Jones named Scholar All-American

7/1/2025 5:00:00 PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Recent Westminster College graduate Gavin Jones (Henrico, Va., Douglas S. Freeman) earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Scholar All-America honors Tuesday morning.

To qualify for the award, the student-athlete must be nominated by his coach, be a senior in academic standing with a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 and have behaved in a manner that has brought credit to himself, his institution and to college lacrosse both on and off the field. Nominees must also be an All-American, a member of a North/South team, or an outstanding league or conference player.

Jones, a midfielder, joins Chatham University's Thomas Curtin as the only Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) representatives. He is the first USILA Scholar All-America selection in program history.

A three-time College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District^® selection, Jones graduated summa cum laude on May 10 with a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance and business administration and finished his career with a 3.92 cumulative GPA. An eight-time Dean's List honoree, he was named to the PAC's Academic Honor Roll four times.

Jones was honored as April's PAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar-Athlete of the Month after totaling 47 points on 32 goals and 15 assists during the Titans' 5-3 regular season April run. He added 16 ground balls and caused seven turnovers. Jones was a representative with Westminster's SAAC and served as vice president with the PAC SAAC while representing the league at the national level as a member of the Division III SAAC. On campus, Jones was a part of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

He was named was named an All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) selection in May.

A three-time All-PAC selection, Jones is the program's all-time goals leader, with 195, and points leader, with 266. He appeared in 69 career games, making 53 starts. Jones was recognized by USA Lacrosse as a Division III Preseason All-America selection on Feb. 5. Named the PAC Offensive Player of the Week twice this year (Feb. 24, April 21), he led the league with a single-season program record 70 goals and program-record 96 points (70G, 26A).

Jones was named to the USILA Division III Team of Week in late February after finishing with seven points on five goals and two assists in Westminster's season-opening victory at Wittenberg University.

Westminster concluded its season in the ECAC Championship Tournament title game on May 11, falling to Goucher College 14-6. The Titans finished the season 10-9 overall and 5-3 in the PAC.

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