Gatorade announced Brett Jones of Porter Gaud is the 2024-25 Gatorade South Carolina Girls Track & Field Player of the Year.
The 5-foot-8 senior throws specialist swept the shot put, discus and javelin at the SCISA Division I State Track and Field Championships this past season, leading the Cyclones to second place as a team.
At the Porter-Gaud Home Meet on March 19, Jones launched a personal-best javelin effort of 166 feet, 6 inches which ranked No. 1 nationally among prep girls competitors this spring. She won a national championship at the adidas Track Nationals and is a four-time SCISA state champion in the javelin.
Jones is a Porter-Gaud Service Leader, guiding her fellow students in various projects throughout her community, including donating her time with veterans, the elderly and at an animal shelter. "Brett is an elite athlete who dominates on the runway or in the throwing circle," said Austin Miller, head coach of Academic Magnet High School. "The thing that really impressed me about Brett is that even though she won every meet she attended, she never acted like the champion or had a me-first attitude. It was refreshing to see an athlete willing to make the sport better rather than just dominate, collect your medal and leave."
Jones has maintained a 3.74 GPA in the classroom and will attend University of Tennessee this fall.
