest (Sept. 10) ... named to All-ACC First Team ... started both games and logged 146 total minutes in the ACC Tournament ... added to ACC All-Tournament squad ... tapped to the MAC Hermann Tropy Watch List entering the spring campaign ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI Team and was rated the No. 16 player in the country going into the spring ... scored her first career goal and dished out an assist versus Coastal Carolina (March 17) ... got Duke on the board with her second goal of the season at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... scored the game-winning goal in double-overtime to advance Duke past Arizona State, 2-1, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (5/1) ... earned United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team honors ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team ... added to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 -- Freshman: Tapped to the 2019 ACC All-Freshman Team … made her collegiate debut in the season-opener against La Salle (Aug. 22), registering three shot attempts, including one on target ... played the full 90 minutes in the final game of the Carolina Nike Classic versus second-ranked North Carolina ... recorded one shot attempt in the home opener against No. 13 Georgetown (Aug. 28), while logging 85 minutes ... played the full 99 minutes in the matchup against No. 19 Santa Clara (Aug. 31), helping Duke to a 3-2 overtime victory ... registered one shot on goal in the opening game of the Duke Nike Classic against UNLV (Sept. 5) ... recorded a season-high tying three shots in the matchup with James Madison (Sept. 15) ... recorded her first career assist in the ACC opener with NC State (Sept. 22), while logging 105 minutes played ... set a season-high for minutes played in the contest at No. 1 Virginia (Sept. 29), playing the full 110 minutes of the double-overtime match, while recording one shot on goal ... suffered a season-ending injury prior to the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech.
Prior to Duke: A West-coast product who was rated as the second-best player in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer and regarded as a five-star prospect … tabbed the 2018-19 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year and the Gatorade California Girls Soccer Player of the Year … named the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Girls National Player of the Year … attended Menlo School in Menlo Park, Calif. … led Menlo School to a 20-2-2 record and the Central Coast Section Division I sectional tournament title in her final season … recorded 18 goals and 16 assists her senior campaign despite missing the final two contests of the season while training with the U.S. Soccer U-20 Women’s National Team … on the club side, competed with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2017-18 and De Anza Force from 2015-16 … participated in the inaugural season of the U.S. Soccer Girls’ Development Academy in 2017-18, leading the Quakes to the Academy Playoff Semifinals while earning West Conference Player of the Year honors at the U-16/U-17 level … a consistent part of the U.S. National Team system throughout her career, starting with the U-15 squad … moved to the U-17 squad her sophomore year, helping the team capture the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship in 2018 … racked up 17-caps with the U-17 team and was a member of the team that competed in the 2018 Women’s U-17 World Cup … a Faculty Honors Student during her time at Menlo.
Personal: Full name is Sophia Grace Jones … born July 17, 2001 in San Francisco, Calif. … daughter of Warren and Tina Jones … has a twin brother, Austin … earned Dean’s List with Distinction at Duke in the Fall of 2021, Spring of 2022 and Fall of 2022 … graduated from Duke in May of 2023 with a degree in psychology along with a minor in sociology, while obtaining a markets in management certificate as well.
Last Updated 5/15/2023
U.S. Soccer: Competed with the U.S. U-23 Women’s Youth National Team at the Thorns Preseason Tournament in March of 2022 … started the first two matches in the midfield.
Awards/Honors: 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-America … 2022 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team selection ... 2022 All-ACC Second Team … 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … 2021 All-ACC Second Team ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team ... 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team ... 2020-21 Top-DrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team ... 2022 & 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2020, 2021 & 2022 ACC Honor Roll ... 2020 All-ACC First Team ... 2020 ACC All-Tournament Team ... 2019 ACC All-Freshman Team.
2022 – Senior: United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-America … All-ACC Second Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District nominee … started all 23 matches in the midfield … posted two goals and three assists for seven points … opened the season with the game-winning goal on the road at East Carolina in a 1-0 win (8/18) … totaled a goal in a 3-2 comeback win on the road at Tennessee (8/25) … all three assists came in ACC action against Syracuse, Boston College and Florida State … logged 1,910 minutes … attempted nine shots ... named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
2021 -- Junior: Played primarily on defense throughout the season ... started all 21 matches ... named to All-ACC team for second straight year, earning second-team honors ... tapped to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team ... logged 73 minutes in season-opening win over No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) ... played 90 minutes in win at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) ... recorded two shots on goal in win over Syracuse (Oct. 2) ... logged 67 minutes in shutout win against No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24) ... played 90 minutes with one shot attempt in ACC Tournament first round versus Wake Forest (Oct. 31) ... collected first point of the season with assist in win over St. John's in NCAA Round of 16 (Nov. 21).
2020-21 -- Sophomore: Named a third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches ... Recorded two assists in the season-opening overtime win at Wake Forest (Sept. 10) ... named to All-ACC First Team ... started both games and logged 146 total minutes in the ACC Tournament ... added to ACC All-Tournament squad ... tapped to the MAC Hermann Tropy Watch List entering the spring campaign ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Preseason Best XI Team and was rated the No. 16 player in the country going into the spring ... scored her first career goal and dished out an assist versus Coastal Carolina (March 17) ... got Duke on the board with her second goal of the season at No. 7 West Virginia (March 27) ... scored the game-winning goal in double-overtime to advance Duke past Arizona State, 2-1, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (5/1) ... earned United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team honors ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Second Team ... added to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2019 -- Freshman: Tapped to the 2019 ACC All-Freshman Team … made her collegiate debut in the season-opener against La Salle (Aug. 22), registering three shot attempts, including one on target ... played the full 90 minutes in the final game of the Carolina Nike Classic versus second-ranked North Carolina ... recorded one shot attempt in the home opener against No. 13 Georgetown (Aug. 28), while logging 85 minutes ... played the full 99 minutes in the matchup against No. 19 Santa Clara (Aug. 31), helping Duke to a 3-2 overtime victory ... registered one shot on goal in the opening game of the Duke Nike Classic against UNLV (Sept. 5) ... recorded a season-high tying three shots in the matchup with James Madison (Sept. 15) ... recorded her first career assist in the ACC opener with NC State (Sept. 22), while logging 105 minutes played ... set a season-high for minutes played in the contest at No. 1 Virginia (Sept. 29), playing the full 110 minutes of the double-overtime match, while recording one shot on goal ... suffered a season-ending injury prior to the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech.
Prior to Duke: A West-coast product who was rated as the second-best player in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer and regarded as a five-star prospect … tabbed the 2018-19 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year and the Gatorade California Girls Soccer Player of the Year … named the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Girls National Player of the Year … attended Menlo School in Menlo Park, Calif. … led Menlo School to a 20-2-2 record and the Central Coast Section Division I sectional tournament title in her final season … recorded 18 goals and 16 assists her senior campaign despite missing the final two contests of the season while training with the U.S. Soccer U-20 Women’s National Team … on the club side, competed with the San Jose Earthquakes in 2017-18 and De Anza Force from 2015-16 … participated in the inaugural season of the U.S. Soccer Girls’ Development Academy in 2017-18, leading the Quakes to the Academy Playoff Semifinals while earning West Conference Player of the Year honors at the U-16/U-17 level … a consistent part of the U.S. National Team system throughout her career, starting with the U-15 squad … moved to the U-17 squad her sophomore year, helping the team capture the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship in 2018 … racked up 17-caps with the U-17 team and was a member of the team that competed in the 2018 Women’s U-17 World Cup … a Faculty Honors Student during her time at Menlo.
Personal: Full name is Sophia Grace Jones … born July 17, 2001 in San Francisco, Calif. … daughter of Warren and Tina Jones … has a twin brother, Austin … earned Dean’s List with Distinction at Duke in the Fall of 2021, Spring of 2022 and Fall of 2022 … graduated from Duke in May of 2023 with a degree in psychology along with a minor in sociology, while obtaining a markets in management certificate as well.
Last Updated 5/15/2023
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