THREE CAREER EVENT TITLES (ONE ALL-AROUND, ONE BALANCE BEAM, ONE FLOOR EXERCISE0
CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Meet |
| All Around | 39.175 | 3/4/16 | Arizona State |
| Vault | 9.825 | 3/4/16 | Arizona State |
| Uneven Bars | 9.850 | 1/29/16 | Illinois |
| Balance Beam | 9.875 | 3/4/16 | Arizona State |
| Floor Exercise | 9.850 | 1/9/16 | North Carolina State |
2019 – SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades…Received the Big Ten Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Season: Competed twice in exhibition routines on bars.
Meet-by-Meet: Michigan (2/16): Recorded a 9.100 in an exhibition on bars. PSU Quad Meet (3/2): Registered a 9.150 on bars in an exhibition.
2018 – JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Selected Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Did not compete due to injury.
2017 – SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Competed in two meets…Suffered a season-ending injury at Nebraska (1/15).
Meet-by-Meet: Bowling Green, BYU, Temple (1/7): Placed third on floor exercise with a 9.800…Added a 9.725 on beam. at Nebraska (1/15): Tallied a 9.800 on bars to finish seventh…Also had a 9.725 on vault.
2016 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Competed in four meets in all-around…Appeared in 11 meets on bars and floor, nine meets on vault and six meets on beam.
Meet-by-Meet: NC State (1/9): In her Nittany Lion debut, earned first place on floor with a 9.850. Illinois (1/29): Secured a 9.850 on bars, placing fourth, and a 9.725 on vault, placing sixth. at Michigan State (2/6): Recorded a 9.775 to finish eight on bars. at Ohio State (2/13): Tied for fifth on bars with a 9.750…Added a 9.775 on floor. at Maryland (2/22): Registered a 9.800 on bars, placing fifth. at Temple Meet (2/26): Placed eighth on floor with a 9.850…Recorded a 9.825 in an exhibition on vault. at Arizona State (3/4): Earned her first all-around title with a career-best 39.175…Tied for the beam title with a career high 9.875…Secured a 9.825 on vault, placing third. at Big Five Qualifier (3/12): Matched a career best with a 9.850 to finish fifth on bars…Tied for 11th on floor with a career high-tying 9.850...Added a 9.800 on vault. Big Ten Championships (3/19): Placed 12th in all-around with a 39.150…Tied for seventh on beam with a 9.850 and finished 16th on vault with a 9.800...Collected a 9.775 on floor. NCAA Regional (4/2): Tallied a 37.700 in all-around, placing 15th…Tied for 16th on vault with a 9.750 and placed 19th on bars with a 9.825.
GYMNASTICS BACKGROUND
Trained at Youngstown Gymnastics Center in Youngstown, Ohio, under coaches Sandy Sabo and Chad Cleland…Finished seventh in the nation on balance beam at the 2014 Junior Olympic National Championships…Named the Ohio State Vault Champion in 2012…Also named the national champion on vault at the National Invitational Tournament in 2010 followed by a runner-up finish in 2011…Placed second on the balance beam at the Ohio State meet in 2015 and third on the uneven bars.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jessica Louise Jones…Daughter of Richard and Linda Jones…Has two younger sisters, Erin and Ashley…Names coloring and online shopping as her hobbies, Thomas Rhett is her favorite musical entertainer, science, biology and psychology as her favorite subjects, Cleveland Cavaliers as her favorite professional sports team and Lebron James, Apollo Ohno and Aly Raisman as her favorite athletes…Says chicken, avocado and mac and cheese are her favorite foods, “Catching Fire” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” are her favorite books, “Friday Night Lights” and “The Fosters” are her favorite television shows, “Despicable Me” is her favorite movie, Matthew McConaughey is her favorite actor, Jennifer Lawrence is her favorite actress and Chicago or Orange Beach, Alabama, are her favorite places to visit...Kinesiology major…Born on October 26, 1996 in Canfield, Ohio.
Why Penn State?
“I chose to attend Penn State because of the opportunities it provided for me both academically and athletically. On top of that, the campus and the people are very welcoming. I feel comfortable and at home here.”