Jones Excited About Playing Baseball At George Washington

Connor Jones OF / OF / Brunswick School, CT / 2025

GREENWICH, Ct. - A “football family” now has a college baseball commit after Connor Jones decided on George Washington as his future home.

“They first saw me at the Future Games,” related the Brunswick High School incoming senior. “In the winter my coach put me in contact with the George Washington coach and there was an immediate connection. I sent them highlights and he responded quickly. He came up to watch me play in two or three games and I played well.”

A tour of the facilities took place on July 15.

“As soon as I stepped on campus I knew it was home,” Jones said. “I’m so happy they offered me and I was able to commit.”

Georgetown, Princeton and Dayton were other schools the 29th-ranked 2025 outfielder in New England was talking with, but the university in Washington D.C. located four hours from home, with grandparents living just outside the city, proved to be the right choice for Jones.

“George Washington was the first to offer me,” Jones noted. “With the atmosphere and the environment, I immediately jumped on it.”

GW saw a lot that stood out about the 5-10 190-pounder.

“They like the way I approach the game,” Jones explained. “In the outfield I’m communicating and taking charge. I hustle on and off the field and I’m gritty on the base paths. I like to make my presence felt on the base paths and in the outfield and they said I have a great eye at the plate.”

The idea of playing the sport of baseball in college initiated a few years back.

“My family is more of a football family, my dad played football at Duke where he was second-team All-American and then played nine years with the Patriots,” Jones said in reference to his father, Cedric, a wide receiver who caught 191 passes for 2,703 yards and 16 touchdowns during his playing career. “I also have a brother, cousin and uncle that played football at Duke.

“But when I turned 13/14 I was thinking maybe I could do college baseball. Once I started to try and understand the game more I fell in love with it and wanted to play it at the next level.”
His father was “all for it” according to the 67th-ranked 2025 in Connecticut.

“He said 100 percent go with baseball if that’s what you want to do,” Jones related. “He said save your body. I’ll always support you in baseball if you want to play it in college.”

Jones pointed to two things he “absolutely loves” when it comes to the sport.

“When you barrel a ball, there’s no feeling like it and the sound of it,” Jones said. “And I love going into the gap to track down a ball. I can make an impact in a game even if I’m not having a great day at the plate.”

The decision to concentrate on just baseball has proven beneficial according to the recently-turned 18-year-old.

“I was playing three sports,” Jones related. “It was a difference maker trying to just focus on baseball. Before I was an athlete playing baseball, but this winter I honed in on the mechanics of baseball. It really helped me to just focus on baseball.”

Pat Vigilio and Joe Mancini are credited by Jones with playing important roles in his development during what he called a “long” recruiting process.

“There were a lot of changes with the rules which made it more difficult,” the 14th-rated senior outfielder in Connecticut explained. “The Future Games was absolutely pivotal in getting me seen. It puts you on a certain stage. I’m there in the dugout ready to go out on the field and I look out and see the Tennessee head coach watching. The Future Games was the best of the best, it doesn’t get any better.”  

A year later and 176th-ranked 2025 in New England is now a George Washington commit.

“It was an amazing feeling,” Jones reflected. “The stress was off. You played events and you needed to play well with the coaches there watching, so to get that over with is helpful for your mental health. You can just play loose. But then there’s the fire to prove why you’re going there.”

Jones is of the belief he can be a major factor in the Atlantic 10 Conference program at GW.

“I’m somebody who’s a competitor,” Jones said. “I bring that to the field. I hate losing more than anything. I’m energetic. I yell and scream. I want to fire up the bench. I want to compete in the weight room and in the game.

“Baseball is my life and I want to win,” Jones continued. “I want to help the team in any way I can. I can feel this is a program that wants to win and I’m excited about that.”

A 3.42 student at Brunswick, Jones is excited about what lies ahead after high school.

“I’m looking forward to having a team that feels like a family,” Jones concluded. “I’m excited to play in those facilities and play for something that means a lot. Coach (Gregg) Ritchie played there and has been coaching there for 13 years. The kids love it there and the coaches love it there.

“I want to win the A-10 championship. I want to go to Omaha. I think we have the coaches to do it.”