Shane Has Made a Name: From Walk-on to Starter

Shane Jones ODU AthleticsNORFOLK, Va. – Def Leppard’s Pour Some Sugar On Me plays in the background at the Ted Constant Center, a 5-foot 11 redshirt junior steps on the mat. In the stands, you’ll find his mom pacing back and fourth, camera in hand. The Monarchs 165-pound starter is Shane Jones, a walk-on from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Flashback to his first impression of Old Dominion, where is older sister, Alyssa Jones, now Athletic Donor Relations Manager for ODAF was a member of the nationally prominent field hockey team. Visiting for a field hockey game, Jones fell in love with the campus. At the time, he wasn’t aware that ODU had a wrestling team, that is until he saw Monarch…