Allegheny College Athletics

A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain, John Jones was a main cog in Allegheny golf’s rise to national prominence. 

After earning All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference accolades as a freshman in 1976, Jones broke through as a sophomore in 1977 to win the PAC individual championship and PAC Most Valuable Player honors.  That season, he helped lead a Gator squad to a 28-3 record in dual meets, culminating with the PAC team championship and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III championship.

In 1978,  Jones again earned All-PAC honors, and helped the Gators to their third straight PAC championship, which they won by a whopping 51 strokes.  The team (pictured below) then went on to finish second at the NCAA Division III National Championship, and was inducted into the Allegheny Hall of Fame in 1998.

In 1978-79, Jones earned his fourth straight All-PAC honor and second career PAC MVP laurel, as he again led the team to the conference title and a trip to the NCAA championship.  That season, he was named an honorable mention All-American, and set a school record by shooting 70 or under in three different rounds.

After graduating with a degree in economics, Jones has remained extremely active in golf, being named the 1992 Tri-State PGA Amateur of the Year, and winning the 1994 Pennsylvania Golf Association’s Amateur Championship as well as Western Pa. Golf Association Mid-Amateur championships in 1992, ‘96, and 2000.  In 1992, he won the WPGA Father-Son Championship with his father, before again winning the event in 2009, playing alongside his son Derek.

John and his wife Ann, also a 1979 Allegheny graduate, reside in Lower Burrell, Pa.  In addition to continuing to enjoy golf, and partaking in numerous community service initiatives, he is employed as an account executive at Ricoh USA.