Haley Jones

{{similar names|Hayley Jones (disambiguation){{!}}Hayley Jones}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Haley Jones

| image = Haley Jones Final Four (cropped).jpg

| caption = Jones with Stanford in 2022

| number = 13

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 187

| league = WNBA

| team = Atlanta Dream

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|2001|5|23}}

| birth_place = Santa Cruz, California, U.S.

| high_school = Archbishop Mitty
(San Jose, California)

| college = Stanford (2019–2023)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2023

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 6

| draft_team = Atlanta Dream

| career_start = 2023

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2023}}–present

| team1 = Atlanta Dream

| years2 = 2024–2025

| team2 = Geelong United

| highlights =

NCAA champion (2021)
NCAA Tournament MOP (2021)
Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2023)
First-team All-American – AP (2022)
Second-team All-American – USBWA (2022)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2022)
Pac-12 Co-Player of the Year (2022)
Pac-12 Tournament MOP (2022)
3× All-Pac-12 (2021–2023)
Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2019)
Morgan Wootten Player of the Year (2019)
McDonald's All-American (2019)

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry|the {{bkw|USA}}}}

}}

Haley Jones (born May 23, 2001){{cite web |title=Haley Jones |website=fiba.basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2018/player/Haley-Jones |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410192059/https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2018/player/Haley-Jones |url-status=live |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |access-date=April 8, 2021}} is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference, helping the team win the national championship in 2021 while being named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. She was selected sixth overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream.

Early life

Jones was born in Santa Cruz, California. She attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, where she was named the Naismith Prep Player of the Year and a McDonald's All-American as a senior in 2019.{{cite web |title=Haley Jones |website=USAB.com |url=https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/womens/j/jones-haley.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410193211/https://www.usab.com/basketball/players/womens/j/jones-haley.aspx |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 8, 2021}} A five-star recruit, Jones was ranked the number one recruit in the 2019 class by ESPN.{{Cite web |title=haley-jones |url=http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/217621 |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-28 |title=Stanford lands No. 1 recruit Haley Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/25394513/no-1-recruit-haley-jones-signs-stanford |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

College career

As a freshman at Stanford University in 2019–20, Jones averaged 11.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists before suffering a season-ending, knee ligament injury.{{cite news |first=Lindsay |last=Schnell |title='The future of our game:' Stanford's Haley Jones and the rise of positionless players in women's basketball |date=April 2, 2021 |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2021/04/02/womens-ncaa-final-four-stanfords-haley-jones-unique-basketball/4845313001/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410195614/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2021/04/02/womens-ncaa-final-four-stanfords-haley-jones-unique-basketball/4845313001/ |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=April 8, 2021}}{{cite news |first=Elliot |last=Almond |title=Like Magic? Stanford's Haley Jones likes comparison to NBA legend |date=April 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Mercury News |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/03/like-magic-stanfords-haley-jones-likes-comparison-to-nba-legend/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210410194804/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/03/like-magic-stanfords-haley-jones-likes-comparison-to-nba-legend/ |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=April 8, 2021}} Jones returned to play in the 2020–21 season, averaging 13.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.{{Cite web |title=Haley Jones Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4595910/haley-jones |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=ESPN |language=en}} She was subsequently named an all-conference selection in the Pac-12 Conference.{{cite news |title=Santa Cruz's Haley Jones named to Pac-12 all-conference team |date=March 2, 2021 |newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/03/02/santa-cruzs-haley-jones-named-to-pac-12-all-conference-team-womens-basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304152222/https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/03/02/santa-cruzs-haley-jones-named-to-pac-12-all-conference-team-womens-basketball/ |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=April 8, 2021}} Jones and the Cardinal won the 2021 NCAA tournament, their first national title since 1992. Jones was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player.{{cite news |title=How Haley Jones helped Stanford win the 2021 NCAA women's basketball championship |date=April 4, 2021 |website=ESPN.com |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31195152/how-haley-jones-helped-stanford-win-2021-ncaa-women-basketball-championship |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406210649/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31195152/how-haley-jones-helped-stanford-win-2021-ncaa-women-basketball-championship |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=April 8, 2021}}

Professional career

Jones was selected sixth overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream. In 40 games during the 2023 WNBA season, she averaged 3.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. In 40 games during the 2024 WNBA season, she averaged 3.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.{{cite web |title=Haley Jones |url=https://stats.wnba.com/player/1641650/ |website=WNBA Stats |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=en}}

On August 29, 2024, Jones signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season.{{cite news |title=HALEY JONES IS UNITED {{!}} Geelong United |url=https://wnbl.basketball/geelong/2024/08/29/haley-jones-is-united/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |work=Geelong United |date=29 August 2024}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable"

style="background:#ffcc00; width:3em;"|*

|Denotes season(s) in which Jones won an NCAA Championship

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

Stats current through end of 2024 season

{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Haley Jones WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/j/jonesha01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}}}

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023

| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta

| 40 || 6 || 14.6 || .337 || .214 || .756 || 2.4 || 2.3 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.4 || 3.7

| style="text-align:left;"| 2024

| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta

|40||24||17.8||.397||.214||.702||2.2||2.1||0.4||0.3||1.7||3.9

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:left;"| Career

| style="text-align:left;"| 2 years, 1 team

| 80 || 30 || 16.2 || .365 || .214 || .727 || 2.3 || 2.2 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 1.5|| 3.8

==Playoffs==

| style="text-align:left;"| 2023

| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta

| 1 || 0 || 3.0 || 1.000 || — || 1.000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2024

| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta

| 2 || 0 || 9.0 || .429 || — || 1.000 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 4.0

|- class="sortbottom

| style="text-align:left;"| Career

| style="text-align:left;"| 2 years, 1 team

| 3 || 0 || 7.0 || .500 || — || 1.000 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 4.0

=College=

{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/haley-jones-1.html|title=Haley Jones College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|access-date=April 11, 2024}}}}

| width="10%;" style="text-align:center;"| 2019–20

| style="text-align:center;"| Stanford

| 18 || 13 || 25.8 || .528 || .273 || .627 || 4.2 || 2.4 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 2.7 || 11.4

| style="background:#ffcc00; width:3em; text-align:center;"| 2020–21*

| style="text-align:center;"| Stanford

| 32 || 32 || 27.6 || .546 || .353 || .725 || 7.4 || 2.8 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 2.5 || 13.2

| style="text-align:center;"| 2021–22

| style="text-align:center;"| Stanford

| 33 || 31 || 30.7 || .418 || .244 || .823 || 7.9 || 3.7 || 0.5 || 1.1 || 2.9 || 13.2

| style="text-align:center;"| 2022–23

| style="text-align:center;"| Stanford

| 35 || 35 || 32.7 || .432 || .094 || .720 || 9.0 || 4.0 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 2.8 || 13.5

|- class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career

|118||111||29.7||46.9||21.9||74.3||7.5||3.4||0.8||0.9||2.7||13.0

Off the court

=Personal life=

On April 13, 2021, the Santa Cruz City Council declared that henceforth April 4 will be known as "Haley Jones Day" in recognition of her athletic accomplishments, specifically winning the national championship with Stanford and receiving the NCAA Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four award.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-30 |title=Santa Cruz to celebrate basketball star Haley Jones with Key to the City, parade Sunday |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/04/30/santa-cruz-to-celebrate-basketball-star-haley-jones-with-key-to-the-city-parade-sunday |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Santa Cruz Sentinel |language=en-US}}

In January 2023, Jones started a podcast with The Players' Tribune called "Sometimes I Hoop."{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Media Notes |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2023/02/02/Media/media-note.aspx |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com |language=en}}

In 2023, Jones and fellow WNBA player, Jewell Loyd, became co-owners of the Los Angeles Mad Drops, a team within Major League Pickleball (MLP).{{Cite web |date=2023-05-11 |title=Major League Pickleball Lands WNBA Stars Jones and Loyd as Owners |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/major-league-pickleball-lands-wnba-120000830.html |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}

=Philanthropy=

In February 2024, Jones joined the WNBA Changemakers Collective and their collaboration with VOICEINSPORT (VIS) as a mentor, "aimed at keeping girls in sport and developing diverse leaders on the court and beyond the game."{{cite web |title=WNBA and the WNBA Changemakers Collective Team Up with Digital Community Platform VOICEINSPORT to Keep Girls in the Game |url=https://www.wnba.com/webview/news/wnba-changemakers-voiceinsports-partnership |website=WNBA |date=February 7, 2024 |access-date=February 1, 2025}}{{cite news |first=Erica |last=Ayala|title=Nneka Ogwumike, Aliyah Boston among 12 players to participate in WNBA's girls in sports mentorship program |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/nneka-ogwumike-aliyah-boston-among-12-players-to-participate-in-wnbas-girls-in-sports-mentorship-program/|work=CBS Sports |date=February 7, 2024 |access-date=February 1, 2025}}