Springfield, Mo. - The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame held their Baseball and Softball Luncheon on Friday. At the event, former SBU softball player Catlin Evans Jones received the program's Diamond 9 award which honors former high school, college and professional players, or those who have made significant contributions to the sport. The selection committee found that Catlin fit the profile extremely well.

"Jones was a two-time First Team All-State catcher for Pleasant Hope in 2011 and 2012, which were memorable seasons for the Lady Pirates. The team was 55-3 those years as Pleasant Hope finished as a state runner-up her junior season and won the Class 2 state title a year later. Overall, the team was 99-15 in her four seasons. In fact, the 2009 third-place team was Pleasant Hope's first softball team to reach a Final Four. At Southwest Baptist, Jones started all 161 games in her three-year career and is all over the record book there. Career-wise, her 147 hits rank seventh, while she is first in sacrifice bunts (33), tied for fourth in runs scored (76), third in stolen bases (41) and set a single-season record for at-bats (196) in 2016." - Kary Booher, Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Congratulations to Catlin Evans Jones and the rest of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductees and award winners.