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Missouri State

2022 Men's Soccer Roster

12 Matt Jones

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 169
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Prev School Saint Francis

Biography

Honors

  • MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2022-23
  • MVC Honor Roll: 2022-23
  • Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023

2022 
Played in 14 games for the Bears while appearing in the starting lineup six times... Clocked 640 minutes on the pitch... Scored a goal in the Bears’ 7-0 domination of CSUN on Sept 16... Assisted a goal in the team’s 2-0 win over SIUE (Nov. 2) …  Was a key part of an MSU backfield that only allowed 11 goals during the 2022 season and ranked fourth in the nation in goals-against average (.611) … Earned a spot on the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for his efforts in the classroom during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters.  

2021
Appeared in four games for the Bears during the fall 2021 season tallying 40 minutes... Was named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the fall 2021 semester.

St. Francis
Comes to MSU after spending two seasons at Saint Francis University... During his first year in Pennsylvania Jones started all 16 games and recorded the most minutes played on the team... Earned spots on the All-Conference Freshman team and All-Conference Tournament Team... Did not play his sophomore season as it was canceled due to Covid-19. 

High School
Prior to SFU, Jones played for Canterbury United and Nomads United... Made the New Zealand Under-17 Team. 

Personal
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on April 8... Son of Pete and Sue Jones... He has one sister, Bex... Jones plans on majoring in Marketing and Management at Missouri State. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2021Junior

    Defender
    5'9" 169 lbs
    16
  • 12

    2022Senior

    Defender
    5'9" 169 lbs
    12

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