Amani Jenkins Season 2026-27

2025-26 (FRESHMAN)
• Appeared in 15 contests, logging 101 minutes
• Made her debut on Nov. 4 against Towson and scored her first collegiate points, a layup
• Added five rebounds and one steal on Nov. 13 against Gardner-Webb
• Recorded a career-high three blocks to go with five points to the scoresheet against Niagara on Nov. 20
• Posted her best scoring performance of her young career with eight points on perfect 4-4 shooting on Dec. 10 versus Presbyterian
• Set her ACC-high of three rebounds twice, the last at SMU (Jan. 15)

WHY VIRGINIA TECH
• Chose Virginia Tech because she has always loved Virginia and has always had a great relationship with Coach Duffy
• From the beautiful campus to the welcoming people, everything about Blacksburg just felt like home

PREP
• Attended Johnston High School for her junior and senior years, leading them to back-to-back 5A State Championships
• Two-time IGCA and IPSWA All-State First Team (2024, 2025)
• Two-time All-Region and All-District honoree (2024, 2025)
• Two-time All-Conference First Team (2024, 2025)
• Recorded 18 rebounds in the state final game in 2025 en route to All-Tournament Team captain recognition
• Led the Dragons to a 56-0 record in her two years with the program
• Spent her freshman and sophomore years at Des Moines North High School, where she helped them win the Iowa Alliance conference championship for the first time in program history in 2023
• IGCA and IPSWA All-State Second Team (2023)
• IGCA and IPSWA All-State Third Team (2022)
• Two-time All-Region and All-District honors (2022, 2023)
• Two-time All-Conference First Team (2022, 2023)
• In the classroom, was a four-time Conference All-Academic Team recipient

CLUB
• Competed with ETG Midwest for one year
• Won the adidas 3SSB U17 Championship, a first for her club
• adidas All-American (2024)

RECRUITING RANKINGS
• No. 69 overall player by 247Sports (2025)
• No. 87 overall player, four-star rating by ESPN HoopGurlz (2025)

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Cory and Erin Jenkins
• Has an older brother, Tyrrez, a younger brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, Brooklyn
• Cory played collegiate basketball at UNI before playing overseas professionally
• Monte, her uncle, played college basketball at Southern Illinois
• Both her dad and uncle were inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2025
• Majoring in Human Development
• Aspires to work in social work, child life specialist, or any field where she can help people
• Spends time volunteering with her church back home
• Credits her dad for being the biggest influence on her basketball career because he was the first person to get her involved in the sport, constantly pushed her to be the best version of herself, challenged her to keep improving, and did everything he could to put her in a position to succeed
• Enjoys hanging out with friends or playing with her dog Gus when not competing