Volleyball
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- benaviaj@umich.edu
Jenkins comes to Ann Arbor after four seasons as the head coach at East Tennessee State University where she led the Bucs to an overall 43-32 record during her tenure. With the Wolverines, she serves mainly as the blocking coach.Â
In her first season with the U-M program, Jenkins helped the team to a 7-22 record and a 5-15 conference record. The Wolverines won four of their last nine matches including a win over Ohio State.Â
Prior to ETSU, Jenkins spent three years as the assistant coach at the University of South Florida and saw time at Coastal Carolina and Santa Fe College. As an assistant coach over the years, Jenkins has help compile an overall record of 111-55.
During her inaugural season at ETSU, Jenkins rallied her team to a 25-6 overall record and went 14-2 in conference play to finish second, falling in the championship game. Jenkins produced the SoCon Freshman of the Year in Olivia Cunningham, two first-team All-Conference selections (Kaela Massey and Marija Popovic), two second-team All-Conference selections (Emily Arnold and Olivia Cunningham) and three SoCon All-Freshman selections (Olivia Cunningham, Emily Arnold and Lauren Hatch).
At the end of her third season, Jenkins produced four SoCon preseason selections, nine all-tournament selections, 15 Player of the Week awards, three first-team all-conference selections, four second-team all-conference selections, five all-freshman selections and a SoCon Freshman of the Year.
Jenkins started her coaching career at Lincoln Park Academy in 2010 and was the founder of the A-Vaneb Volleyball Academy in Fort Pierce, Fla. Following her three-year stint as head coach at Lincoln Park Academy, Jenkins took over as an assistant coach at Santa Fe College. In 2014, the Saints' first year of competition, they went 31-7 and won a share of the Mid-Florida Conference title.
A Fort Pierce, Fla., native, Jenkins was an All-American middle blocker at the University of Florida, recording more than 1,000 kills and 600 blocks. She became the first Gator to finish with more than 600 career blocks and was a three-time AVCA All-American and four-time all-SEC performer. She was part of a Florida team that won four straight SEC championships and advanced to back-to-back Final Four appearances while reaching the championship game in her senior season. In 2017, Jenkins was inducted into the Florida Hall of fame.
Following her collegiate career, Jenkins played professionally in Spain, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, and Florida between 2005-14. She won the Austria Cup with Vienna in 2006 and was a Swiss Cup Finalist for Koniz in 2007. Jenkins also finished in the top 10 in Spain for blocking and attacking in the 2009-10 season.
