FERRUM, Va. - The College Sports Communicators (CSC) have announced the 2026 Men's Basketball Academic All-America Team and Ferrum College standout Gerren Jones has been included as a second team selection.

Jones is the 12th overall Academic All-American at Ferrum and the second men's basketball player to be named to the team. He joins Kauan Madden-McAfee who was honored in 2021.

Ferrum's Academic All-Americans
2000 - Elizabeth Adams, 3rd team (women's soccer, tennis, basketball)
2006 - Dustin Hamoy, 2nd team (football)
2007 - Wilson Paine, 1st team (men's tennis)
2012 - Paul Jaglowski, 1st team (baseball)
2015 - Hank Parsley, 1st team (baseball)
2015 - Morgan Funck, 2nd team (women's soccer)
2018 - Brian Mann, 2nd team (football)
2020 - Alex Mattson, 3rd team (women's soccer)
2021 - Kajuan Madden-McAfee, 2nd team (men's basketball)
2021 - Josh Greenway, 2nd team (baseball)
2024 - Bri Bitz, 2nd team (women's soccer)
2026 - Gerren Jones, 2nd team (Men's basketball) 

Jones was recently named to the 2025-26 CSC Academic All-District Team. He was also named to the Division II All-Southeast Region Team after averaging 22.2 points per game and leading Ferrum to a 16-11 overall record, including a 14-6 mark in Conference Carolinas. He helped Coach Patrick Corrigan's team to a third place finish in their first season in Division II. Jones was also named to the Conference Carolinas All-Conference first team and was named the leagues Offensive Player of the week for the week of February 3rd. 

Jones, a native of Swansboro, North Carolina,  is a senior majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing. He has achieved a 4.0 GPA.