IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women's basketball program announced Friday that Ava Jones will medically retire from basketball.
In July of 2022, Jones, a Nickerson High School student was injured in a car/pedestrian accident in Louisville, Kentucky. She was in Louisville for an AAU basketball tournament at the time. Her father died from injuries from the accident.
Jones will remain on scholarship and continue to attend the University of Iowa, according to the athletic department.