IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women's basketball program announced Friday that Ava Jones will medically retire from basketball.

Jones was injured in a car/pedestrian accident in Louisville, Kentucky on July 5, 2022. Jones was a Nickerson High School student in town for an AAU basketball tournament at the time.

She will remain on scholarship and continue to attend the University of Iowa.

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                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1668040995679.jpeg" alt="Ava Jones- photo by Judd Weil" />
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                    </figure><p>IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women's basketball program announced Friday that Ava Jones will medically retire from basketball.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ava Jones’ Iowa women&#39;s basketball career is over. The Hawkeyes unfortunately announced Friday that she will medically retire from college basketball.<a href="https://t.co/RSvIEroAuy">https://t.co/RSvIEroAuy</a></p>&mdash; Hawk Central (@hawkcentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/hawkcentral/status/1799101578911080765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>Jones was injured in a car/pedestrian accident in Louisville, Kentucky on July 5, 2022. Jones was a Nickerson High School student in town for an AAU basketball tournament at the time.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIowaWBB%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0MxLG4VxwniHoL5nkj1gWywVfQNGGqpf8tALrzxt9cLnwerUjexWsQ58H3oZ1tbNTl&show_text=true&width=500&preview=comet_preview" width="500" height="616" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div><p>She will remain on scholarship and continue to attend the University of Iowa.</p><p><b><a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;</b>to download the Hutch Post mobile app.<br><b><a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></b>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

🏀 Ava Jones basketball career is over