The most prolific three-point shooter in Atlantic 10 women's basketball history, Jenkins was one of the keys to the greatest run in the history of Bonnies women's basketball.
St. Bonaventure went 31-4 including a perfect 14-0 Atlantic 10 mark during Jenkins' senior year of 2011-12 and went on a magical run leading all the way to the only Sweet 16 appearance by Bonnies women's basketball.
Jenkins was a First Team All-A-10 pick that year and a Naismith National Player of the Year finalist, scoring nearly 14 points per contest while sinking 110 treys, most in school history. In an NCAA Tournament Second Round win over Marist, she delivered 22 points and hit six threes.
In 135 career games, she posted 1,441 points, a total that remains 10
th in school history. Her trademark was lights-out three-point shooting as she drained 338 career triples, good for not only the top of the board in Bonnies history but also for an A-10 all-time record that still stands today.
During her Bonaventure career, the Bonnies won at least 21 games every season and reached the national postseason each year with at least one win in all of those appearances. In 2009, Bona went to the third round of the WNIT including a 10-point effort from Jenkins in a second round win at Wisconsin. The following year, as a sophomore, she tallied 18.0 ppg in two WNIT games, including 22 points in a win over Robert Morris. As a junior, she registered another 20-point postseason effort with that total in a win over Lehigh.
In the classroom, she also earned Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team accolades.
After a pro playing career, she returned to Bonaventure as an assistant coach where she helped lead the Bonnies to another NCAA Tournament appearance, and win, during the 2015-16 season as SBU defeated Oklahoma State on the way to the Round of 32. She then moved to Providence where she coached for six seasons and is currently on staff at Akron.Â
Jenkins was a 'first ballot' selection, earning a spot in the Hall of Fame upon her first year of eligibility.Â
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