MELBOURNE, Fla. – Nova Southeastern University softball player Dajia Jones was chosen as the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Player of the Week after going 9-for-19 with three home runs at the NTC Spring Games last weekend.  
 
Jones (Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.) began the weekend going 1-for-3 with a RBI and run scored in the Sharks' 7-2 win over Upper Iowa on Friday night. She followed that up with a 2-for-3 performance against Ferris State, which included a two-out solo home run to put NSU on the board.
 
On Sunday, Jones was at it again clinching the 3-2 win over Bentley in extra innings. Once more she scored the Sharks' first run with a bomb hit over the center field wall. She would go on to score the second run to put NSU up 2-0 in the fourth. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, Jones singled to left center to plate the winning run.
 
Getting the offense going for the third time, Jones homered in the top of the third to put NSU up 2-0 over St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday afternoon. Jones went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored in the 6-1 victory. She also pitched her second two-hitter of the season and claimed the win (3-7) holding the Spartans to two hits and one earned run.
 
Jones leads the Sharks offensively hitting .405 with 30 hits of which she has eight doubles and four home runs. She also is first on the team in runs batted in with 18 to date.
 
The Sharks (8-18, 1-8 SSC) are back home at the A.D. Griffin Sports Complex to host a doubleheader against Columbus State on Wednesday, March 16 starting at 5 p.m.