Alexis Jones

Position: Guard
Height: 5-8 • 173 cms
Weight: 150 lbs • 68 kgs
School: MacArthur High School ‘12 •
Hometown: Irving, Texas

USA Basketball Notes:

• Gold Medal: 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
• Named to the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team on June 5, 2011.
• Member of the 2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team that compiled a perfect 5-0, earned the 2010 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal and qualified the USA for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship; started all five games and averaged a USA fourth-best 8.2 ppg. and a team second-best 6.4 rpg.
• Particpated in the 2009 USA Basketball U16 National Team Trials.

High School Honors:

• Gatorade Texas Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2011).
• ESPN HoopGurlz High School All-American (2011).
• ESPN Rise Underclass All-American (2010).
• Texas Class 5A Tournament MVP and all-tournament (2011).
• Dallas Morning News All-Area first team (2011).
• District Newcomer of the Year (2010).
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All-State Class 5A (2009, 2010, 2011).
• TABC All-Class 5A Region 1 (2010, 2011).
• All-district (2009, 2011).

High School Notes:

• Attends McArthur High School (Texas), where as a junior in 2010-11 she led her team to a 37-2 record and its first Texas Class 5A championship; averaged 21.1 ppg., 9.1 rpg. and 6.6 apg.
• Posted a triple-double of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in the 2011 state championship game.
• As a sophomore in 2009-10, helped her team to a 38-2 record.
• As a freshman in 2008-09, started in all 39 games played and averaged 13.0 ppg., 7.0 rpg., 7.0 apg., 5.2 spg. and 1.0 bpg. to help McArthur to a 34-4 record and the Texas Class 5A regional semifinal.
• Plays in the summer for Texas Express.

Personal Notes:

• Born in Midland, Texas, on May 8, 1994.
• Daughter of Carla and David; has two brothers, Anthony and Andrew.
• Is a member of her school’s A/B Honor Roll.
• Father was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident in 2007.
• Her mother was an All-American track athlete at Angleo State and Texas A&M, and was inducted into the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Athletes Hall of Fame in 2003.
• Cousin, Wesley Seldon, Jr., serves in the U.S. Navy.
• Also plays volleyball and competes in track & field.
• Has done volunteer work at a food bank, the YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club of America, and as part of a youth literacy-outreach campaign and a charitable holiday gift-giving initiative.

The Inside Scoop:

• Has post-basketball ambitions of: going into the fashion business.
• Last book read for pleasure: “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
• Favorite class: math.
• Least favorite class: science.
• Favorite meal to make at home: hamburger helper.
• If not for basketball, would want to excel at: track & field.
• When she was five, wanted to be: an actress.
• If she could live in any city, it would be: New York.
• Favorite piece of clothing: jeans.
• Most prized possession: her cell phone.
• Favorite sport other than basketball: track & field.
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Carmelo Anthony.
• Strangest place ever played basketball: New Orleans.
• Best hoops game ever watched: the 2011 NCAA championship game between Texas A&M and Notre Dame.
• Wants to go one-on-one against: Odyssey Sims.
• Most impressive person ever met: the mayor of Irving, Texas, after winning the state championship.
• Favorite basketball announcer: Dick Vitale.
• Away from the court, enjoys: shopping.
• Most people don’t know: she loves getting her hair and nails done and dressing up.
• Most interesting place ever visited: Atlanta.
• If she weren’t playing basketball, would pursue this following high school: still going to college.
• This left-hander wears No. 30 because: she received the number in middle school and she kept it.
• Stranded on an island, would want: a Dr. Pepper, her cell phone and a computer.
• First overseas trip was: has never been out of the country.

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