UTSA’s Jordyn Jenkins playing against Temple in American Athletic Conference women’s basketball on Feb. 22, 2024, at the Convocation Center. – photo by Joe AlexanderJordyn Jenkins and Elyssa Coleman announced Friday on UTSA women’s basketball social media that they will both return for next season.
Jenkins missed UTSA’s first 21 games of the 2023-24 season with a knee injury. The 6-foot senior forward from Kent, Wash., averaged a team-high 17.1 points per game over the final 12 games of the season. Jenkins’ efforts helped UTSA to a fourth-place finish in the American Athletic Conference regular-season season standings in 2023-24.
She recorded team-highs of 27 points and seven rebounds in an 80-62 victory over Northern Colorado in the first round of the 2024 Women’s NIT – the first postseason tournament victory in UTSA women’s basketball history.
Jenkins was the Conference USA player of the year in 2022-23.