Biography
Awards:
Three-time Conference USA All-Academic Team (2014, 2015 & 2016)
NFCA Scholar Athlete (2014)
Career – Finished second all-time in program history for wins (55), appearances (128), starts (108), complete games (53), third in innings pitched (605.2), fourth in earned run average (3.05) and shutouts (13) and fifth in strikeouts (384).
2016 (Senior) – Posted seven wins in 23 games started in final campaign... Led team with 121.1 innings pitched and 73 strikeouts... Won consecutive starts once, in back-to-back days to open Conference USA play at home against Charlotte, 3/12-13, as part of a three-game sweep in the opening league weekend of play... Did not allow an earned run in five of her outings, including a complete-game win at FGCU, 4/23, where she gave up a season-low (in a complete game) three hits... Struck out a season-high nine batters in a complete-game win at North Texas, 4/2... Tossed six or more innings 11 times... Struck out at least one batter in all but three outings...
2015 (Junior) – Set a new season best for wins in a season with 18... In the team’s season opener, she tossed a one-run complete games, holding the Houston Cougars to just nine hits... Picked up second complete game in four starts versus EKU, as the righty fanned a then-season-high eight batters while allowing zero walks in seven complete innings...Held the Houston Baptist Huskies hitless during her four-inning appearance in the game...Registered her fourth complete game in six starts when she went the distance versus Wichita State, closing the door and preserving a one-run FIU lead...Matched her season-high in strikeouts when she fanned eight versus Bethune-Cookman on 2/28...Picked up first shutout of her junior campaign on 3/1 versus Michigan State...Struck out a season-high nine batters in a complete-game shutout over the UMass Lowell River Hawks... The shutout also moved her into a then-tie for fourth all-time for shutouts in a career with FIU...Went a perfect 2-0 from the circle against the league’s then-top-ranked team (Florida Atlantic) and was a major contributor to dishing (RV) Florida Atlantic its first series loss of the conference season... Following a four-plus inning outing on 3/28 where the righty allowed just four hits, she shined in the rubber match on 3/29... Held the Owls to just five hits in seven innings en route to a 3-0 blanking, the first time Florida Atlantic had been shutout in league play.. For the series, she registered an impressive 0.00 ERA and allowed a combined nine hits in her two victories... Posted her fifth-straight win in as many chances on 4/8 when she blanked the North Florida Ospreys... Moved into a then-tie for third place in FIU history with 47 wins on April 19, as the Panther ace put her team on her back for a four-hit victory of C-USA leader WKU and the nation’s strikeout leader Miranda Kramer... Tossed a complete game victory for FIU in the team’s first of three games at Charlotte to pick up her 18th win
2014 (Sophomore) – Anchored a young Panthers’ pitching rotation, posting a career-best 17 wins, which tied for fifth in all of Conference USA… Started the season 6-0, marking the first time in over a decade that a Panther pitcher has started the season with six-straight victories… Tossed a career-best four shutouts and fanned a career-best 105 batters, making it the second-straight season she’s finished with at least 100 strikeouts… Had a stand-out weekend at Florida Atlantic, pitching 13.2 innings and allowed just two runs on eight hits… Started a team-best 31 games, while also making six appearances in relief, picking up four saves, which tied for the team-lead… Hurled a team-high 171.1 innings and held opposing batters to hitting .245 against her, while accumulating a team-best 2.53 ERA… Named to the Conference USA All-Academic team
2013 (Freshman) – Appeared in 30 games, starting 24… Finished with a team-best 13-8 record, while registering a 3.01 ERA in a team-high 132.2 innings… Her 13 victories were the conference’s best among freshman pitchers… Ranked seventh in the Sun Belt Conference with a 2.67 ERA in the regular season…Tossed nine complete games and three shutouts (combined for one)… Fanned a team-high 100 batters, issued 61 walks, while holding opponents to a .241 batting average… Defensively, in 16 chances, recorded one putout and added 15 assists… Opposing runners were caught stealing eight out of a possible 17 times (.470)… Recorded first career win on 2/13 against Florida Gulf Coast, tossing 7.2 innings, allowing a hit, run (earned) and striking out nine hitters… Against Savannah St. on 2/22, registered 10 strikeouts en route to a complete game 8-3 victory… Earned wins against Ball State (3/5) and Eastern Michigan (3/6), tossing a combined 14 innings, while yielding three runs (two earned) and fanning 16… Earned the Panthers’ first conference victory at North Texas (3/10), throwing a complete game, allowing five hits, walking two and striking out 10… Best performance came against Troy in the second game of a doubleheader (4/13), tossing a two-hit shutout in a 3-0 win… Earned her first career save on 4/17 at Florida Atlantic.
Prep – Attended Riverview High School in Sarasota, FL, where she was a four-year Varsity Letter and a two-year captain (2011-12)… Won Rookie of the Year honors in 2009… Earned Best Defensive Player (2011)… Named Sarasota Herald Tribune Player of the Week (2012)… Named an FACA All-Star (2012)… FACA 8A Player of the Year (2012).
Personal – Birthday is September 24... Born in Charleston, W. Va.… Daughter of Mack and Delight Jenkins… Father is the Assistant Pitching Coach for the Cincinnati Reds… Has one sibling, Payton… Graduated in May, 2016 with degrees in phychology and sociology... Accepted into prestigious FIU Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Program.
