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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

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17 Paul Jones

  • Position Center Back
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 155
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Irmo, S.C.
  • Prev School Akron
  • High School Dutch Fork

Biography

2024: Played in all 17 games, starting 16 of those games... Named First Team All-Southern Conference... Scored first career goal against VMI (11/2) in the SoCon Quarterfinals...Named All-Southern Conference first team

2023: Played in 14 matches with nine starts … Named All-Southern Conference second team … Recorded three shots on the season.

2022: Started sixteen matches with two assists ... Named All-Southern Conference first team ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against Jacksonville (9/5) by Nikolai Rojel ...  Added an assist on a goal by Bryce Peacock in the second half at Queens (9/27) ... Had two shots on the season, including one in the Southern Conference Tournament against Furman (11/4).

PRIOR TO WOFFORD: Transferred from Akron, where he spent two seasons ... Saw action against Northern Illinois (4/4/20).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played with South Carolina United, where in 2019 he earned Elite Clubs National League all-conference honors as well as an invitation to the ECNL after helping his squad to conference and regional titles ... Played for the SC United Bantams in the United Soccer League Two ... Earned All-State and All-Regional accolades as a junior at Dutch Fork High School ... Rated 24th in the South Atlantic Region by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

PERSONAL: Son of Les and Hilary Jones ... A finance major.

HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2022 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2023 All-Southern Conference Second Team
-2024 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll 

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022Sophomore

    Center Back
    6'0" 165 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Junior

    Center Back
    6'0" 165 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Fifth Year

    Center Back
    6'0" 155 lbs
    17