Jones, a Baltimore, Maryland native, hailed from Towson High School just about 45 minutes from the University of Maryland campus. Jones and Towson won the Baltimore County championship three years in a row during his high school career. The state championship was played in College Park, which brought Jones down to his future school. Seeing the university prior to his recruitment, and the fact that so many people and some of his basketball and lacrosse teammates from Towson High School went to Maryland, Jones had his sight set on the Terrapins.
“I liked the place and most of the kids from my high school were going there,” Jones said. “My other options were Temple, Michigan and a couple other schools, but this just seemed like the right place to go.”
Jones’s high school coach, Randy Walker, served as an important mentor and gave him plenty of advice that increased his desire to play in the red, white, black and gold under an hour from home.
“My high school coach, Randy Walker, really taught me a lot about what I needed to do, what to expect and how to handle it,” Jones said. “So, I still thank him for being that advisor, if you will, but I just wanted to go to Maryland because it made sense.”
Walker and Jones spoke about things that Jones never told his teammates.
Jones played point guard in high school and was an All-State player and State Tournament MVP at that position. But, when he got to Maryland, he never manned that guard spot, and Walker was very upset that head coach Bud Millikan was playing Jones out of position.
“[Walker] told me that you have to be able to accept what’s there and don’t complain, I couldn't afford to complain,” Jones recalled. “If I complained, there will be no more Black kids coming down here. So, I just sucked it up and let me do what I have to do to get on the floor and get minutes and that's basically what I did.”
Academically, Walker told Jones to focus on getting his degree and as a person to just be himself and be a good person.
“Be the person that you are, and the rest will take care of itself,” Jones recalled as one of Walker’s pieces of advice.
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