Myles Jones

Induction Year: 2022

Category: Lacrosse & Pro Sports

Location: Walt Whitman

MYLES JONES

Lacrosse star from Walt Whitman High School. He helped Duke win two NCAA championships in 2013 and 2014. In 2015 and 2016 was USILA First Team All-American, 2014 second team All-American and MacLaughlin Award winner as top midfielder in the country.

Jones scored 126 goals and had 231 total points in four years at Duke and was selected first overall in 2016 MLL Draft by Atlanta Blaze and later played for the Chesapeake Bayhawks. He was the 2017 MLL All-Star Game MVP.

Joined Premier Lacrosse League in 2018 and has played for the Chaos and Redwoods and was 2019 PLL All-Star. He also plays for the New York Riptide of the National Lacrosse League.

Aside from being one of the top players in the game, he is a leader and strong force for transformation and diversity and inclusion in professional sports.