When she was in eighth grade, she was good enough to win the MVP of her summer league, despite playing with high school age participants.

While they were successful in limiting her shots from the field (Jones was 3 for 18), they could not stop her rebounding or free throw shooting.

Jones had 15 rebounds and hit 6 of 7 free throws to help lead the Piscataway team past Shawnee and on to the finals.

[4] In high school, she was a McDonald's All-American and The Star-Ledger New Jersey Girls Basketball Player of the Year, earning her a scholarship to the University of Connecticut.

By the time she was a junior, the Demons won the under-18 state tournament and advanced as far as the national AAU finals.

Recruiting of top athletes is a multi-year process, often starting before players enter high school.

[2] Jones accepted a scholarship offer from Connecticut, and became one of a highly heralded recruiting class, including Sue Bird, Tamika Williams, Swin Cash, and Keirsten Walters.

While at UConn she played in every game since her sophomore season (144) breaking the UConn record for all-time games played (138) by Carla Berube (since broken by Ashley Battle), and helped lead her team, known as the Huskies, to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships in 2000 and 2002.

The team was dominant enough to prompt Sports Illustrated to call UConn "one of the best in history" before the final game of the season was played.

"[17] On May 13, 2015, the Connecticut Sun traded Jones to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for a second round pick in the 2016 WNBA draft.

The others are Ruth Riley, Sheryl Swoopes, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Tamika Catchings, and fellow Huskies Swin Cash, Kara Wolters, Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, and Maya Moore.

In 2018, Jones was hired as a player development coach by the Washington Mystics, and was part of the staff on the 2019 championship team.

[20] On April 25, 2021, it was announced that Jones would join the Portland Trail Blazers as their Director of Basketball Strategy and Planning, a front office position.

[21][22] Jones was invited to the USA Basketball Women's National Team training camp in the fall of 2009.

[29][30] Jones is married to luxury real estate advisor and realtor Jennifer Nolan-Jones whom she has two daughters with aged 15 and 24.