Bianca Jones

Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Aurora, Colo.
High School:
Smoky Hill

2013 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
2014 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 3)
2014 Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

SENIOR (2014): Jones was key in CU reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament and having the fourth-best defense in the Pac-12. The Buffs finished with a 0.76 goals-against average, the third-best in CU history. Jones recorded her only assist of the season in a 3-0 win at UNLV on Aug. 29. She started all 22 games on defense and her 1,907 minutes were the most of any field player for the Buffs. She earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 3 after helping the Buffs outscore Arizona and Arizona State 5-1 in two games, seeing all 90 minutes on the field both times.

JUNIOR (2013): Jones started all 23 games of the season, totaling 1,990 minutes (the third most pitch time on the team). Jones played a key role in the Buffs’ defense that shut out nine opponents and tallied a record-breaking five shutouts to begin the season. In addition to her strong defensive presence, Jones also found time on the attack, taking a career-high 10 shots while sending three on goal. She earned a point against Oregon State, contributing an assist to the game-winning goal to help CU to its first ever home Pac-12 Conference win.

SOPHOMORE (2012): Jones started all 20 games, once again leading her class in minutes, totaling 1,838 on the season. She was an important part of the Buffs’ backline, helping the Buffs to eight shutouts, including a record-setting three to start the season. Jones was also impressive at the net, scoring the first two goals of her career off just two shots. She put the Buffs on the board against then-ranked No. 3 UCLA (1-2) and scored the final goal in CU’s 3-0 shutout of Arizona.

FRESHMAN (2011): She led freshman with 1,255 minutes played in 18 games (16 starts). Her one assist of the season was in her first collegiate game, a 5-0 win against Colorado College in the Colorado Cup.

HIGH SCHOOL: She had a standout senior year, both athletically and academically at Smoky Hill High School. Jones was named the Wendy’s High School Heisman Winner, and made the Aurora All-City team and All-Conference first team for her play. In the classroom she was awarded the Faculty Award for Scholarly Accomplishments, named to the Academic All-State first team, and finished as an honor graduate (finishing in the top 5 percent) and honor roll student for 2011. Jones helped her Smoky Hill High School team to the Class 5A state quarterfinals her junior year. Following her junior season, she earned a first-team all-conference mention, an academic all-state honor and was a first-team Aurora Sentinel All-City Girls Soccer selection. She was named second-team all-conference her sophomore year. Following her sophomore season, she earned a second-team all-conference mention and was a second-team Aurora Sentinel All-City Girls Soccer selection. She has been an AVID scholar for three years leading up to her senior season at SHHS. She also focused a lot of her time playing for the Colorado Storm Copa Club Team. In 2007, she helped her team to the Nike Invitational finals, the State Cup semi-finals and the Disney Showcase finals. In 2008, her team made the West Coast FC finals and the State Cup quarter-finals. In 2009, her team won the Storm Showcase tournament along with being a State Cup semi-finalist. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is a Link Leader.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Jones majors in management and finance in the CU Leeds School of Business.

PERSONAL: Bianca Skyttersaeter Jones is the daughter of Elton and Girdy Jones of Aurora, Colo. She has one younger brother Caesar. She comes from an extremely athletic family as her father played football at CU, her mother skied at New Mexico, her aunt Toini Skyttersaeter skied at CU, her aunt Runa Skyttersaeter skied at Utah and her cousin Clifton Abraham played football at Florida State before becoming a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers. When Bianca isn’t playing soccer, she enjoys skiing, running, traveling and pottery. She says that an interesting fact about her is that her first language was Norwegian.