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2023 Baseball Roster

Erik Schelkun
Leon Chuck

6 Ben Jones

  • Position Infield
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario
  • Highschool Mineral Area College

Biography

2022 (Senior)
• Started 47 of 48 games he saw action in during his final season as a Flyer, leading the team with a .365 batting average
• In addition to the top average on the team, he led UD in OPS (1.064), runs scored (46), doubles (13), and on-base percentage (.456)
• Posted Dayton's lone five-hit game of the season, hitting two doubles and a home run at Northern Kentucky on April 11
• Had two four-hit games on the season, including a 4-5 showing with a double, RBI and two runs scored at Ohio State on March 19
• First home run of season on March 6 versus Eastern Illinois

2022 (Junior)
• Appeared in 39 games in the field for the Flyers in 2022, starting 38 of them
• Ranked fifth on the team hitting .259, to go along with a home run and 26 RBIs
• Tied for the team lead with 11 hit by pitches and his 26 RBIs ranked fourth on the Flyers, as did his .382 on-base percentage
• Tied for the fewest strikeouts among qualified hitters with 26
• Stole six bases and hit six doubles as well
• Made his Dayton debut on Feb. 17 at North Carolina A&T, driving in his first run on a hit by pitch and picking up his first hit in a Dayton uniform with a double to right field
• Hit .500 in the opening series against North Carolina A&T, finishing the series with a 3-5 game, driving in his fourth and fifth RBI of the series
• Went 2-4 on March 26 at Tulane, scoring three runs and driving in two more
• On April 9 at George Washington, hit the go-ahead double in the top of the eighth inning, driving in two of his three runs on the play
• On April 22 against Massachusetts, went 3-4 with three RBIs in the 13-2 win over the Minutemen
• Hit his first career home run on April 26 at Kentucky

2018-21 (Mineral Area College)
• Hit .549 during the shortened 2020 season, which was second in NJCAA
• Hit .427 in 2021
• Named All-Conference and All-Region in 2021
• Team won conference in 2021

High School
• Was a four-year varsity player at Sinclair Secondary School under head coach Geoff Whent

Personal
• Son of Chris and Karen Jones
• Siblings are Matt and Peyton Jones
• Father Chris was a coach for the Team Canada softball team in the Olympics, Brother Matt was drafted in 2016 by the Minnesota Twins
• Majoring in General Studies

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2022Junior

    Infield
    6'1" 190 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Infield
    6'1" 0 lbs
    6